Ian Kirkpatrick is a Canadian-born artist who moved to the UK in 2008 where he began his graphic design and contemporary art career. His works have been featured on an international scale from New York to Berlin galleries. Unlike artists who often choose a single, or maybe even a few mediums to work with, Kirkpatrick utilizes a wide array of materials from corrugated cardboard to stainless steel. (more…)
Leeds Artist Brings New Life To Vacant Building With Colorful Dibond Mural
Suspended Sound Installation Uses Uniquely Laser-Cut Dibond Panels
Tessel is a collaborative kinetic sound installation by French composer/artist David Letellier and Lab [au], an electronic arts studio. The suspended installation utilizes intricately folded Dibond aluminum composite sheets integrated with audio transducers. The Dibond was laser cut into 40 triangles, 12 of which were fit with motors and eight with the sound transducers. (more…)
UK Development Uses Nearly 300 Feet Of Dibond Hoarding To Engage Passerby
Commissioned by Cliché Marketing in 2015, Spiral Colour’s Hoarding Printing specialty group designed and installed nearly 300 feet of Dibond hoarding for a riverside property development. The Cheshire West & Chester Council development lies along the River Weaver, in the Northwich town center, and will feature, upon its completion, 320,000 square feet of retail, leisure and parking space. (more…)
Dibond Scrap Material Is Transformed Into Intricately Folded Lighting Series
UpcyDesign was created by German design duo Axel and Michaela Kresse. Their impressive lighting series utilizes Dibond aluminum composite scrap material that it upcycled into unique lamps. (more…)
Tron Inspired Dibond Playhouse Constructed By Architecture Students Raises Funds For Non-Profit
New Mexico Appleseed is a nonprofit organization responsible for the creation of the Parade of Playhouses, an annual design event aimed to raise funds for hunger, child malnutrition, family homelessness and poverous families in New Mexico. The nonprofit was instrumental in passing legislation for children to receive free and reduced meals in local schools, which has proven effects on student academic performance. (more…)
Artisan Creates Dibond Promotional Bar Top Fridges For Red Bull
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…)
Stained-Glass Mural Designed For Flawless Installation With Gatorfoam Graphic Display Board
A new stained-glass forest-inspired mural installed last month at Maui’s Pukalani Elementary School in Pukalani, Hawaii, not only gave Big Island conservation artist Calley O’Neill, of Waimea, Hawaii, the opportunity to inspire children to nurture their connections to the land but to experiment with a new design/installation process she developed with her long-term glass-partner Lamar Yoakum utilizing Gatorfoam® graphic display board by 3A Composites USA. (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…)
Stunning Dibond Wall Lamp Receives International Recognition
The GUAU wall lamp showcases, not only the exemplary talents of it’s design team, but also the versatility of the specified material. Manufactured by Arturo Alvarez, the award-winning GUAU wall lamp is comprised of two Dibond metal disks with a joint knuckle, allowing for easy mobility. (more…)