Artisanal craftsman, Mike Robinson, creates bespoke furniture and housewares in the United Kingdom. Although Robinson specializes in wood and wood-based sheet stock, he often incorporates metals and plastics into his designs, depending on the client’s specifications. For this particular application he utilized various finishes of Dibond aluminum composite material for a series of point of sale displays for Red Bull in the UK. (more…)
3D Printers Integrate Dibond Aluminum Composite Into Design
YSoft 3D printers utilize the world’s most popular three-dimensional printing method, Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). The be3D eDee printer was manufactured by YSoft and designed by the company’s creative director, Martin Žampach. (more…)
French Design Studio Modernizes Bouquinistes With Dibond Prototypes
In the quaintest application of Dibond aluminum composite material, Noir Vif a design studio out of Paris, France, submitted several new prototypes made of ACM for an old tradition. Paris has a unique custom going back to the 16th century of booksellers selling along the banks of the Seine river. They are known as the bouquinistes and their second-hand collections are sold out of green boxes. (more…)
Michigan Fabricator Stumbles Upon Dibond For Carefully Milled Corporate Signage
In St. Clair Shore, Michigan, Mike Porzondek of Boss Fabrication can be found welding, cutting, and fabricating a host of various projects. In his latest job, Porzondek specified an aluminum composite panel; a material he had never used. (more…)
Versatile Dibond Shows Up Again In A Gorgeous Furniture Collection
In an innovative application by French product designer and artist, Thomas Dellys, Dibond aluminum composite material was used to form exquisite furniture designs. The first piece in a series of side tables and low tables, is a small stool made of wood and ACM. The designer refers to the small prototype as the JPN stool. (more…)
Boundary-Pushing Sportswear Brand Lands In NYC With Dibond Displays
Sportswear brand Stone Island is making its way into the USA with a New York City flagship store in the trendy Soho neighborhood. The company, affectionately known as, “Stoney,” is noted for pushing boundaries in garment technology, innovative fabrics, and colors. The store fuses signature Soho high ceilings and bold columns on the exterior, with the brand’s customary display fixtures and fittings on the interior. Matching the company’s modern appeal, innovative materials such as Dibond aluminum composite panels, carbon fiber, fiberglass, and tinted glass walls are used to display the fashion line. (more…)
Urban Contemporary Artist Chooses Dibond To Mount Finished Work
Dutch artist, WOL75 (Jasper Wolters), graduated from the Academy of Art in Den Bosch in 2004 and has been working as an artist ever since. When he is not working on his personal projects, he is a freelance graphic designer and art director in the Netherlands for clients such as Canon. In his most recent personal series, the M-Red Collection and the M-Recollection, he explores the complicated themes of love, relationships, consciousness, and choice. (more…)
Acrylic Mixed Media Artist Mounts Graphic Inkjet Prints To Dibond
Chicago native, Erik Beehn, paints and draws as part of a collaborative process in his latest installation at the MCQ Fine Art in Las Vegas. His work at the gallery can be attributed, in part, to his partnership with personal icon Ellsworth Kelly. Born in Chicago, raised in Las Vegas, and residing in Los Angeles, Beehn also works as a printmaker at Gemini Graphic Editions Limited. (more…)
Scottish Charity Receives Specialized Dibond Signage To Help Cause For Children
Specialized Signs opened in 2009 and does more than illuminated signage – they also create window graphics, exhibition displays, banners, and vehicle and building wraps. The talented staff of 20 designers, sign makers, sign fitters, and vinyl wrap technicians, provide comprehensive custom-made signage and graphic solutions to organizations in Scotland and throughout the UK. Recently Specialized Signs partnered with local Scottish charity, the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET), to create and install a building wrap for a special charity event. (more…)