Elia Felices Interior Design has developed an innovative concept for the decoration of commercial areas, hotels, spas, bathrooms and homes with a strongly contemporary style.
A combination of creativity and technology has been necessary to define a new category of decorative elements made of glass with holographic effects.
Different designs are traced using a marker which takes advantage of the technical properties of LEDs to produce them with the utmost precision. Patterns are built up by sequences of microdotting with different formats to give the sensation of depth and relief associated with holograms.
The method produces a very interesting effect in which the light transmits different sensations to the observer depending on the point of view. The base material is glass, so the image is as clear as posible. The dotting technique also creates variations according to the distance of the observer. The whole is best viewed from a distance where it resembles lacework. The threedimensional quality gradually emerges as one approaches closer and closer, and the dotted pattern gives way to a sense of weighlessness. This is the concept of the holograph, a technique which produces the optical effect of a three-dimensional image.
When the microdots are turned on, the peripheral ambient lighting they provide creates a distinctive environment. The collection is available in two colour schemes, white or blue. The drawing is equally visible when the light is turned off. The light is stronger where the dots are overlayered, so these points can create constellations of lights. The first collection uses geometric figures. "These elements provide us with the technical and decorative means to satisfy the need for establishing identity within this space."
High-tech Turkish baths Elia Felices decided that the bathroom was the best place to show the innovative quality of Holotech Crystals by designing a series of five mirrors which draw on Turkish culture to create subtle settings.
These exclusive mirrors are framed by glass panels illuminated by LED dots. Miniaturisation: "We have imagined a mirror with very shallow light (3cm approximately) as a delicate element which adds to the sense of weightlessness, and which creates a strong visual identity that can merge perfectly with other decorative aspects of the place, whether it is a spa or a bathroom."
Ottoman culture, and specifically Turkish baths, was the starting point. These are usually decorated in a moorish style with elaborate geopmetrical figures and a central skylight for overhead lighting. These features inspired us to create some singular designs.
Light will have a fundamental role to play in the bathrooms of the future, “and we want to provide a definitive architectural solution to create a contemporary decorative setting using peripheral lighting to create a sensation of privacy.”
