A tree made of light facets
The crystal tree is not shaped like a natural conifer but like a cut gem, with flat faces meeting at sharp edges so the light reads as refraction rather than foliage. Each facet is a separate silk panel backed by its own lighting zone, which lets the whole tree run a slow rainbow sweep or hold a single colour per face. In a marble lobby or a glass atrium that faceted surface is what makes the piece look engineered rather than decorative, and it keeps its geometry when a visitor walks around it.
Programming the rainbow
Because every facet is independently addressed, the rainbow can move as a single travelling band or break into scattered colour that recomposes every few seconds. For a hotel opening the tree can be set to the brand palette and left steady, then switched to full spectrum for the public season. The programme lives on the controller, so the same physical tree is re-tuned each year without touching the silk or the frame, which is the part that would otherwise wear from handling.
Siting under a high ceiling
The piece is built for interior volumes with headroom: a hotel lounge, a department-store atrium, a convention foyer. It is a focal object rather than a walk-through, so it is placed where visitors naturally gather, with the base detailed to read as a finished plinth rather than a bare pole. The sealed low-voltage lighting and fire-retardant silk meet the indoor safety expectations of a public building, and the load stays within the 50 to 300W band.
Stored as a single column
The crystal tree collapses to a slender central column with the facet panels folded against it, so it packs into a narrow crate that fits a service lift. Between seasons the silk is wrapped and the steel frame stored upright in a low bay rather than laid flat, which protects the facet edges. That compactness is what lets a venue keep a large feature piece on site year after year without losing storage room to it.
