Japanese Influenced TV2ART Kabé Hits The Market

New High-Design Product to Conceal Flat Panel TVs [The following is a release from TV2ART]

March 17, 2008

“The flat-panel décor challenge isn’t going away.” says TV2ART CEO Daniel Goldstein. “Our company has been creating solutions to conceal and blend flat-panels into interior spaces for two years now. We wanted to create something even simpler and sleeker than our previous offerings.” The result is the TV2ART Kabé a panel that floats a few inches away from the wall concealing and displaying the flat panel TV. TV2ART’s earlier invention an art-panel called a Lightascope covers the TV and then slides to the side revealing the programming. The small niche in the Kabé is then covered as the Lightascope slides across, showing a small slice of the image printed on the Lightascope and creating the feel of a small painting. The Lightascope comes in a variety of styles, some of which have both opaque and transparent images printed on them. These can create the effect of Van Gogh’s starry night or a variety of other ever-changing abstract designs fed by the light of the TV itself. Some of the designs are abstract, some are representational such as land or seascapes. Taking its name from the Japanese word for wall, the Kabé reflects the TV2ART founders’ love of all things Zen, especially the simple elegance of traditional Japanese prints and furniture. “The hospitality design industry has been especially responsive to the Kabé.” says co-founder and TV2ART president John Kapellas. “Upscale boutique hotels are always looking for ways to make flat-panels less intrusive and more elegant.” Goldstein and Kapellas have been sculptors and fine-artists for over 30 years. Their large-scale works can be viewed at www.goldsteinkapellas.com.

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