Felipe Pantone, known for his vibrant, digitalized and pixeled art, transformed a swimming pool from a standard design into a stunning sight. The “Infinite Pool”, created with 130,000 mosaic glass tiles, creates a kaleidoscope effect on the lucky homeowners and visitors.
Pantone is an Argentinian/Spanish artist based in Valencia. His work is well-known around the globe. Pantone has had previous installations and exhibitions in Paris, London, and Mexico City. His use of color, and geometric shapes, can be seen throughout his work, including this.
Pantone’s goal for this project was to “create an effect never seen before in a swimming pool: an underwater design focusing on the light.” Pantone began his work by selecting just seven colors to use in his design.
ONIX provided Pantone thousands of mosaic tiles to use in his project. Pantone used the different shades of blue, yellow, and red to place the tiles on the bottom of the swimming pool. The tiles were placed prismatically, beginning at the center, and moving outwards to the sides, creating a helix-like pattern of glass mosaic tiles.
Pantone’s “Infinite Pool” gives the impression that the vibrant mosaic tiles are always in motion. It is almost as if they were alive. The rippling of the water and the constant movement of the light give the illusion.
The “Infinite Pool”, located in the back yard of a charming home on the seafront in Javea, Spain. The architect Esther Santos designed a minimalist contemporary home that stands out from the pool’s bright colors. Pantone says, “I love the contrast that it creates with the rest” of the home. With its clean-cut shapes, as well with the views and setting.
The ever-moving rainbow can be a fascinating sight even if the pool is closed to curious visitors.
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