Light as Materiality

Transparency has long been used in design to change our perception of space.

Replace a solid wall with a window, and while the physical proportions remain the same, the experience changes completely. Light enters. Sightlines continue. Architecture extends beyond the boundary of the room.

Transparency doesn’t delete an object. It changes our perception of it.

A glass table allows the room to continue through it. An acrylic chair retains its form without introducing the same visual weight. A transparent piano retains its scale, structure and silhouette, while the space remains visible through it — both the room and the internal engineering of the piano itself becoming part of the composition.

Presence, without visual weight.

Light is what really transforms things.

While a solid surface responds to light, a transparent surface becomes one with the light.

It passes through the acrylic, catches its edges and reflects across its surfaces. Natural daylight can make the piano appear almost weightless. Artificial light sharpens its silhouette and illuminates its edges.

Transparency is anything but invisible.

View our Transparent Aurora here.

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