Elie Tahari

An inviting, dramatic environment at the Elie Tahari Boutique features DuPont™ Corian^® solid surface translucent walls for a dynamic design focal point.

The brief:

• Design an upscale, self-contained, Saks Fifth Avenue in-store boutique that complements the luxury department store’s sleek look, yet provides customers with a differentiating brand experience for Elie Tahari
• Transform a low-ceiling space into a bright, dynamic design focal point for the store
• Create an inviting, dramatic environment which enhances the elegant style of the clothes.

Design Challenges:

• Finding a surfacing material that would enable installation with exceptional fit and finish
• Identifying a translucent wall cladding material that may be backlit and milled at different depths to achieve multiple layers of transparency and texture
• Working with a fabricator who could translate the architect’s design drawings into a precise, balanced, non-repeating three-dimensional pattern.

Solutions:

• By combining state-of-the-art CAD software with an extra large CNC router, the fabricator was able to produce easy-to-install, perfectly-matched 60” wide DuPont™ Corian^® solid surface panels with no visible seams or mounting hardware
• Using translucent Corian^® allowed for a series of larger-than-life floral vines to illuminate the 74’ long wall, opening-up the low-ceiling space.
• Machining two layers of patterns at different gradients in the Corian^® helped to create a distinctive wall design that evokes a sense of movement.

Benefits:

• Corian^® surfaces can be carved, backlit and thermo-formed into virtually any design—offering unmatched design flexibility
• The Corian^® translucent colors allows three times as much light to pass through than other Corian^® colors, and provides endless design possibilities and illumination effects
• Corian^® is easy to clean, requires minimal maintenance and allows for a virtually seamless appearance.