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Our Snow White onyx panels were used as vertical panels for the V bar together with 2600 high Snow White panels for the walls all backlit with LED's.

Fumo part of the San Carlo restaurant group recently opened in the Birmingham City centre. Marble White Amberlite panels were specified for the bar front and wall panels and backlit using our LED Lite Pads. Panels for the bar front were supplied pre-formed to suit the complex curves and some panels required multi-radii with both convex and concave curves.

Granite often gets bad press as being a rather functional uninteresting material that is widely used for its practical properties and not its appearance. We think this illustrates just how beautiful granites can be when proceesed in the correct way. The brief was to produce a non-slip underlit floor that would be resistant to scratches and stains and the answer was granite but the problem was the thickness. The solution was 'Sheerstone' using granite from Brazil laminated to 8mm low iron tempered glass and reducing the granite thickness to 2mm the granite was cut into panels to suit the layout of the room and the panels were then bonded on-site to a structural in-situ glass floor. The result is both functional and stunning proving that granite does have a pretty face.

Designed by Retaurant Associates the saying 'Less is more' certainly applies and brings this design to life. Backlit curved Amberlite accent strips accentuate the sleek sexy lines of the main servery in Londons new Excel Hotel located in Canary Wharf. To compliment and to continue the theme Amberlite has also been used to clad the bar front, which used our Edge2Edge curved LED panels for maximum effect.

Designed to compete with LED self adhesive strips the Lite Pad is only 3.5mm thick incorporating Led's at 30, 60 or 120 per linear metre all of which work off low voltage power supplies that are included with order. Panels module sizes of 1000 x 500mm are easy to install directly over any existing solid surface saving both time and labour costs compared to installing self adhesive strips, which subsequently require individual wiring. The Lite Pad can be supplied in warm and cool white and colour changing units are available as welll as dimmable solutions.

The Chairman's lounge at Newcastle United football Club has just undergone a complete make over to coincide with the new 2011 season. Incorprating Onyx white Amberlite panels for the bar top and back bar back with Edge2edge LED panels providing perfect illumination and to everyone's satisfaction. For more information and details on this project visit www.swandene.com

It's really uplifting to receive testimonials from clients and this one in particular even made us blush:

' As a conceptual designer for specialty and department store retail concepts, I’m on a continual search for the durable and fantastic at a minimal cost. Add that with the brand essence, look and mood you are creating and it field of options narrows considerably. Translucent Creations is on my ‘A’ list of resources for materials that bring my designs to life. They have been an attentive, reputable source and have always worked to deliver within our impossible timeframes.’

 

Warm regards,

Lynn

 

Lynn Kingelin
Associate Principal
lynn.kingelin@callison.com

Launched last year in Bluewater shopping centre Cadbury Cocoa House is a destination, bringing a touch of affordable luxury and British nostalgia to the high street which, from its retro ice-cream parlour to traditional home-made afternoon tea, will take cues from the past as its inspiration for the future.

One feature of the interior design is an 18 foot long ice cream bar, which was produced using translucent panels from our 'Amberlite' range. The sleek elegant curves and formed down stand certainly makes a bold statement and is under lit with LED's.