University of Sheffield IT Department

Continuing the theme of ‘unusual projects’ The University of Sheffield called on Banner Box when it wanted something truly un-usual for one of it’s IT Suites. The Department of Geography is celebrating it’s 100th Anniversary and as part of the year there have been upgrades to a number of it’s key facilities. During the refurbishment of the IT facilities it was decided to do something special with the Curtains.

The Department required high quality black out curtains to enable lecturers to use projectors in the room. However rather than opting for a simple set of plain curtains they decided to use the curtains as a teaching aid. In consultation with the department artwork was prepared with a series of world maps showing may aspects of population & social variations known in the jargon as ‘Social & Spatial inequalities’. These maps distort the physical size of the land mass to show aspects such as ‘internet usage’ or ‘access to sanitation’ so an area with below average figures appearing smaller and vice versa.

University of Sheffield IT Department Detail

Banner Box had the job of turning the academic theory into reality. We printed the graphics on our superwide ColorBooster digital textile printers to a fire retardant display fabric. This was then lined with an opaque interliner to create the finished curtains. The curtains were hung using heavy duty tracks with pull cord closures. Despite the deadline being moved forwards by 10 days Banner Box were able to complete the project in time for the official re-opening by the University Vice Chancellor on The 3rd of December. Banner Box Offer a number of curtain and blind products including Roller Blinds, Vertical & Roman Blinds as well as Curtains.

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