Interior Graphics

What interior graphics cover

Dimensional letters and logos, lobby and reception wall treatments, wall graphics and murals, window and door vinyl, frosted and decorative privacy film, floor graphics, engraved plaques, donor and recognition walls. This is the category that does the most to make a space look finished, and it’s also the category where substrate and installation conditions matter more than most people expect going in.

Substrate and finish

The material we recommend depends on where it’s going and how it needs to perform, not on what looks best in a sample book. Dimensional letters for a lobby wall read differently in brushed metal than in painted acrylic, and mounting method changes with wall material: drywall, masonry, glass and stone all take fasteners and adhesives differently. Wall graphics on a textured or heavily patterned wall need a different print and install approach than a smooth painted surface, sometimes a different material entirely. We look at the actual wall before specifying material, not after.

New construction and new paint

If you’re installing wall graphics or vinyl on newly painted walls, the paint needs to cure before we apply anything. Adhesive vinyl applied to paint that hasn’t fully cured can lift, bubble or pull paint off the wall when it’s eventually removed. Tell us the paint schedule and we’ll sequence install after cure time, not around it. This comes up constantly on new construction and tenant improvement projects where the punch list wants everything done at once.

High-traffic durability

Corridors, stairwells and lobbies see a different level of wear than a private office. Floor graphics in particular need a slip-rated, wear-rated laminate if they’re going anywhere with foot traffic, not a standard print finish. Wall graphics at elbow and shoulder height in a busy corridor need scuff resistance a low-traffic wall doesn’t. We spec finish to the traffic level of the space, and we’ll say so if a design choice won’t hold up where you want to put it.

Leased space and removability

If you’re in a leased space, your lease likely has terms about returning walls to original condition at move-out. Removable vinyl and film exist specifically for this: full removability without paint damage when it’s time to take it down, versus a permanent installation that isn’t designed to come off clean. Tell us up front whether this is a long-term installation or something that needs to come down cleanly at lease end, it changes the material we spec.

Privacy film and glazing

Frosted and decorative privacy film on interior glass, conference room walls, sidelites, doors, does two things at once: it controls sightlines and it can carry a logo or pattern. One thing to flag early: door and sidelite glazing in commercial buildings often carries required visual markings for safety and code reasons, separate from any branding or decorative treatment. If your glazing already has markings on it, or is going to, we coordinate the graphic design around them rather than covering them, and we’ll ask your architect or contractor to confirm what’s required on that specific glazing before we finalize design. We don’t guess at code requirements we haven’t been shown in writing.

Donor walls and recognition displays

Engraved plaques and donor recognition walls are a different production process than printed graphics, usually etched or engraved metal, acrylic or stone, built to a naming list that will be updated over time. If names will be added later, an ongoing donor campaign, a rotating award, we plan for that at the design stage: a layout with room to grow, and a production method that lets us add names without remaking the whole piece.

Working in an occupied space

Most interior graphics projects happen in a building that’s still in use. We can phase install around your hours, section off a work area, and sequence multi-room projects so you’re not shut out of a lobby or corridor longer than necessary. See facility managers for how we plan phasing on occupied projects.

Window and door vinyl

Storefront and interior window vinyl carries logos, hours, wayfinding cues or a full frosted privacy pattern, and it’s usually the fastest interior graphics project to turn around because there’s no wall prep involved. The tradeoff is exposure: window vinyl in a sunlit lobby or storefront sees more UV and cleaning-chemical exposure than a wall graphic, so we spec vinyl and laminate rated for that, not the same material we’d use on an interior wall.

Getting started

Tell us the space, the substrate if you know it, whether this is permanent or needs to be removable, and any code or lease constraints we should know about going in. We’ll do a field visit or ask for photos and measurements, then come back with material and finish recommendations before we quote. Tell us what you’re working on.