PLUS,
Clerkenwell Design Week 2024

London, UK | Jestico + Whiles, Bolon & Studio Fractal

Location Clerkenwell, London, UK

Design & Collaboration Jestico + Whiles & Bolon

Lighting Design Studio Fractal & Architainment

Event Date May 2024 (CDW)

A Sculptural Installation Transformed Through Light

For Clerkenwell Design Week 2024, Jestico + Whiles collaborated with Bolon to create PLUS—a striking spatial sculpture that evolved into an immersive illuminated environment after dark. Crafted entirely from offcuts of Bolon architectural flooring, the installation explored the creative potential of sustainable materials through shaping, carving, and layering techniques that transformed discarded materials into organic, oversized pixel forms.

Lighting was fundamental to bringing PLUS to life. Working in close partnership with Studio Fractal and Architainment, the design team engineered a dynamic lighting scheme that introduced movement, depth, and emotion into the intricate sculptural forms. Carefully curated colour sequences articulated core themes of geometry, negative space, and tactile texture.

Form & Luminescence

Dynamic Chromatic Layering

As visitors moved through the piece, the interplay of light and material created a shifting, atmospheric experience. High-output Architape Opaline RGB luminaires delivered homogenous, continuous illumination across the complex curves and stepped layers of the structure without hot spots or pixelation.

Specified Solution Architape Opaline RGB — Seamless flexible integration illuminating complex sculptural geometries.

Multi-Life Architecture

Multi-Life Circular Reuse

A defining sustainable achievement of PLUS was the continuous lifecycle of its components. The Opaline RGB luminaires were originally specified for Jestico + Whiles’ 2023 CDW pavilion, Fata Morgana, before being redeployed for PLUS in 2024.

Following the festival, the timber framework was repurposed as a pavilion in Coal Drops Yard for the London Design Festival, while all Architape fixtures returned safely to inventory—proving that premium architectural lighting can serve multiple major cultural events with zero performance loss.

Sustainability Impact Cross-Festival Redeployment — 100% fixture recovery across Fata Morgana (2023), PLUS (2024), and LUMEN DRIFT (2025).

Architectural Breakdown