Decorative glass film is a versatile tool that can improve the look of any space while actively improving your bottom line and reducing everyday risks. These are the top five advantages of adding decorative glass film to your workspace.
Advantages of Decorative Glass Film
Aesthetic Appeal
Custom surface film can be personalized to fit literally any aesthetic. You may choose to fully brand whatever glass surface is available, or you can create the most minimalist design possible.
Whatever you choose, decorative glass film can be fully customized to further enhance the aesthetic of your workspace. The look and how it comes together is completely up to you.
If, at any point, the aesthetic you have created no longer works, custom surface film is easily removed and replaced. You could conceivably change the look of your space as often as you want at a relatively low cost.
Safety Considerations
Plain glass is an undeniable safety risk that could open your business up to lawsuits. All it takes is one person walking into the clear glass to put your business at risk. Therefore, most businesses with lots of glass use glass film to demarcate walls, etc.
Even a partial glass film design can act as a visible deterrent that actively shows your company’s effort to reduce risk of injury. In the event of an accident, a shatter-resistant decorative glass film can help to hold glass together and prevent serious injury.
Increased Security
Companies thrive when collaborative space is available, but there are spaces that are necessarily more private. Clouded glass films and similar styles can end up implemented to provide a subtle level of privacy that doesn’t destroy the open feeling of your workspace.
Carefully placed decorative glass can also give individual employees a feeling of privacy and security in their individual workspaces for better overall morale.
In addition to providing privacy, some decorative surface films remain designed to resist break-in attempts. These products are more specialized, but they can help to increase the security of your space and important documents.
Compartmentalized Space
The best “open plan” offices are actually composed of carefully compartmentalized spaces. They just don’t use conventional walls to do so.
Glass walls and dividers have been a solution for a number of spaces that wish to create the feeling of an open floor plan without sacrificing the advantages of intentionally divided spaces. Partial or complete glass films can add a subtle division.
While it may not initially make sense to have walls that pretend not to be walls only to make them look more like walls, there is no denying that this combination actually creates a modern and open look without creating one chaotic space.
Decreased Energy Costs
High-quality surface film can do more than just look pretty. Depending on the products you purchase, each type of film has designated properties that enhance the overall usefulness of the film.
One of the most popular types of surface film can find use blocking UV radiation coming into your space. In addition to allowing you to keep rooms bright without blinding your employees, UV-blocking surface film has several benefits.
It reduces the heat allowed into the building, reducing energy costs. It also reduces the strength of the UV radiation that penetrates your windows. As a result, you’re less likely to see furniture and carpets fading as a result of strong sunlight.
Essentially, the film allows light in but not too much, the perfect balance for comfort and employee happiness.
Additional Perks to Consider
Metwest’s decorative glass film is so much more than an attractive and professional add-on. Their host of functional custom films can reduce dirt, eliminate the risk of graffiti, and even act as a lasting writable surface. The possibilities are endless.