Everyman Cinemas specify reused lights
The Everyman Cinema chain has become the latest company to reuse vintage lights rather than buy new.
The luminaires, sourced by specialist salvage firm Skinflint, have been installed in the bars of two of the cinema group latest outlets at Egham in Surrey and Northallerton in North Yorkshire.
At Everyman Egham, the interior designers Fusion Design and Architecture chose reclaimed1970s square cut glass ceiling lights for the ‘Spielburger Diner’. Skinflint says the contrast shades and prismatic glass lenses were required to get the subtle retro ambience at the venue. The lights are complemented with the 1950s-style bar stools and orange-tiled tables.
At the Northallerton Everyman, pictured, the brand has used 14 bubble glass pendant lights are a stand out feature above the bar. The company says that ‘the globes offer a golden illumination whilst mirroring the geometric floor tiles and bar detailing.
‘With orange back-lighting and golden features throughout the room, these 1970s lights add a balancing touch of vintage style to the retro cinema.’
The interiors have been designed by Fusion Design and Architecture.
In 2021,Skinflint introduced its ‘Full Circle’ scheme, which went on to win a prestigious Build Back Better Award. Under the plan, returned lights are then repaired, restored and recertified by and placed back into the market.
Skinflint supplies bars, restaurants, hotels, workplaces and private homes all over the world with light fittings. ‘The work we do at Skinflint is based on respecting and preserving the heritage of each piece,’ says company co-founder Chris Miller.
Skinflint supplies bars, restaurants, hotels, workplaces and private homes with light fittings. In recent years, pre-used industrial high bays, pendants and wall lights have become highly fashionable for their ‘retro’ over-engineered appeal.
Skinflint sources them from derelict factories across Europe, refurbishes them and tests them for electrical safety before putting them back on the market.
The company finds lights on sourcing trips across the UK and to former Eastern Bloc countries.
Buildings in which the company sourced lamps include the the former Pirelli warehouse and the Cockenzie Power Station.
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Photography: .MHG Photography.
