Cases - Sono Brands

Customized lighting for trendy brand house

With a focus on schools, offices, industries, and various other public environments, SONO brands’ goal has always been to develop innovative interior design and furniture for children, youth, and adults to thrive and grow with. Its deepest roots extend with solid craftsmanship back to Tranås Skolmöbler, founded in 1896. In the same city, SONO brands exist today as one of Scandinavia’s leading and environmentally certified brand houses for the development and sales of interior solutions to retailers. Well-planned, customized project planning and luminaires from Hide-a-lite make the lighting in the building enhance some of the industry’s strongest brands, making the environment attractive for both employees and visitors.

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A large rectangular new construction in black with straight lines that give the impression of a state-of-the-art design.That’s what we encounter just outside the center of Tranås in Småland. The logo comes into its graphic right on the facade and is also the first thing we see in large capitals as we enter the premises. Here, above the entrance, custom-made black V-shaped profiles with striking LED strips hang from the ceiling, providing clear guidance for visitors. The products are specifically tailored to illuminate the main entrance of the building.

At Hide-a-lite, you are offered a wide range of luminaires to illuminate different places with different conditions - customizing products for a specific purpose is something we specialize in. All to facilitate, save time, and simplify installation for the end customer.

BREEAM

Today, lighting is subject to a wide range of sustainability aspects that affect humans and the environment in various ways. Something we at Hide-a-lite had to consider during the project was that the building would be environmentally certified according to BREEAM-SE 2017 - a Swedish version of BREEAM, which is one of the oldest international environmental certification systems used to certify newly constructed buildings and their environmental performance. It is a certification that sets strict requirements for the products and creates a property that strongly contributes to a better working environment and smarter material choices, but also represents a better investment. Newly constructed buildings and the environmental performance of the building are assessed in several areas, including evaluating and scoring the building’s material content and energy use. Through the rating levels of BREEAM-SE, the performance of a building can be compared with other BREEAM SE-acclaimed buildings of the same type, as well as the sustainability performance of a building stock.

At Hide-a-lite, we offer a wide range of luminaires to illuminate different places with different conditions - customizing products for a specific purpose is something we specialize in. All to facilitate, save time, and simplify installation for the end customer.

Our lighting design department can assist you throughout your project, providing tips and ideas regarding products and technical solutions, conducting light calculations, and offering comprehensive lighting design services.

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The choice of materials on the walls and furniture speaks volumes - it’s straight lines in wood, understated gray and green hues in various shades complemented with black details to create contrast.

From the entrance, we are guided further along several glass-enclosed offices, each equipped with Actor Pendant mounted above each desk. The luminaire meets the requirements for screen and UGR (Unified Glare Rating) for offices and seamlessly blends with its slim, elongated appearance as part of the room’s interior.

In the ribbed ceiling of each office, there is also a custom LEDstrip in a profile, creating a pleasant ambient light.

In the ceiling just outside each office, a long line of the Ray luminaire runs, enhancing the room’s geometry. The Ray
luminaire recurs in several places in groups of three in the open floor plan, serving both as general lighting and striking lines. It’s an easy product to install with quick connections between luminaires, and selectable color temperature via DIP-Switch ColourTemp. Ray is designed for easy installation in a visible support profile - perfect for even, homogeneous light lines in public spaces.

Dan Johansson, electrician at the SONO brands construction site:
– Hide-a-lite’s products were really smooth to work with, truly. We followed lighting drawings and could cut out according to accompanying cardboard templates. The work progressed smoothly.

The largest room in the building is the lunchroom, which has an open and inviting atmosphere. Alongside long ribbed walls, there are sofas and other seating areas for those who want to socialize or prefer to have private conversations.Here, the Solo Mini illuminates the wood paneling, one of the most striking surfaces in the project, contributing to several distinct light scenes with the feeling that something is happening in the room, even when daylight seeps in from a larger skylight in the middle of the day.

Tracklights on rails are a simple and highly flexible lighting solution. This has been utilized in the planning of the building’s various conference rooms where multiple tracklights are mounted as both accent lighting and general illumination. It’s easy to direct the luminaires to highlight specific areas of the room.

All of SONO brands’ rooms are carefully planned regarding surface finishes, material choices, minimalist interiors, and lighting that balances with the Scandinavian timeless building. Natural materials recur, soft shapes mixed with graphic lines complemented with plants that create peace and harmony. We’re thinking energy and sustainability - green is good, in several ways.

In the brand house’s large warehouse area, up to 600 pieces of Indline IP23 luminaires are installed.The perfect industrial luminaire in steel sheet with high efficiency that meets the industry’s needs for flexibility and long lifespan. Indline IP23 comes in several different versions and replaces T5 and T8 luminaires with lower energy consumption and reduced maintenance.

Progress of work

When we were asked to plan the lighting, SONO brands had a clear idea of which material choices and interior design would permeate the project. To this end, they had developed an inspiration document in the form of mood boards showing images, colors, and materials to convey the right feeling, including the design language in luminaires. We discussed early on about luminous lines in the ceiling and what would be prioritized regarding the lighting.

Hide-a-lite quickly became the obvious choice for developing a lighting concept for SONO brands’ newly constructed premises. Similar mood boards were sent back with luminaire selections and suggestions to match SONO brands’ thoughts and visions. The lighting resulted in a conceptual approach with relatively few different products for the different areas; entrance, offices, lunchroom, conference rooms, WC, and warehouse area.