Design Buy Build Issue 33 2018 | Page 61

Home Automation Bespoke Home Entertainment Rooms Bring Music And Movies To Life With their extensive libraries of music, movies and box sets, streaming services such as Tidal, Spotify, Netflix and Amazon Prime have created a revolution in our homes. Loud & Clear designs entertainment rooms that bring the music and movies to life. Loud & Clear’s bespoke music, cinema or media rooms enhance the home entertainment experience by placing the customer (and their family and friends) right at the heart of the performance. From their extensive showrooms in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Loud & Clear has been designing, supplying and installing bespoke home entertainment spaces for over twenty years. Starting every project with an in-depth design consultation, Loud & Clear prepare a detailed specification covering the technical aspects of the project (screen, projector, amplifier, loudspeakers and cabling), and then suggest mood lighting, an acoustic room treatment and a control system (which may be tablet based). They can also advise on the aesthetics of the room – even providing guidance on fabrics, furnishings and colour schemes. From high end turntables to world class amplifiers and speakers - invisible speakers to electric blinds – 4k projectors to Atmos sound systems – lighting control to acoustic treatment – Loud & Clear treat every project as if it was for their own home. Working alongside an architect, interior designer, or directly with the customer, Loud & Clear bring the new entertainment revolution into the home. Loud & Clear Glasgow 520 St Vincent St Finnieston Glasgow G3 8XZ 0141 221 0221 Loud & Clear Edinburgh 94 Commercial Street Commercial Quay Edinburgh EH6 6LX 0131 555 3963 www.loud-clear.co.uk New Flow Acoustic Panels Artnovion’s new Flow acoustic panels deliver improved acoustics and give a striking appearance to any room. Indeed, they would not look out of place in a science fiction movie set. The Flow panels are hybrids that combine an acoustic core with a carefully calibrated diffuser. This duel functionality breaks away from the traditional parameters of acoustic design and creates new paths to solve excessive reverberation and uneven sound fields. The panels’ acoustic cores are formed by strategically interweaving acoustic foam with Helmholtz resonators over a sealed air cavity to deliver maximum performance. The parallel slats are designed to break-up incoming waves with a uniform reflection pattern to create homogenous sound fields. The most striking aspect of the Flow panels is the design possibilities they offer. Their parametric form (a trending architectural style, and unique to the acoustic scene), creates a pattern that flows along a room’s walls, morphing and unfolding according to your point of view. Made from a selection of solid woods, with a range of colour options, the Flow range of panels offers a new dimension of acoustic design. Artnovion’s beautiful designs are created to deliver the best performance, and with as little waste material as possible to ensure minimal environmental impact. ‘Sound is an audacious and powerful living element. An element that shapes the perception of our universe and embraces our senses. Curious about this elegant interaction I have nurtured a passion for sound ever since I can 61 remember. Driven by the challenges of unravelling the mysteries of sound, I have been traveling through an extraordinary life journey of studying, imagining and creating acoustic innovation. Artnovion has become my life’s mission, the canvas I created to share this journey with you.’ - Jorge Castro, CEO, Artnovion. For more information: www.artnovion.com