Decorative Trim Mood Boards Mood Boards are a Great Tool for Creating that Picture Which is Worth a Thousand Words A mood board, or inspiration board, is a compilation of inspirational elements that organizes your ideas into a visual representation of the emotions behind your design. These ...
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Recycled Aluminum Finishes This article covers the second half of the Northern Engraving trend presentation. Our trend presentation is a series of seven mood boards developed around themes. The first three themes focused on new mechanical finishes. The four themes featured here focus on the use of ...
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Brushed Metal Finishes Directional and non-directional patterning plays with light creating depth and movement in these new brushed aluminum finishes. Three different approaches were taken resulting in dramatically different results. All are featured in our latest trend presentation. All build on ...
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Architectural Metal Surfaces view larger image Our design studio recently hosted a group of visitors from the architectural industry. We spent time reviewing mood boards and finishes from our pattern library. It is always interesting to hear reactions our wide variety of aluminum finishes and ...
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This collection of non-directional brushed aluminum finishes features our newest mechanical finishes and is featured in the new Surface Collections section of the Northern Engraving web site.
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Metal Ceiling Panels Custom ceiling tiles are a versatile option for creating high impact designs to enhance your space. The designs utilize standard processes used in the manufacturing of automotive trim and nameplates. Options range from the diverse offering of finishes in our pattern library to ...
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Random Interwoven Spin Exploration of traditional mechanical finishes has resulted in a new series of mechanical finishes for decorative trim and nameplates. Our latest trend presentation features this group of finishes. This article explores one of these finishes.
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Aluminum Patterns for Decorative Trim and Nameplates Introducing the Surface Collections section of the Northern Engraving web site. This new area on the Design page helps users find patterns related to their interests. Finishes are arranged in sets based on theme, color or structure. Clicking on a ...
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