Buxtehude City Library – indoor and outdoor advertising technology
The Buxtehude City Library offers all visitors an extensive collection of literary works of all kinds. In this regard, the spaces are naturally designed to invite reading. Through close collaboration with the agency Vitamin B2, the impressive designs were brought to life in our production.
Task: Production and installation of wallpaper, acrylic glass signs and guidance systems
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- Vinyl application
- Self-adhesive vinyl for shelves
- Vinyl plots at the reception desk
- Signage and guidance systems
- Acrylic glass sign for outdoor use
- Guidance systems for better orientation in the individual departments
- Vinyl plots doors of the staircase
- Shelf panels made of acrylic glass
- Vinyl – fully printed for departmental assignment
- Wallpapering
- Wallpaper printed in different colors as visual elements for the walls of the elevator shaft
Materials and processing
In the Buxtehude City Library, we used only a few materials at first glance. However, these were processed in many different ways, allowing for a variety of implementations.
- Acrylic Glass
- Acrylic glass – scratch-resistant coating on one side
SA-Vinyl – printed (partially full-surface), plotted, printed in reverse, laminated, and wet glued, partially transparent
- Wallpaper – printed
Execution
The agency Vitamin B2 provided us with the designs for the works we produced in advance. After receiving the designs, we began production in the respective project stages.
Project phase 1: Wallpaper, guidance systems and film bonding
First, we printed the wallpaper in the designs of blue, orange, and green, the colors of the Buxtehude City Library, and pre-cut it to the installation size. This wallpaper was used to cover the walls of the elevator. A different color was used on each floor.
For the stairwell doors, we prepared vinyl plots. These plots serve as a wayfinding system, showing visitors of the library which departments are accessible via the stairwell.
Some bookshelves feature side panels made of scratch-resistant coated acrylic glass on one side, which we back-applied with a reverse-printed, laminated, transparent film.
On other shelves, we applied a full-surface printed film, which shows visitors of the library which books are displayed here.
Project phase 2: Object signage, guidance systems and vinyl application
The exterior of the Buxtehude City Library also required a new sign to display the opening hours. We applied printed film to it and wet-glued it, then mounted it on-site.
The reception desk in the entrance area was equipped by us with cut vinyl lettering and a dark gray, full-surface printed film.
Once again, we applied various types of films to the acrylic shelf sides and other bookshelves as described above.
