Incorporating Company Culture Into the Office - Crafting Your Visual Identity

In today's fast-paced business environment, company culture isn't just about the values listed on a website or in a brochure. It's about how those values permeate every corner of your business — including the physical spaces your team inhabits every day. Office wall graphics, designs, and art provide a tangible way to reinforce and celebrate your company's mission and ethos. Here are some strategies and ideas to help your office interiors reflect the soul of your organisation:

Vinyl graphics are one of the great weapons in telling your brand story and culture in a business environment! They are a versatile and cost-effective medium that has revolutionised how businesses approach interior and exterior branding. Whether it's wall decals inside the office or window graphics facing bustling streets, these elements enhance visual appeal and play a pivotal role in brand reinforcement.

First Impressions Count:

The façade of your business premises is often the first point of contact with employees and potential customers. A striking vinyl window graphic can set the mood, hint at the experience inside, and convey your brand values. Whether it's a colourful logo, a catchy slogan, or an artistic representation of your services, it is a great first-view experience you can really curate for impact. 

Utilising Unused Spaces:

Every nook and cranny of your business premises is an opportunity for branding. That empty wall space in the corridor or the clear glass partition can be transformed with decals into branding touchpoints, ensuring that your company's ethos and message are omnipresent.

Narrative Murals:

A mural that depicts your company's journey, from humble beginnings to present-day achievements, serves as a daily reminder of your collective goals and history. By illustrating significant milestones, you can create a sense of pride and purpose among employees.

Value Statements:

Elevate your core values beyond mere words. Design striking typography graphics that spell out your values in bold, vivid colours. Place them in common areas like the lounge or the entrance hall, where they can inspire both employees and visitors.

Local Art Collaboration:

Connect with the community by collaborating with local artists. This not only supports local talent but also helps teach the values of community and collaboration in your workplace environment. An artist's unique perspective might offer a fresh take on your company's ethos.

Interactive Walls:

Invite employees to contribute by having a chalkboard or whiteboard wall where they can jot down what the company's mission means to them. It fosters a sense of belonging and ownership.

Showcase Diversity:

If diversity and inclusivity are cornerstones of your organisation, let that shine through in your art. Displaying art from various cultures or hosting rotating exhibitions can be a testament to your commitment to a diverse workplace.

Incorporate Green Elements:

If sustainability is a core value, integrate plant walls or eco-friendly art installations. It can serve as a visual commitment to your company's promise to tread lightly on the Earth.

Design with Purpose:

Empty walls can be filled with abstract designs or patterns that resonate with your brand's colours and aesthetics. But choose designs that tell a story or have a purpose. Even subtle geometric patterns can be derived from an element of your company's history or industry.

Highlight Testimonials and Success Stories:

Instead of relegating client testimonials to your website, bring them into your office. Design graphics that quote happy customers or showcase impactful case studies. This serves as motivation and reminds your team of the impact of their work.

Integrate Technology:

Augmented reality (AR) can be used to make wall graphics come alive. Employees and visitors can scan the art to watch a video, read a message, or interact with the company's achievements in a digital manner.

Employee Spotlights:

Dedicate a wall to highlight employees' stories, achievements, or quotes. This can foster a sense of community and shine a spotlight on the human element of your company.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, your office space is more than just a place to work; it's a canvas that tells the story of your brand, your values, and your journey. By intentionally weaving your company culture into the fabric of your office design, you not only create an inspiring environment for your team but also make a lasting impression on every visitor who walks through your doors. Remember, your walls speak. Make sure they echo your brand's heart and soul

How We Can Help:

We have a great history of working with top brands to transform workspaces. Why not reach out to us and have a chat? We are sure we can help guide and inspire with our full range of products and services.

Strut Card Mini Signs

Sometimes you don’t need a 6 foot tall sign to catch someones eye. These simple strut card table topper signs get the point across just perfectly. We worked with creative print agency MJCP to print these small signs on foam board. The pop of colour makes these mini signs work hard, and the artwork itself is gorgeous.

These signs can be reused endlessly, and replaced when required. We decided to make them more substantial so our client could get a lot of use out of these before they need disposing of or replacing.

Call now on 020 7336 0880 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to order your own bespoke marketing signage, big or small. See more of our display graphics here.

Custom Branded Car Parking Signage - Bespoke Signs

Signs can be boring, we know, we work with them everyday. One of our clients showed some initiative and had some new parking signage installed, all branded especially for them.

We worked with MJCP to support create some custom parking signage. We printed direct to ACM, ensuring these signs will last. They were then laminated to ensure the print was protected, and easy to clean.

Small custom signs like these make all the difference to your clients and customers.

Call now on 020 7837 8666 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to get your own custom branded signage for your business premises. You can see more of what we do here.

Informational Signage and Print For Events

Supporting events and exhibitions with graphics of all shapes and sizes is one of our fortes.

We worked alongside MJCP to support a client with some informational signage for their conferences. We printed these in house, with a custom design, and they were delivered to the client to set up. These roller banner systems are extremely effective at conveying a large amount of information clearly and concisely.

Easy to set up and break down, these roller banners can be transported and used multiple times. The graphics can also be removed and reprinted, saving you money, and reducing waste in the environment.

Call now on 020 7837 8666 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to order your own bespoke event or conference informational signage. See more of our printed informational and promotional graphics here.

Event Lineup Announcement A Boards

This summer was one of the hottest on record! And some residential building complexes did their best to ease the stress a little with an outdoor events. In this case, our client hosted cinema screenings.

We worked alongside MJCP and produced some promotional A Boards for them, ensuring everyone knew where to be and when. Some really clear CTAs made these pieces work. Its always nice to take signs back to basics. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

Printed on simple weather board and laminated to make them weather resistant, these boards will serve as great little portable marketing pieces. They can be reused as well, swapping out the old graphics for new, lessening the effects on the environment that other signage types may have. Long live the A Board.

Call now on 020 7837 8666 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to order your own custom event and promotional signage. See more of our printed informational and promotional graphics here.

Attraction Wayfinding Maps - Anti Graffiti ACM

A local zoo is currently working on advertising the opening of an additional exhibit, and we’ve been able to support them along the way suppling them with printed graphics for wayfinding and promotional purposes.

London Display Graphics and MJCP, a London based creative print agency, printed up these huge wayfinding maps for the zoo, so that visitors can navigate the entire attraction easily. Printed on vinyl, laminated and mounted to ACM (aluminium composite material) these boards are weather resistant, anti- graffiti, and hardy, ensuring no amount of rough handling will damage them.

Call now on 020 7837 8666 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to get a quote for wayfinding signage systems for your business. See more of our printed wayfinding graphics here.

Promotional Ice Cream Cart - Brand Graphics on the Move

A cool little project we’ve worked on recently.

Some clean and to the point branded graphics for an ice cream cart. We love doing little bits of print like this, as sometimes it serves companies so much better to make simple, clear statements and improve brand recognition through positive experiences. Cut and printed vinyl works hard for your brand, and is simple and effective.

We worked with MJCP to install, and as always it went off without a hitch.

Call now on 020 7837 8666 or email info@londondisplaygraphics.co.uk to order your own bespoke cut vinyl, to brand up your events and marketing exercises. See more of our POS and display graphics here.

Shop Front Retail Hoarding

A recently completed hoarding project for Mango shows the impact a street advertising hoarding can have.

These stunning graphics were printed on a mix of vinyl for the windows and 3mm aluminium composite panels for the doors, both finished with an anti-graffiti seal. Our skilled install team even scribed the panels onsite to fit perfectly between the ornate cornice of the building columns. And of course it goes without saying the panels were fitted with colour matched screw heads.

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Antimicrobial Laminating Film

London Display Graphics can now offer this clear film, that is composed of a textured polyester with a hard top coat, as an over-laminate to all our printed products.

The antimicrobial additives are incorporated during the manufacturing process to ensure even distribution throughout the top coating. These antimicrobial agents disrupt the microbial cell wall of bacteria and fungus, inhibiting growth up to fifteen years. The film’s chemistry also provides scratch and chemical resistance which allows daily cleaning without loss of effectiveness.

Thanks to its reliable and consistent protection from contaminants including MRSA, streptococcus, E. coli, salmonella and more, this antimicrobial is ideal for use in environments where hygiene is of particular importance, such as hospitals, schools, nurseries, restaurants and cafeterias.

It also provides extra peace of mind for anyone conscious of hygiene on surfaces such as counters, control panels, door plates, switches and equipment, and on signage and POP graphics and displays. Its textured yet clear finish ensures colours are not diminished while providing good resistance to abrasions.


Display Fabric Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles.

A display material called Vertex Marine, available now, is a 100% polyester fabric made out of recycled single-use plastic bottles in order to conserve natural resources. The substrate is available in 3.2m rolls and can be applied to a variety of display systems.

At London Display Graphics are extremely excited to be able to offer such a forward-thinking product to our clients, and it’s a delight that we can offer materials that protect our oceans’ eco-systems.
To put this in perspective, one roll of 3.2x100m Vertex Marine material uses just under 4,000 plastic bottles, which otherwise could have made their way into the ocean.
The recycling process involves retrieving plastic bottles in compacted bales, which are broken up and labels removed before the PET is crushed into flakes. These flakes are washed and turned into pellets, then melted, extruded and spun into a polyester yarn that is woven to create the Vertex Marine material.

Throughout this process, the material loses none of the qualities of a virgin polyester yarn which means it is designed to give an equal quality of print finish from dye-sublimation, UV-C or Latex printers.

A4 samples of Vertex Marine are available on request please give London Display Graphics a call to find out more.

 
 

Large Format Printers in London

Looking for a large format printer in London? A company that offers flatbed printing?

Look no further. London Display Graphics offer a full range of services to help you with your next large format print project.

We print and install:
Site Hoardings
Museum graphics
Retail POS
Office and Interior graphics
Digital Wallpapers
Self adhesive stickers and decals
Shop window graphics
Cardboard cut-outs and standees
Direct to media printing
Printing on Wood
CNC cutting
Digital dye cutting
Inkjet posters
…and much more.

 
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Get in touch with one of our team to find out how London Display Graphics can help you.

Sale Window Displays

 

Do you need a fast and efficient service to produce and install your Sale window displays?

London Display Graphics offer a full range of large format graphic services in Central London.

From artwork and design to installation we can produce:
Cut vinyl lettering
Printed window stickers.
Optically clear glass vinyls
Printed Posters and boards
Roller Banners
Pop-up Banners
POS graphics and much, much more.

Our graphic installation team are all in-house and offer round the clock services to our customers.

Get in touch today to see how we can help.

 

Freestanding Cardboard Characters

 

We recently produced these cardboard standees for the launch of a new game. With Optimus Prime standing at over 6 feet tall they really made an impression.

Making standees or freestanding cardboard cut-outs as they are known is a cost effective way to market new products with great impact.

We made these by printing direct to media on our Arizona flatbed printer then cut to shape on our Zund contour cutter.

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Full Colour Window Graphics – Hounslow

 

A stunning new INSTRATA Lifestyle apartment complex in Hounslow commissioned us to print and install their marketing suite windows.

Printed optically clear vinyl was used to produce about 30 meters of high resolution, full colour images mixed with solid black and gold designs to create a vibrant and eye-catching advertisement for the apartments.

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Portable Display Cube

 

The brief from our client, a community focused water company, was for a large cube that could be transported and set up at events in public spaces to convey messaging about water usage.

We fulfilled this by making timber and ply frames in eight sections that could be easily bolted together to make the cube structure. The graphic panels were printed direct to 3mm Di-Bond on our Arizona UV flatbed printer and given a final layer of protection with anti-graffiti laminate. Finally, with the usual attention to detail we have come to expect from our guys, the screw heads were coloured to match the graphic background.

This may look like a simple box but it takes experience and knowhow to build a structure that is robust enough to be left outdoors in the public domain.

Well done team!

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High Rise Building Signage

We recently installed three sets of built up illuminated 3D lettering and a tray sign above the entrance of Scape Canalside, high rise student accommodation in Mile End.

The size of the letters taken from the design deck and architectural elevations supplied by the client. Planning permission was required for the signage, so the estimated Lumen rating for the LEDs was supplied along with the full material spec for the client to add in to their planning application -  which subsequently passed.

Prior to the production of the signage, we sent our abseiler on site to double-check the roof for anchor points to make sure the building was suitable for abseiling at the locations where the three large sets of letters were to be installed. The smaller, low-level tray sign above the main entrance was installed using a scaffold tower for access.

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Now and Then – The Turnmills Building - Farringdon EC1

In March 2008, after 3,000 club nights the legendary Farringdon/Clerkenwell dance club closed its doors. Over 20 years it played host to top DJ’s from around the world. Stars including The Chemical Brothers, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Smokin Jo and Judge Jules played the venue.

Today the 58,000 sq ft of offices are occupied by Publicis Groupe. The 12,300 sq ft of retail space is now available to let again after two top restaurants left late last year.

Signage & Wayfinding in London

Our boutique studio and production house is located in Clerkenwell, the heart n soul of London’s creative district. Many of our clients are internationally celebrated designers, architects, creative agencies, institutions, and developers. We are proud to say that many of our clients have also become friends.

Why Can UV Flatbed Printers Print onto so many Materials?

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Within the printing industry and particularly within UV printing. People often ask, “I want to print onto different, rigid materials. It sounds like it’s going to be a tough job - how do I go about it?”

The answer is an easy one. If you have the right support, inks and printing equipment, then it really is an easy job - here is why… 

UV Flatbed Printers have changed and developed a lot over the years, but with the most up to date equipment, the list of different types of material that you can print on is almost endless. The most important factor when printing onto multiple materials is the quality of the UV inks. When deciding which printer you are using, it is crucial that you consider which inks the printer is able to work with. This can vary when looking at different printers from different manufacturers. This is why great support when planning your project is crucial, experts within the industry will be able to advise which printer is right for which project and why certain inks are going to be better than others.

Now we have the right printer and the right inks, let go through the process…

RIP software. The first stage, you must import your artwork into the UV Flatbed Printers RIP software so the machine knows the artwork you are wanting to print. Depending on the job in hand, you can then set the resolution, the setting and set the configuration of the actual printer itself. With a standard UV Printer, it is usually supplied with CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K. Whats K I hear you ask? The Letter K is used within the printing industry for the colour black. This is solely to avoid it being confused with darker colours like blue and brown. There is reasoning behind the name ‘K’ too. The reasoning behind the letter K is that the black plate in offset lithographic printing contained the Key-line – not too many people know that!

Lighter ink channels such as white, light cyan and light magenta can be added to a CMYK printer. These common additions are added to a printer whilst the printer is being manufactured. Adding these lighter colours extends the possibilities when printing, adding to the colour gamut. Having the option to print lighter colours as well as darker colours really widens the opportunity when printing.

Now you are ready to print onto your materials. Setting up the material within the printer is the most crucial stage, it sound obvious, but many project have been ruined at the very first stage! You need to ensure your material is clean, no muck or dust on the material, no upturned edges or anything that may obstruct the printing head. There should be a vacuum which will hold the material in place tightly to avoid slips. You should double check the thickness of the material and if the printer has not done this automatically, enter the dimension into the printer. Once all these checks have been done, fire the printer away and await the finished product.

The printer will do exactly what you have set it up to do, so once the printer has run is course, you should be left with the perfect product.

 

Construction Advertising Boards - What do you call it?

We asked some of our customers what term they use for print site hoarding products. These were their top twenty answers:

Site Hoarding
Printed Construction Hoarding
Construction Site Fencing
Building Development Boards
Developments Advertising Boards
Construction Advertising Boards
Site & Building Wraps
Printed Site Boards
Property Site Boards
Construction Fence Banners
Site Safety Boards
Property Site Advertising
Fencing Banners
Printed Fence Hoarding
Branded Construction Signs
Mesh Fence Hoarding
Pavement Hoarding & Signage
Crowd Control Barriers
Scaffold Banners
Vent Polyester Fencing Banners

If you have any other terms or if you need any of the above, please contact us. We are based in London Clerkenwell EC1.

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