Dimensional Innovations shines with metallizing treatment

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(2006), "Dimensional Innovations shines with metallizing treatment", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 53 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2006.12853bab.009

Dimensional Innovations shines with metallizing treatment

Dimensional Innovations shines with metallizing treatment

Earning a reputation for turning dreams into physical realities, Dimensional Innovations continues to surprise architects, interior designers and clients with creative eye-catching architectural displays that combine lightweight materials and stunning metal surfaces.

Shortly after its award-winning display commemorating the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson, Dimensional Innovations once again received industry acclaim with its breath-taking design of Puerto Rico's Caribbean Cinemas Plaza Guaynabo, a 100,000 sq.ft theatre complex that was transformed into a exciting undersea environment. In both cases, Dimensional Innovations integrated inexpensive, lightweight materials with the patented LuminOre® metallizing process to achieve rich, spectacular results.

“From underwater caverns of the Caribbean Cinemas to retail displays at the Denver Broncos stadium to interactive dinosaur displays, our projects vary greatly,” says Tucker Trotter, Vice President and partner of Dimensional Innovations. “But they all have one common thread. Every project begins with an idea, and our team of engineers and artisans are assigned the task of turning our customer's vision into a reality.”

A good example of Dimensional Innovations creativity, the Caribbean Cinemas project required a decorative “Lost World” theme that featured hand- painted murals, impressive colonnades, cavern-like facades and bronze sculptures of sea creatures throughout the complex. However, since sculptures of solid bronze were cost prohibitive, Dimensional Innovations cleverly applied the LuminOre® metallizing process over sculptures crafted from high-density polyurethane foam. The end result were large sculptures that had the look and feel of solid bronze, yet they weighed next to nothing.

“LuminOre is an amazing product that gives us new uses in metals such as stainless steel, copper, bronze, aluminum and many others,” says Trotter. “The architects and designers that we work with are always surprised to see what it is and how it works. Everyone tries to label it as a paint, but it's not paint. It's real metal with all of the characteristics of metal, and it opens up entirely new options for our designs.”

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An official applicator of LuminOre, Dimensional Innovations is an architectural signage, specialty fabrication and design assist firm that furthers the success of companies around the world. Featuring a 70,000 sq.ft, state-of-the-art facility and 70 employees, Dimensional Innovations utilizes more than 40 dedicated workstations to fabricate interior and exterior signage, sculptures, displays, exhibits, large format graphics and much more. The main shop contains advanced wood- and plastic-working capabilities, and the Dimensional Innovations team is fully equipped to completely engineer and execute finished products from concept to completion (Plate 2).

Headquartered in Overland, Kan., Dimensional Innovations is an architectural signage, specialty fabrication and design firm that can make your vision a reality. For more information on Dimensional Innovations, please call: 913.384.3488 or visit their web site at: http://dimin.com/