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LumiGuide

Accessible illuminated wayfinding

LumiGuide combines illuminated information, Braille and clear visual cues to make unfamiliar spaces easier to understand and navigate.

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Illuminated Braille helps people with low vision locate tactile information more easily, while directional content, imagery and next-step cues can help reduce uncertainty and support more confident journeys.

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Optional NFC functionality can provide access to additional audio, multilingual or digital information, extending the way information is communicated beyond the sign itself.

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Each LumiGuide sign can be made bespoke to suit the environment and its users, with options to tailor the size, shape, finish, wording, symbols, imagery and colour of illumination. This allows the system to respond to different project requirements while maintaining a clear, accessible and consistent wayfinding approach.

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Neuroinclusive Environments

Creating environments that can adapt to the people using them.

People experience spaces differently. Lighting, acoustics, visual complexity, materiality and the clarity of information around us can all influence how comfortable, confident and supported we feel within an environment.

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Our Designing for Calm approach explores how these elements can be considered together to create calmer, clearer and more reassuring spaces that respond to different people and sensory needs.

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Rather than designing one fixed environment for everyone, we develop adaptable solutions that give designers greater flexibility — from acoustic comfort and accessible wayfinding to biophilic surfaces, responsive illumination and user control.

The Principles Behind Calmer Environments

Our approach focuses on several design principles that research increasingly associates with comfort, wellbeing and inclusive environments:

Acoustic Comfort

Reducing reverberation and unwanted background noise can help create spaces that feel calmer, more comfortable and easier to use.

Biophilic Design

Natural colours, organic forms and materials inspired by nature can help create restorative environments and reduce visual stress.

Circadian-Conscious Lighting

Lighting plays an important role in how we experience a space. Adjustable lighting allows environments to respond to different activities, users and times of day.

Sensory-Conscious Design

Glare, contrast, visual clutter and harsh lighting can all influence how comfortable a space feels. Thoughtful design can help reduce unnecessary sensory load.

User Control

No two people experience environments in exactly the same way. Giving users greater control over lighting and ambience allows spaces to adapt to individual preferences and requirements.

Our Solutions

LumiSorb

Decorative illuminated acoustic panels

LumiSorb combines three key principles within a single solution:

  • Acoustic comfort

  • Biophilic design

  • Adaptable backlighting

  • Optional circadian-conscious lighting

 

Developed in partnership with acou.space, LumiSorb combines sound absorption with integrated illumination and nature-inspired designs to create visually engaging environments that can support comfort and wellbeing.

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Available with a range of acoustic patterns, coloured acoustic felt and adjustable lighting options, LumiSorb can be tailored to different environments and user requirements.

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LumiSorb Flex Wall

Illuminated acoustic wall system

LumiSorb Flex Wall combines acoustic material with integrated illumination to create coordinated wall features that soften sound while introducing gentle light, visual rhythm and clearer environmental cues.

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Designed in partnership with acoustic experts acou.space, each system can be tailored through pattern, colour, scale and illumination, with adaptable and circadian-conscious lighting options available to respond to different spaces, activities and sensory needs.

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LumiStone Calm Collection

Illuminated stone-inspired surfaces

LumiStone combines stone-inspired pattern, material depth and controlled backlighting to create illuminated surfaces with warmth, visual interest and atmosphere.

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Our LumiStone Calm Collection explores natural colours, flowing forms and organic patterns inspired by water, stone and landscapes. The 12 curated designs have been selected for their softer visual character, natural movement and balanced composition.

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Combined with integrated illumination and adaptable lighting controls, LumiStone can be used to create calming focal points and more restorative visual experiences across a wide range of interior environments.

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The Calm Collection sits within the wider LumiStone range, with additional patterns and bespoke designs available to suit individual project requirements.

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LumiGuide

Accessible illuminated wayfinding

LumiGuide combines illuminated information, Braille and clear visual cues to make unfamiliar spaces easier to understand and navigate.

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Illuminated Braille helps people with low vision locate tactile information more easily, while directional content, imagery and next-step cues can help reduce uncertainty and support more confident journeys.

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Optional NFC functionality can provide access to additional audio, multilingual or digital information, extending the way information is communicated beyond the sign itself.

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Each LumiGuide sign can be made bespoke to suit the environment and its users, with options to tailor the size, shape, finish, wording, symbols, imagery and colour of illumination. This allows the system to respond to different project requirements while maintaining a clear, accessible and consistent wayfinding approach.

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Parametric Walls

Nature-inspired sculptural wall systems

Designed by Mario Romano of M|R Walls, Parametric Walls transform architectural surfaces through flowing, non-repeating patterns inspired by natural geometry and forms found in the environment.

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Patterns influenced by water, foliage and organic structures create depth, movement and natural variation without an obvious tiled rhythm, helping introduce visual interest without overwhelming the space.

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Integrated illumination is used to reveal texture, shadow and form, with lighting able to adapt around different moods, activities and times of day.

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Pattern, scale, finish and illumination can all be tailored around the architecture, allowing Parametric Walls to create anything from a subtle textured feature to a large-scale illuminated installation.

LumiWindow

Adaptable illuminated imagery

LumiWindow rethinks the traditional lightbox as a more responsive interior feature, using imagery and controlled illumination to bring nature, daylight cues and gentle visual interest into spaces where external views or natural light may be limited.

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Developed as part of our Designing for Calm approach, LumiWindow can help create a stronger connection to nature and introduce softer, more restorative visual experiences within interior environments.

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Tunable white lighting can support circadian-conscious programmes, while day-and-night imagery, selective illumination and gently changing light effects allow the visual experience to adapt around different moods, activities and times of day.

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Each LumiWindow can be tailored to suit the project, with options to customise size, shape, imagery, finish, colour temperature and lighting behaviour. Bespoke graphics and illumination effects can also be developed to create anything from a subtle calming feature to a more immersive visual focal point.

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LumiZone

Adaptive lighting and intelligent control

LumiZone brings together flexible linear lighting, illuminated surfaces and intelligent controls to create spaces that can respond more closely to different people, activities and sensory needs.

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Lighting can be used to define routes and zones, adjust atmosphere and give users greater control over brightness, colour temperature and their immediate surroundings. This can help create clearer spatial cues, support different activities and allow the environment to feel more comfortable and reassuring.

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Tunable white and other adaptable lighting options can also be linked to circadian-conscious programmes, allowing light to shift throughout the day in response to changing needs.

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LumiZone is not one fixed product, but a flexible lighting approach that can combine linear illumination, RGBW or tunable white systems, illuminated Light Sheet and intelligent controls depending on the project brief.

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Each solution can be developed around the space, with lighting type, colour, brightness, control method and zoning tailored to suit the environment and how it will be used.

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A Different Conversation

Most conversations about interiors begin with products. Our approach starts with a different question: What are we trying to achieve in this environment?

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Once we understand the experience a space is trying to create, we can combine lighting, acoustics, materials and specialist partners to develop solutions that support those objectives.

Because designing for calm isn't about creating one perfect environment. It's about creating environments that can adapt to the people using them.

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WE'RE EXHIBITING

Applelec Interiors will be exhibiting at NeuroPlaces exhibition as part of Shoreditch Design Week 2026, exploring how lighting, acoustics and architectural materials can contribute to more comfortable, inclusive and adaptable environments.

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