Contra Vision Theatre Posters and Window Graphics
We were recently commissioned by two theatres to print and install one-way vision window graphics. Our choice of substrate for both was Contra Vision which offers a superior application and removal process and allows us to print a graphic on one side without restricting light and vision from inside. Contra Vision 40% Campaign was used on both the Globe Theatre in Dunstable and Watersmeet Theatre in Rickmansworth.
Contra Vision has small perforations in its window films to allow light through. This allows us to print a graphic on the outside. Take a look at the image below which shows the inside and the outside of the windows. Its hard to see that anything has been applied and was perfect for both theatre lobby area
Contra Vision is Easier to Remove than Other Perforated Films
Johnsons use the original inventors of perforated window films, Contra Vision. This is for a number of reasons which give our clients a far better product installation. In this case both theatres needed a short term graphic and one that didn’t need extra costs for a professional removal of the graphics. The Contra Vision Campaign is used for shorter term projects and like the Contra Vision Performance is easy to remove.
How can we help?
Whether you need posters or a full window covering, Johnsons can design, print and install your Contra Vision graphics. Our account managers have extensive knowledge in the print and fitting of all window and wall vinyls and would be happy to talk through your options and steer you in the right direction.
Call our team on 01270 625207 for a quotation or to discuss how we can help create great graphics.
Related Information
This office wall branding video was produced over three days. It shows how we printed and installed wall graphics across a 30 metre wide and 13 metre high wall. See how Johnsons worked with designers at Ultimate in creating these amazing wall graphics for British Engineering Services in Warrington, Cheshire...
Printing and Installing Graphics to a 30m x 13m Wall...
Printing and installing graphics to such a large wall isn't as easy as our fitters make it look. There's a fair bit of planning involved before their expertise is put into action.
Ensuring a safe working environment was first on the list, creating a solid risk assessment and backed up with a comprehensive method statement that our fitters could work to.
Working With Graphic Designers to Ensure a Professional Result
Office wall branding comes in all shapes and sizes! As you can see in the video, the graphics are made up from many sections. The lion itself is made up from 18 sections and is plotted to shape. Our pre-press department needed to work with the both the designers and the fitters to make sure sections could be pieced together safely up to a 13 metre height.
We work closely with designers to make sure designs are represented accurately in print and then executed perfectly when installed.
Again this wall graphic was pieced together to create these stunning stripes that are a crucial part of the BES branding.
Colour Matching to Brand
Our investment in the latest workflow software allows us to match to brand colours. Our AGFA printers create stunning image reproduction giving flat, band-free printed colours that crucially match to our customers brand colours.
If you would like to discuss your project in more detail, please get in touch with the team on 01270 625207. We can offer a free survey to weigh up the options, measure up and give excellent advice from our experienced wide format print team.
Creating One Way Vision Windows with Contra Vision
One way vision windows are a simple, cost effective solution using Contra Vision window film. We are specialists in fitting one-way window film across a variety of project types, large or small. We'll help you choose the right window film to suit your requirements, give qualified advice, and offer the very highest print quality and installation standards.
Contra Vision has many different uses. It's ability to produce stunning graphics on one side and near invisibility on the other always impresses our customers. Whether you're looking to give privacy to an office whilst still giving visibility from within, or require graphic space without affecting incoming light, our Contra Vision experts can help.
This simple fitting was carried out for a temporary office environment that required privacy. A self adhesive vinyl graphic would have blocked light and eliminated the view. And with costs very similar for print and installation, Contra Vision was the obvious choice.
How Does Contra Vision Work?
Contra Vision uses natural light to perform its trick on the eye. Holes in the Contra Vision quickly turn glazing into one way vision windows. The back of the film is usually black and in most cases is fitted to the outside of the windows. This allows the eye to see "through" the graphic from the inside but will only see the graphic from the outside. Contra Vision is supplied in many formats including 30%, 40% and 50% of hole versus substrate. This allows more or less light through, but also affects the image opacity.
The most commonly used film is the 40%, and Contra Vision have recently introduced a 40% HD version which has smaller perforations and gives the graphic unequalled print opacity. Our Sign & Display manager, Jamie Brelsford, will happily talk you through the options.
So There Are Different Kinds of Contra Vision?
There isn't one kind suits all. A 30% may be more effective than a 50% in some circumstances where the graphic is of most importance. Though there are films that give solutions to different problems.
For instance, this project for a major pharmaceutical company was produced using clear Contra Vision. And whilst production time is increased, cost of installation was dramatically reduced.
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Creating one way vision windows usually means applying the window film to the glass from the outside. In this case the walkways were too high to access cost effectively so we used clear Contra Vision. Here we printed the graphic in reverse, backed it up with white ink, then printed a flood coat of black. This enabled us to adhere to the inside of the walkways rather than the outside.
The result allowed vision through the graphic from the walkways but a very visible graphic from below.
Help and Advice from Johnsons Printers
Johnsons print and install for a range of small and large projects. Whatever the size of your project, from a small retail window to a complete building wrap, you will receive the very best quality AGFA quality print. You will be fully supported before and throughout production, and we ensure a safe and professional installation.
Give the team a call or leave a message below, and our sign & display team will offer guidance and advice with your project.Signage Installation in Soho, using vinyl graphics
When Goldsmith Vintage Clothing wanted to make a splash at their shop front on Charing Cross Road in Soho, we were delighted to help.
This wasn't a typical sign installation given the size of the graphics. So a jigsaw of sections were created to break it down into more manageable vinyl graphics. Our graphics were applied by our fitter within a few days and were produced by plotting window graphics and external wall graphics from a conformable vinyl. This allowed us to cover the shop front entirely in sections to give the effect of a full makeover.
The design we were presented with at the outset of this project offered a few challenges. Not least as this busy shop is situated in a busy area of Charing Cross Road. But also because the surfaces weren't entirely flat and we had to find a way of presenting the giant G logo's across the entire shop fronts.
The resulting look of the shop is a stunning and eye catching head turner, which certainly gives the shop an even bigger presence on Charing Cross Road.
Goldsmith have three vintage clothing shops across London, Neal Street in the West End, Portobello Road in Notting Hill and this one in Soho. Each one selling a great mix of vintage clothes and we were delighted to help market the shop on Charing Cross Road aided by their wonderfully friendly staff. We look forward to our next challenge! See the Goldsmith website for more details https://goldsmithvintage.com/