Archive: Aug 2011

  1. Update #2 From the Field: Illuminated Wood and 3Form Panels Installed

    The backlit escalator wall installation at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco is wrapping up smoothly. Here’s the project rendering again, described in our first blog post about this project: Some photographs snapped from our cell phones in the field: The clean lines and even illumination are the result of months of iterative detailing and expert installation. […]

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  2. Update #1 From the Field: Illuminated Wood and 3Form Panels Partially Installed

    If you missed our first blog post about GPI technicians arriving on-site for this long awaited backlighting installation at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, check it out here (and take a peek at the project rendering). After a labor-intensive weekend, the bottom and center rows of the custom-built 3Form Varia Ecoresin and wood slatted surface panels […]

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  3. From the Field: Backlit Wood and 3Form Panel Install Begins in San Francisco

    For the extensive renovation of the San Francisco Grand Hyatt in Union Square, the teams at Indidesign (interior design) and Revolver (lighting design) envisioned a custom panel and backlighting treatment to revive the wall surfaces at the main escalator. Extending from the lower lobby to the main lobby, dark wood panels striated with thin lines […]

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