Visitors and employees in offices at 38 Finsbury Square, London, enter a sophisticated corporate environment of light and glass, illuminated by Chaos Design Consultants. An impressive reception area has been enhanced by the installation of an illuminated colour-changing glass wall and an illuminated reception desk. The wall is made up of 14 floor-to-ceiling panels of laminated glass, behind which Chaos Design Consultants have installed panels of Prismex – each of these panels has then been edgelit with white LEDs. Prismex is a special acrylic that has a dot-pattern printed on it that picks up light from the edge and evenly spreads it across the panels. The colour-changing effect has been achieved by laminating dichroic film on to the glass panels – dichroic film is a "mirror" film that gives the appearance of changing colour as one walks past it. The reception desk is made of slabs of black marble on the top with glass panels across the front of it. Again, Chaos used Prismex panels behind the glass and edgelit the panels with white LEDs.
Managing Director, Jonty Savile, said, "The client wanted an eye-catching and modern design suitable for this refurbished office block and feels that both our installations have provided this". He went on "Although this colour-changing wall is in an office environment, it could easily be adapted for a nightclub, hotel or restaurant environment instead".
Chaos Design Consultants have used both Prismex and LEDs for feature lighting displays at an office in St. James Square in London, Victoria, London, the Boots flagship store in Oxford Street, London, the Hilton Hotel at Heathrow and they are currently involved in the refurbishment of the former headquarters of Shell at Shell Centre in London.
