pictureit design your glass
unleash your creativity The Saint-Gobain Design Library will allow you to express your inspiration on the glass and customize without limit. We propose 5 styles of inspiration: Timeless, Form, Organic, Era and Culture. 5 styles of inspiration Timeless Timeless Kiddies Tasty - Ornamental - Art of Painting Graffiti - Photography - Calligraphy DIGITAL DESIGN PICTUREit a versatile and reliable glass support for the expression of one s sense of aesthetics and for the communication visual messages. Form Points - Stripes/Lines - Plaids Waves -Circles Stars Abstract - Geometric - Dimensions Fusion - Typography - Objects FACADE & OUTDOOR PICTUREit allow you to beyond the traditional glass and coating aspect and express their own sense of style, aesthetic, design as well as sharing their message. Organic Organic Leaves - Water Flower - Wood Stones Fauna - Macro structures INTERIOR Well-being ambiance, attractive visual, their own interior expression, lovely looks, wow effect, luxury & prestige. Era Gothic - Renaissance/ Baroque - Art nouveau - Art Deco 20 th - 50 th - 60 th - Retro 70 th - 80 th Future Culture Ethno Japonise Chinese Oriental Aboriginal - candinavian - African Arabian Latin Indonesian 2 / Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe / 3
PICTUREit is a versatile and reliable support for the expression of one s sense of aesthetics and for the communication visual messages. Versatile Can be used in facade and interior applications for white, black and any color, patterns, images, full face covering. Substrate Wide range of glass to be digitally printed: clear & extra-clear glass, pattern glass, coated glasses, satinated glass Applications Any glass application can be enhanced with digital printing Designs and images Images, design, shapes, pattern, text from digital file source Position Façade, outdoor, interior SGG PLANICLEAR SGG DIAMANT, SGG PARSOL, Enamel printing on glass surface Reliable PICTUREit is using enamel inks to print on glass. Enamel is one of the hardest materials and when applied on glass and baked at 700ºC it becomes extremely resistant to any challenge such as UV discoloration, very high temperature variations, wet, humid or dry environment as well as scratching and abrasion. Conditions of use Suited for Outdoor, Indoor, Public space, Private space Durability - Expositions Permanently stable in dry and humid environment Can sustain very hot and very low temperature Expression PICTUREit is a publishing canvass just like paper or other materials could be. The source files are processed and optimized using Adobe s Photoshop and Illustrator, like for most of the image processing in the printing & publishing industry. We can therefore process and print any image or vector file. (for more see the full printing guidelines in Annexes) Facade & Outdoor Customer want to go beyond the traditional glass and coating aspect and express their own sense of style, aesthetic, design as well as sharing their message. 4 / Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe / 5
pictureit Give your creativity free rein Aesthetics PICTUREit enables the printing on small or large scale of any type of image, patterns, for decoration or illustration purposes that can originate either from our own library or coming from our customers. Simple full face color printing is also a possibility. Choice of Color: Color range and color matching system (CMYK, RGB, RAL, Pantone) Vector and Image files:images, design, shapes, pattern from our own library or coming from ourcostumers CommUNICATION PICTUREit is also the highest quality support to print and display Text and Shapes, for example all the elements (brand, logo, claim ) that convey a company s message and identity. Written: Permanent display text Visual: Brand, Logo, Claim, Warning, Symbols, Shapes, Direction ADVANTAGE long-lasting colored design combinable with all Saint-Gobain Building Glass products all inks are free of heavy metals adapted range of colors and effects multilayer printing possible PICTUREit TwinView finer surface compared to screen printing convenient for small and larger series Photographs, texts and much more as permanent designs on brilliant glass Highly scratch and abrasion-resistant: enamels glazed on the skin of glass Permanent of enameled color even in humidity conditions Tempered or heat strenghened glass UV and light resistance APPLICATIONS PictureIt is designing all applications with long lasting colors and magnify color, graphic and picture The possibilities for application of digital printed glasses are endless. Give your creativity free rein, whether if high-end interior design, colorful eye-catchers on facades or individual pictures for your own four walls. Indoor: Partitions & Doors Stair, Floors and tiles Shower, Splashback On Mirrors Photo printing & Art Wall cladding Signage Table Tops Thinks top Outdoor: Facades Roof and skylite Spandrels and slimwall Stained glass Signage Street display Wall cladding Mimic PV Pattern RANGE Picture-It is glass with a printing on one side. The printing process uses high-temperature fired enamel. Using this technique, it is possible to print permanent designs, photographs and text onto all types of glass. No limits to the creation of customised designs in colour. Traditional glazed products can now incorporate the high quality printing of logos, signs, images and designs. PICTUREit is always available in toughened glass and can be laminated with hard-coated glass in insualting glass unit. The value of g factor is calculated for each glass package design (please contact technical support) Degital Design and pre-printing Our design office and production site will take care of your queries or questions. We ask generally to a produce a sample The Digital Design Office can assist you on the design selection and answer to your question by email at pictureit@saint-gobain. com or by phone at +49 2406 822517 or +49 178 2001 301 Glass substrates Designs and images Glass thickness Glass dimension: clear & extra-clear glass, pattern glass, coated glasses, satinated glass Images, design, shapes, pattern, text from digital file source 3-19 mm 2400mm x 4500mm (up to 3200mm x 18,000mm on request) 100mm x 280mm (smaller on request) up to 720dpi Inspiration Design chosen on SG Design Library or supplied by customer Review of size, resolution & colors PDF of print-preview submitted to customer for approval, if necessary Design adaption & color adjustments Enamel digital printing of On glass Minimum glass dimension: Printing resolution Colors all colors in standard, metallic silver, gold and satin effect on request 6 / Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe Saint-Gobain bulding gass europe / 7
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