Lifts, Stairs & Balustrades
Lift specialist Aritco to present the Artico HomeLift at 100 % Design
The world’ s first design-led domestic lift, designed by Alexander Lervik for awardwinning Swedish lift specialist Aritco, will be on show at 100 % Design stand L525. The brand has been selected as one of the show’ s top five“ one’ s to watch”.
Aritco approached Lervik, one of Sweden’ s top designers, to develop the first ever residential lift like it was a piece of furniture, using light and the latest technology to make it adaptable to modern ways of living, and the smart homes of the future.
The Aritco HomeLift is sleek, strong, light, silent, safe, low- maintenance and can be controlled via a smartphone. Crucially it comes with its own shaft, making installation into both new and existing homes straightforward. Crafted from large panes of laminated, scratch-proof, acrylic glass with no visible screws or fixings, its backlit DesignWall comes in a range of 9 patterns and colours. Walls and doors are all 10mm thick, making each lift entirely customisable.
Soft white, recessed LED lighting along the walls and in the lift’ s ceiling can be controlled via the SmartLift app, developed in-house by Aritco- coloured light to create different moods is optional. The SmartControl panel inside the lift is intuitive and ergonomic, and the SmartSafety system includes child locks, an alarm button and battery- operated backup in case of power failure.
The double doors of the lift, crafted from two beautiful glass blades, take up minimal space and are equipped with smart door openers that sense if something is in the way. High quality PVC carpet from Swedish supplier Bolon on the platform lift floor is durable and easy to clean.
The stand at 100 % Design will be twostorey, designed to be a portion of a house. Visitors can try out the Aritco HomeLift for themselves as they will be able to travel up 6.1m to the floor above. You will also be able to pick your own DesignWalls, flooring, door and wall colours for a chance to win your own personalised Aritco HomeLift.
“ It took three years, from a blank sheet of paper to the final product in which I designed everything from the shaft to the lift platform and also came up with a whole new solution for the control panel. My ambition was to come up with the ultimate flexibility for consumers, who have to be able to identify with their choice of lift through a range of options in terms of materials and colours”, says Lervik.
Stand L525 | Olympia London | 19-22 September 2018
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