Signbox revitalises Cardinia Real Estate UK Southbank properties

Signbox has printed and installed 39 graphic artworks at new Cardinia Real Estate UK properties on London’s Southbank.

Previously home to RBS, the two adjacent bankside buildings needed an injection of colour and character. Five prominent artists were selected to create works for the building that would reflect the sites, scenes and people of London. Signbox advised on the most appropriate choice of materials and handled the printing and installation. The digitally printed permanent wall art used Digimura 2:1, a Class-O fire rated wall covering. Interactive wall art was printed using Teslaflex, a ferrous film with a high-grade flexible magnetic base and self-adhesive back that is durable, re-usable, cost-effective and can be installed on any flat surface. Working to a tightly sequenced out-of-hours programme, Signbox had to ensure minimum disruption to employees during the installation works. Self-coloured tinted window films and tough laminated high-tack vinyl wall wrapping film were printed by Signbox on its HP Latex printers and cut on its Zund S3 digital cutter. A glazed link rising through seven floors between the two buildings was decorated with the tinted window film, creating a multi-coloured environment during the day and projecting a stunning back-lit display at night. In the atrium area, two very large -14.2m x 3.8m - multi-drop wall graphics required the use of high-level access platforms and specialist application. In total, Signbox supplied 315m2 of tinted glazing film and 352m2 of digitally printed wall coverings for the project.