Levitas Design

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LEVITAS DESIGN - CREATING ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE WITH THEIR NEW REVOLUTIONARY FLOATING EXO BED

It’s been decades since the bedroom has seen any major advances in bedroom furniture until now that is. Levitas have created a levitating bed made from aluminium extrusions with built in features to house LED lights, glass bedside tables, Bluetooth speakers, UV light for allergy sufferers and many more features. Levitas have made this magical piece of furniture accessible to the masses by allowing the customer to buy the basic bed with support frame from around £2,000 depending on size and then customising it by adding any additional features as and when they want.

As space becomes more of a premium and developers build smaller and smaller homes, the bedroom is in need of rescuing. This isn’t just a piece of furniture; this is a fun bed that will transform the atmosphere and space in any bedroom. The built-in LED lighting under the bed exaggerates the levitation of the bed and the absence of legs creates the feeling of added space to even the smallest bedroom.

HISTORY
Scottish Designer and Entrepreneur Craig Phillips’ fascination with great magicians and illusionists such as Houdini and David Copperfield motivated him to join the Magic Circle at the young age of 12. It was this love of magic and illusions that eventually inspired Craig to design and create the levitating EXO bed.

His quest to ‘float’ a two-meter bed off any wall (including plasterboard walls) led to the testing and destruction of countless prototypes (and walls) eventually succeeding in November 2013. Since then he has registered various designs, patents and trademarks and was awarded a Design Grant in June 2014 allowing him to turn dreams and prototypes into reality and start production of his unique and exciting bed.

100% BRITISH MADE
Every component of the EXO bed is handmade at the manufacturing facilities in East Kent. The bed frame and slats are made from recycled aluminium, the equivalent of 3900 recycled drinks cans. Half a mile (800 metres) of aluminium extrusion is held in stock so orders can be turned around in a matter of days rather that weeks. Bed frames can be tailor made to fit any mattress size with the most popular colours being matt white and matt black. The only slight delay comes when customers send a colour swatch to match their preferred colour or want photographic quality images/graphics on the bed frame.

CUSTOMISING CREATES YOUR VERY OWN BESPOKE BEDROOM ENVIRONMENT
The Aluminium frame is easy to clean and also easy to wrap with other materials too, such as your own choice of graphics, photos, vinyl wraps, acrylics, fabrics, carbon fibre and leather.

16 MILLION COLOURS TO CHOOSE FROM
The underside of the bed and bedside tables have built in low voltage LED lights that can be controlled via the Levitas app on any smart phone or tablet. With 16 million colours to choose from you are able to create the ultimate magical atmosphere in the room without leaving the comfort of your bed.

HOW TO INSTALL THE BED
One of the greatest challenges was creating a strong frame to attach the bed to – this was achieved by creating 4 steel cantilever supports that are easily attached to the wall and floor. The supports are guaranteed to hold a minimum weight of 750kg (1653 lbs.) – that’s strong enough to hold 10 adults on the bed!!

Securing the four supports is easy to do and should take an enthusiastic DIY person or carpenter no more than a couple of hours to attach. Typically customers are sent the 4 steel supports in advance of the bed installation, this allows customers time to install the frame during the build or renovation of the bedroom. Once the supports are securely in place we install the bed anywhere in the UK free of charge.

Hiding the supports behind the wall and under the floorboards takes a little more time but creates the best effect and is well worth the effort. We have had customers simply attach the supports on top of the floorboards and just cover the thin 1.5cm (1/2 inch) support with carpet or a rug. Those with brick or breezeblock walls can hide the supports with plasterboard.

FOR THE LESS ADVENTURIST
Levitas offers the EXO bed with clear Perspex legs for those who prefer the traditional style bed but want the contemporary design. Customers can choose the height they want their bed above the floor.

THE FUTURE
With the bed having no legs and being raised slightly higher than a normal bed (60cm – 24 inches) it creates the illusion of a much bigger bedroom. The ability to ‘dress’ the frame and choose the colour or intensity of lighting really enables you to bring your own individuality to your room. And if you fancy a change, the bed frame can be re-dressed to suit your latest mood!
For those who want something a little more traditional but still want the contemporary design of the EXO bed we can either glass or Perspex legs
Levitas Design’s greatest challenge now, is to change the way people think about the bedroom. ‘Kitchens and Bathrooms can cost £’000’s, and need to be installed- Why not do a little extra to make a bedroom special? This is the room we spend most of our time in after all!’

The EXO bed’s stylish contemporary Design creates space, individuality and fits in with the new modern trend for app-controlled technology. It is clean, easy to clean around, mainly recyclable with no need for cutting down trees! It also has a touch of magic…

This is the bed of the future