Surfaces on Aluminum Design Blog

Pantone Color of the Year 2026

rachel.dreisbach@na.nbhx.com (Rae Dreisbach) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:08:50 GMT

It's time for the Color of the Year! Pantone chose Cloud Dancer; a soft, airy white to reflect broad cultural and emotional trends:

Happy Holidays from NBHX-Northern Engraving 2024

Sarah Stanton — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:55:01 GMT

2023 Aluminum Holiday Card

Sarah Stanton — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:00:17 GMT

Pops of red, teal and gold dance around this year's holiday card, bringing various symbols of the holiday season to life.

Underneath the vibrant hues is a combination of brushed and bright aluminum to catch the light and add movement. To help the festive colors be the star of the show, we surrounded them with various treatments of black. The border uses a black tint over brushed aluminum, an opaque, matte black background adds softness, and a dull black texture brings a subtle, tactile finishing touch.

Happy Holidays from NBHX-Northern Engraving

Sarah Stanton — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:19:00 GMT

May Joy, Peace, Hope and Happiness be yours this Holiday Season

From your friends at NBHX-Northern Engraving

Pantone Color of the Year 2022 | Very Peri

Sarah Stanton — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:58:19 GMT

Each year, the color experts at the Pantone Color Institute select a color of the year. For 2022, the choice color is Very Peri, Pantone 17-3938 TCX. Described as courageous, its presence encourages personal inventiveness and creativity.

Very Peri is a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone. Blending the faithfulness and constancy of blue with the energy and excitement of red, this happiest and warmest of all the blue hues introduces an empowering mix of newness.

Top Color Trends for 2021

Sarah Stanton — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:12:22 GMT

Let's look ahead to the year 2021 and the color trends that will inspire us!

Projected from WGSN, the global authority on consumer and design trends, we'll see expressive brights inspired by digital culture and neutrals shifting to more elegant and elevated tones.

Below are a collection of aluminum finishes from our library showcasing our take on each of these upcoming color trends. The colors are fully customizable from opaque colors to transparent tints, and could be integrated into any pattern structure. All of which can be used as an overall finish or applied selectively to your decorative nameplate or trim piece.

Geometric Patterns Inspired By Interior Design

Sarah Stanton — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:59:39 GMT

Sometimes all you need is one spark of inspiration for a design to develop. For this set of patterns - it was one eye catching textile found at the 2019 NeoCon Trade Show.

Pantone Color of the Year 2020 | Classic Blue

Sarah Stanton — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:48:32 GMT

Each year the color experts at the Pantone Color Institute select a color of the year. For 2020, the choice color is named Classic Blue, Pantone 19-4052. It is a rich blue hue that showcases a calm yet confident aesthetic. Described as dependable and elegant in its simplicity, it makes sense why they chose it to bring in the new decade.

2018 Aluminum Holiday Card

mlarson@norcorp.com (Mitch Larson) — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:05:57 GMT

Many of our patterns and finishes on aluminum are created with layers of decorative processes. A popular technique is to make use of selective areas of mechanical finishes - stripes, spins, and brushes on the surface of the metal. The resulting decoration has movement and depth which can then be built upon with transparent tints of color and printed tones for detail.

Transforming Your Wallet with Metal

Billie Theobald — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:37:08 GMT

Consumers want to be treated like kings – let’s face it. Our loyalty to brands and icons is generated by how they make us look and feel. Every piece of plastic in our wallets has a story behind what it offers us and how it treats us. Plastic? Traditional card and secure card designers dress up the plastic with foils and digital printing to enhance their cards image, but at the end of the day it’s still plastic. If we are going to pay an annual fee for a card that gives us elite status and robust benefits, then it better look like an elite card. Now that metal has entered the card construction over the past several years, your card can directly reflect that high-quality standard.