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Screens & Partitions
Separation without a wall.
Dividing space without closing it — pattern, light and transparency worked out in metal and glass.
A screen is one of the few elements that changes a room twice: once as an object, and again as the pattern of light it throws. Getting that right is a question of proportion — the ratio of solid to void, the thickness of the ligament between cuts, and how the pattern resolves at the frame.
We cut screens on a CNC laser with a two by four metre bed, so most panels come out of a single sheet without a joint. Where a pattern is larger than that, we plan the joint into the pattern rather than through it.
The same discipline applies to steel-and-glass partitions and sliding systems, where the section size, the glazing detail and the running gear all have to be resolved together.
What a screen is for decides the pattern
A screen that divides a restaurant is doing a different job from one that hides a plant room, and both are different from one that carries light. How much you should see through it, from which side, at what distance — those settle how open the pattern can be and how the cut edges are treated, before any pattern is chosen.
The pattern itself is nearly free to change until the sheet is cut, and expensive after. So the sample is a section of the real screen at full size, held up where it will stand, and looked at from where people will actually see it. Patterns that look right on a screen at a desk often need opening up or closing down once they are at architectural scale.
How it is built
Where it is used
- Decorative laser-cut screens
- Room dividers and freestanding screens
- Sliding and folding partition systems
- Metal-and-glass framed partitions
- Custom laser-cut patterns developed to a design
- Screens integrated with backlighting
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Screens & partitions we have made
From the workshop and from finished interiors. Click a picture to see it larger.
Product catalogue
Screens & Partitions: what we make
Questions & answers
Questions about screens & partitions
How open should a decorative screen be?
It depends on what it is for. A screen that separates two dining areas should let light and glimpses through but not a clear view; one that hides a plant room should not. The pattern’s open area, its depth and how it is lit decide this, so the honest test is a full-size section of the real pattern held where the screen will stand and looked at from where people will be.
Can a laser-cut pattern be changed once it is cut?
No — a cut sheet is a cut sheet. Everything before that point is cheap to change and everything after it is a new panel. That is why the pattern is proofed at full size, on the real metal, before the production run starts.
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Often specified together
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