AREA LIGHT DECORATIVE ELEMENT WITH OPTICALLY ACTIVABLE SYMBOL BODY

The invention relates to an area light decorative element () comprising an optically activatable symbol body () at least partially formed of a transparent optically activatable first material () and configured to emit visible light in response to the optically activatable symbol body () being excited with electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined first frequency range, a light element () consisting of a transparent material, wherein the optically activatable symbol body () is arranged in the light element (), a touch-sensitive surface () disposed in a first area () of a surface of the light element () above the optically activatable symbol body () for detecting a touch of a user in the first area (), and an illumination unit () which is arranged to emit visible light in a predetermined visible frequency range () into the light element () and, together with the visible light, also to emit electromagnetic radiation in the predetermined first frequency range into the light element ().