COOL WALL STICKERS

Work the senses- colour, texture and typeface make exciting wall quote decoration

Wall quotes can involve different sizes, typefaces and textures of vinyl making it a very versatile and exciting decorating idea.

This silver vinyl below looks amazing when you walk into the office.  It reflects depending on the different angles and is a really trendy way to add some zest to a decorating space.

 

Using two contrasting colours but sticking in the same shades will help to add depth and further interest to the space.  We also recommend this for smaller spaces as it helps the space look tidier by having colours that work together rather than against eachother.

 

Colours and office style were all picked by LegallyBAS, our client, and we just worked with their ideas to add wall lettering that complimented the design.

By using hot pink wall lettering on the grey wall, and shiny silver vinyl lettering on the pink walls, there is an intiguing depth to the office design- with different lights reflecting off the silver lettering.  It looks just amazing!

Wall art stickers for schools, libraries and education

Using wall art stickers to decorate educational spaces is almost the perfect decorating tool!  The kids can't take them off, they add colour and life to important areas, and they can be directional helpers, and well as promoting the values and vision of the school through out the grounds.

For kids wall stickers that are going on walls, teachers and or school maintenance can easily install.  For glass we recommend that you consider getting a proper installation done.

The other key consideration when decorating schools is to ensure that the vinyl being used is a durable, and high quality vinyl.  The last thing you want is to see wall stickers peeling off the wall and looking tacky and cheap.

Some examples from a recent installation are shown below.

 

 

Simply adding a sentence here or there, a few colourful characters and some birds can transfer a primary school or junior play area.

For senior schools, using vision, mission and value statements can make a huge impact both on the students and the staff.

For examples of some senior school statements see here.

The below picture is a little dark, but shows the full wall value statements.  Click on image to enlarge the wall art image.

Coming up with some school vision statements is all you need to do.  Send them through to a vinyl designer and they can mock up some different fonts/ colours for you and way we go.

To discuss  wall art vinyl for your school contact us on art@coolartdesign.com.au

Wall Quotes and Wall Lettering: How to

Creating wall quotes and wall lettering for your office or retail shop can be both cost effective for decorating, as well as a fantastic personal touch to the decorating space.  The same process we are going to describe below can be used for rooms in residential, educational facilities or hospitals.

 
 

STEP ONE:  What do you want to say?

A popular choice for using wall quotes in an office is to display your mission statement or a vision for the company.

In a retail store, perhaps you are trying to capture the essence of your store, and then using either a quote from a person that matches your store identity, or alternatively you could just use emotive words.

There are so many ideas.  For a pet shop or a vet clinic you could have animal related wall quotes.  This gives the people in the waiting room something to read and is a fun and emotional way to decorate the waiting room.

For a sports store or sports injury clinic, you could have sports, achievements in sports, or simply words to decorate.  A cool idea would be to have various sporting guiness world records dotted around the shop/clinic.

STEP 2: What colour and font?

Choosing a colour is easier than choosing a font.  You need to focus on what will be readable to customers entering the shop, or staff entering the office.  Do you have corporate colours?  Think about matching the wall quote to your corporate colours. 

Sticking with block, upright fonts will be easier to read than cursive running writing, but then running/ hand writing fonts have more  feeling than block fonts.

STEP 3:  What size?

If you have a large wall space, or multiple walls, then the main consideration for size is whether the wall quote will be lost on the wall.   If you have a pre determined size, then making the wall lettering fit the space will be a little easier.

STEP 4: How to design it?

If you have word or photoshop or another graphics program, you could play with size, fonts and colours yourself.  

If you do not have access to these tools, then simply writing a brief is a good start-  that includes the words, the size space you have to decorate, and possible style such as modern/ contemporary/ rustic etc.  You can forward the brief to a wall quote specialist like Cool Art Vinyl and they can mock up a design for you.

STEP 5:  Ordering and Installing

Whether designed by yourself or with a wall quote business, the next step is to choose whether to self install the wall quote, or to have someone install the design for you.

It is very possible to install wall quotes yourself and the most important thing is to see the installation as a project.  You need to plan it out, get the right tools and then set aside some time to do the actual installation. 

We have a few articles and videos on installing wall quotes that include:

Top tips for perfect wall lettering

Videos on installing wall stickers

If you have any questions or ideas about using wall quotes or wall lettering in your office, retail shop, home or clinic then feel to contact us to discuss.

For ideas for wall quotes you can checkout out wallquotes.com.au

 

 

 

Rainy Day Design: New peacock wall sticker custom design

Rainy day in Sydney, our winter sale is a washout, so what better time to come up with a new wall sticker design!

We created this very intricate peacock wall sticker design with a branch extending from our window.  At the moment it really looks like the peacock is escaping the rain like the rest of us!

HOW TO APPLY INTRICATE WALL STICKER DESIGNS

The trick to installing very intricate wall sticker designs is to plan your surface.  The surface needs to be super smooth and in addition, needs a good quality paint.  If the paint is rough or dusty it will be more challenging to install wall stickers that are intricate in their design.

Wall art stickers made from ultra thin vinyls are best for intricate designs.  There is no way you can use a thick sticker like material for intricate designs- you need to use a very thin high quality conformable vinyl.

The application tape for the design cannot be too strong as it will pull the intricate design away from the wall during application.

Contact Cool Art Vinyl if you have any questions or need advice on creating custom wall stickers that are very intricate.  1300 281 044

Wall Art made from recycled hessian burlap bags: NEW ART RANGE

We know this website is about wall stickers, but we are excited about our new rustic canvas range including hessian travel scrolls, and just had to give you a sneak preview!

These are totally hand made- and the best thing about this new range, is that they are 100% customisable.  The destination travel scroll shown in the image is my story.  But what's your story?  We can hand stencil your story into a fabulous rustic artwork.

Heaps more designs in this range are being launched officially next week- so this was just a taster!

Each artwork is made from recycled hessian burlap, and hand stencilled so that no two pieces are exactly the same.  The frames are all different and are from our collection that we have rubbed back and repainted.

Think white washed walls- hessian burlap jute bags- timber frames - coffee bar ambience - gypsy wanderings - French shabby chic- this new range is magical!

And wait there is more!  One of the new designs is a canvas / wall sticker combination.  Yep- very cool designs that starts on the canvas and finishes as a wall sticker.

Watch this space or contact Cool Art Canvas for enquiries on 1300 281 044

Wall Art Sale: Buy canvases and wall art stickers at sale prices

Cool Art Design is having a winter sale this week!

Come along to our Sydney studio on Thursday/ Friday and Saturday and you can buy awesome wall art at great prices direct from the designers!  There will be wall canvases from our Cool Kids Canvas collection and sale items of our wall stickers.  Also a great opportunity to ask questions about installing wall stickers and questions about wall surfaces.

PLUS we will be previewing a brand new collection not available to the general public.

Think white washed walls, hessian coffee sacks, gypsy musings and exotic styling- the new range is sooooo fabulous and we can't wait for you to see it.  So come visit!

Velvet vinyl wall stickers test

With the increasing popularity of wall stickers- we have started testing other products on the market to see if we truly have the coolest product happening.

So we were super excited to see these velvet wall stickers from one supplier.  In the packet they looked great, the picture looked ok on the box and then we went to test the velvet wall stickers on a wall.

Sad face :(

Below are the pictures we took of the test pieces just one day after applying them.  We put a test piece on a smooth brick wall, onto a very smooth painted wood and onto a plaster wall.  All three samples were peeling off.

If anyone knows where we can buy some velvet wall stickers that actually stick please let us know because the velvet surface is funky as.

 

But if they don't stick then the product is not suitable as a quality wall decorating product.

Oasis Youth Support Centre Office Wall Stickers

We really enjoy our continued association with the Oasis Youth Support Centre.  This past week we designed and installed some vinyl wall graphics at the Darlinghurst transitional accomodation services.

Cute signage and owls to add a bit of fun and joy to the office area.

Last year we did a great installation of a graffiti artwork at the Surry Hills Centre.  To see more about that installation click here...

Customer Self Installed Signage: Corporate Office Wall Signage

You know your own business better than anyone!  So why not customise your office/ business space with self installed wall graphics.  The below three images (not fabo images) but the customer sent through after installing were self installed by one of our customers.

They also had the vision and the idea for what they wanted to represent their brand and we just simply were the production team that made the wall lettering for them.

This wall above is a big 3m wide wall painted blue and we made them a copy of their mission statement that they self installed.  The lettering is perfectly straight is a great statement in their office.

This central column in the office space just needed their logos.  We made these 55cm wide to fit the column in their office and they installed them.  Great job!

This is a massive wall and these words are very large as you can tell from the small power points in the bottom left of the wall.   Made in different colours and the words create a great statement on the wall.

Customising words does not cost anything.  We only charge for the vinyl used, not for any design work.

You can use our create your own wall words system, or simply email Cool Art Vinyl to  get a quote on your own wall words.

 

 

 

Frosted window sticker designs: from the vault

We were preparing a new advertisement today, and found a whole bunch of photos from a photo shoot earlier this year.  They are gorgeous shots of frosted glass lettering in a residential home in Pymble, Sydney. 

In this house, we placed frosted window designs on sliding glass doors that lead out to a garden.  The frosting vinyl was designed as a wave of words with a few birds.

We make custom frosted window designs, or you can choose from our frosted window sticker range.

To see some great frosted window sticker designs click here...