Window Graphics and Privacy Frosting

Privacy and branding on the same glass

A frosted band across your windows stops people looking straight into your office, consult room or gym. Light still comes through, so the room doesn't go dark. Put your logo in the frosting and the same film carries your name to the street.

At Burgess Thomson the frosted band runs the length of the frontage, with the name repeated on every pane. At ToneLAB Training on Bull Street, Newcastle West, the frosting covers the glass, with a logo band across each pane and the name lettered down the door.

Where window graphics earn their keep

Glass walls inside a building need privacy too. At The Good Dentist the surgeries have glass walls, so we frosted them with a circle pattern, the practice logo and the room name. The surgeries are screened from the corridor and the light still gets through.

Shopfronts are the other big one. A full-colour print across the window turns the glass into a sign for everyone walking past. Sports Power has a runner on the beach printed across its front window, with a branded band on the door glass. Inside a building, a printed photo works the same way. For McDonald Jones we printed a stadium photo across a glass wall and its double doors.

Frosting or one-way vision?

Frosting is for privacy. It blurs the view through the glass and lets the light in. One-way vision is a printed perforated film. From outside you see a full-colour graphic, and from inside staff and clients can still see out. Newcastle Orthodontics in Charlestown has it across its glass frontage, so the practice stays bright and people outside see the brand. It works best in daylight. At night, with the lights on inside, people can see in.

For a name on the door or opening glass, cut vinyl lettering does the job and lasts 5 to 8 years depending on sun.

Glass and artwork

Big graphics need accurate measurements of every pane, so we measure the glass before anything goes to print. Vector logos give the cleanest edges when they're cut into frosting. Photos for a full window print need to be large enough to stay sharp at full size. If your files aren't ready, our in-house designers can set them up, and you get a proof to approve before we print.