Tron Hideout

I'm a kind of a person who would pause a first episode of Sci-Fi series with quite an intense fight going on just to get more details of the apartment design where the fight was happening. I have rewatched it maybe five times before actually proceeding with the plot. Of course I pay attention to interior designs in movies.

And today's eye candy is Tron Legacy hideout design. It continues the trend of what you can do with the idea of baroque. Truly, no gold makes wonders. Especially paired with transparent acrylic.

In one of my previous posts I've already marveled at Louis Ghost chairs which were the first birds of this new age style, but there are more on the market, with much more ornate shapes. Here though we have a fully transparent table which is even more impressive.

From the time this movie was released, a lot of new interior technologies have entered the market. You still can't easily have light-up floors, but there are full light ceilings, a lot of trim moldings with led lights, and the some of the feels of this ultra hi-tech style can be recreated without breaking the budget too much.

And don't forget the imitation rock walls which are also all the rage these days and are becoming very affordable. No, you don't actually need to carve out your space in a cave for that.

Shortly after the movie was released, Corian (a manufacturer of contemporary acrylic surfaces) made a collaboration with Disney to showcase an actually livable Tron interior design solutions. Though these are amazing I still like the movie sets better for the eclectic mix.

In the movie set you see 3 elements mixed together: it's this extremely ornate baroque style, ultra modern minimalist backdrop and rough, rock-like surfaces. While the Corian showroom misses out on the baroque and rock surfaces, completely which just makes the space less eclectic and more boring. Even though the lighting is amazing.

I don't know if I'll ever do Tron nostalgy design, but I can imagine recreating the feel of it with the things easily available on the market these days. Large format glossy tiles for the floor will be the compromise. There's no need for a full on overdrive, just a few hints and quotes are often enough to recreate the feeling.

And if you ever wondered, those TV series were Star Trek Picard, and the apartment had a full on black wall which I found more interesting than a fight for life.