At a location owned by someone who previously experienced cannabis-related injustices, our lighting design destigmatizes what was once forbidden and creates a soft, calm, welcoming environment, altering the whole experience of cannabis purchase and making it safe and accessible for the community. 

The overall lighting approach of these retail stores enhances each store’s spatial character by embedding itself within the architecture; emanating or “leaking” from reveals, gaps, and openings that are pushed, peeled, or pulled from the surfaces and geometries of the space. Light sources are concealed from view, with only their resultant wall wash of light left as evidence of its presence in the space. Product cases (which were designed as well as fabricated by the lighting designer) and immersive rooms at the back of each store are color-customizable to allow for saturated, curated experiences 

The Flatbush location is also defined by a vaulted ceiling. In this location, a single linear pendant runs the full length of the space, providing soft indirect illumination to this ceiling and surrounding walls.