Glass is not just an architectural tool; it is, in a way, a blank canvas. If your glass surfaces aren’t going to be used strictly as windows, a graphic design window treatment can transform them into a source of:
Helping achieve that transformation are the installation location and the window film material in which your design will be displayed. Let’s explore how knowing the best PET film material to use can help you get the most out of your window glass design project.
You will be working with a PET film material for your window graphics based not just on how it makes the final graphic look, you’re also going to choose a material based on what it does. When you make a window graphic material choice, you’ll be making decisions based on:
As you weigh the importance of each of those factors, consider these five tips when making your window film material selection.
In conference rooms and lobbies, clear PET graphic film can be a strong material choice when you want to match sightlines with graphic design. This window film material allows you to meet the needs of both. Adding a layer of UV block helps protect the graphics as well as preserve the walls, chairs, and other items inside the space.
When developing window graphics for interior spaces, your designs can improve productivity, inspire creative business solutions, and refresh the workplace. Since people see them daily, though, they can also lose that power quickly. You may want to consider using material that is easy to install (like ECO-2306RC, which uses LINTEC’s Dry Apply technology with a high-tack, removable air-egress acrylic adhesive) and just as easy to remove. That will allow you to easily refresh key design panels on a semi-regular basis.
In an office, you’ll generally need to contend with a range of installation locations for glass window designs. They can go anywhere from high-traffic interior entry doors off the elevator to conference windows exposed to the mid-day sun. This means you might need to mix window film materials in order to:
In hospitals, doctors' offices, medical centers, and life sciences locations, privacy is paramount. Designers can add frosted or tinted textures to glass fronts with patterned designs on digital window film materials. This enables you to develop a space that’s personal yet private without blacking out windows and in a way that doesn’t permanently alter the architectural design plan.
Classrooms, libraries, foyers, and residence halls are all extensions of a learning-focused community. That can often mean lots of people, many with curious hands. If you’re developing a glass window design in an educational space, the durability and scratch resistance of the material take on an added level of importance.
From large display window graphics to smaller branding designs for doors, every window graphic design is unique. And there is a graphic window film to meet the needs of all of them. Before starting your next project, contact an expert at LINTEC. They’ll help you find the material that best fits the current and long-term needs of your design installation.
When you are ready to start looking over window film material samples, reach out to the printed window film experts at LINTEC of America.