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THE ILLUSIONIST How to maintain the illusion of a technology-free space in modern smart homes. Ollie French, Commercial Director of support innovators Future Automation, explains the magic. Displays are a necessary fixture in almost every home. However, integrating them in a way that doesn’t interrupt a carefully curated space has proven a challenge for interior designers and architects. Previous tactics deployed by designers such as painting walls behind the display darker, built-in cabinetry, or hanging artwork around the display do help to reduce the prominence of the screen when it isn’t in use. While these options can offer good results, they aren’t going to convince guests that you don’t have a brand new 85in display in your living room.
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Designers are now looking to use designfocused displays into their projects, so they complement their project’s aesthetics. However, achieving a perfect blend of design and technology requires innovative mounting solutions to convincingly hide a display in plain sight.
WHAT ARE LIFESTYLE TVS? ‘Lifestyle’ TVs aim to turn a display into a framed piece of artwork when it isn’t in use. Samsung’s The Frame and LG Signature series are now
commonplace in many modern smart home projects. Each offering attempts to recreate the look and feel of artwork with attachable frames, anti-glare screens, and built-in software to add convincing matte frames to photographs. This shift in display design has been embraced by interior designers who can now give their clients a wall mounted TV where a piece of artwork would previously have been hung. It’s a more versatile option but is one that needs careful pre-planning to convincingly mimic a traditional piece of artwork.
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