 Large Format
Digital Print
Digital Printing
Sometimes you may want fast digital print. We have been a large format digital printer for over 30 years. We are fast, affordable and accurate. From a single poster to a building full of printed walls, we are here for you. We have handled some of the biggest retail roll outs in the country over the years. No job is too small, give us a try and we will not disapoint.
Fitting Services
Quite a lot of what we do needs fitting. In the past we relied on outside contractors but not anymore if it's produced in the house it should be fitted in the house and that's what we do.
Making Things
In-house production is at the heart of our business. We have skilled people, joiners, 3-D designers, and of course 3-D printers. We make things!
You Just know when something looks great
PRINT, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT!
The world of 3-D
3D PRINTED INTERACTIVES
This commission from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust was one of the most technically challenging and rewarding that we had undertaken. The task was to interpret both seagrass and Oysters in the Humber estuary at Spurn Point. We purchased a 3-D printer for the job. Please let us know what you think. Thank you so much to the team at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. You gave us the time and the space to try and achieve something special, thank you for all the accommodating graphic design changes, and all the help understanding this complex subject, you really are all stars.
Signs that direct to stay safe
Echem. Leeds.
Echem have been a customer of ours for more than 20 years. The management team know what they want, are very decisive and fully hands-on when it comes to the design of the signs, the fonts used and the colours. They spend a lot of time looking at signage and how effective it is and if something is not working they make changes. All the signs are washable using off-the-shelf chemical cleaners and a manufactured to last a very long time.
Our Client
Working with the managing director, we established the design style which was simple and effective. The signs needed to be easy to read from the cab of a lorry entering the site. Although not multilingual the design needs to be understood quickly and effectively by foreign drivers.
Site and Student Information
Leeds Trinity University.
Echem have been a customer of ours for more than 20 years. The management team know what they want, are very decisive and fully hands-on when it comes to the design of the signs, the fonts used and the colours. They spend a lot of time looking at signage and how effective it is and if something is not working they make changes. All the signs are washable using off-the-shelf chemical cleaners and a manufactured to last a very long time.
Our Client
Working with the managing director, we established the design style which was simple and effective. The signs needed to be easy to read from the cab of a lorry entering the site. Although not multilingual the design needs to be understood quickly and effectively by foreign drivers.
Interior Signage
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Echem have been a customer of ours for more than 20 years. The management team know what they want, are very decisive and fully hands-on when it comes to the design of the signs, the fonts used and the colours. They spend a lot of time looking at signage and how effective it is and if something is not working they make changes. All the signs are washable using off-the-shelf chemical cleaners and a manufactured to last a very long time.
Our Client
Working with the managing director, we established the design style which was simple and effective. The signs needed to be easy to read from the cab of a lorry entering the site. Although not multilingual the design needs to be understood quickly and effectively by foreign drivers.
DIGITAL PRINTING AND FITTING IN HARMONY
WALL GRIDS & GRAPHIC WALLS
Digital printing can be just a means to an end like all printing. Large format digital printing when used to great effect can be fabulous and very striking.
In the images below you can see large format digital printing used to create amazing visuals, to tell a story to a audience without using too many words.
Our Client
Working with the team at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and external designers and visual artists these images were created on our most hard wearing material, even used on the concrete floors.
Signs dont have to cost the earth.
Zena Bee's Cafe
Signs do any number of things, they inform, orientate. They can be nailed to fences, screwed to walls and hung from ceilings. The signage in the pictures for this particular cafe were manufactured and fitted by us. Zena Bee's is a community cafe employing young people who would otherwise be unemployed. When designing signage it is important to get everything right, the fonts and colours used are just as important as naming the cafe.
This striking design really works and makes this cafe really stand out. Good design used effectively is definitely the key.
Our Client
Working with the team at Zena Bee's and there chosen graphic designer this striking design really works to brighten up this wonderful community cafe.
Special Print For Special Circumstances
National Gallery Grand Tour.
Large format print used in an inventive and unusual way, all to the highest standards possible.
National Gallery, Grand Tour.
This was one of the largest projects we have undertaken to date. The project consisted of reproducing more than fifty paintings with their frames and placing them on the streets of first London then York. In one night we had all the images up to great acclaim. We took part in over 40 interviews worldwide including the BBC and many other national and international tv companies.
This was digital printing at its most innovative and inventive, the quality from Ark Display was astonishing. The fitting teams worked throughout the night to deliver the 6am deadline for completion.
Our Client
The digital printing techniques used have been a closely guarded secret between Hewlett Packard, Steven Farley and the team at Ark Display.
We designed all the very complex fitting systems, we worked with Westminster council and completely ran the whole show. As for the scientific department, well that was us too. Make of this what you will.
FAST WALL GRAPHICS WITH IMPACT
Music to my ears.
Leeds Music University reception
This very special place needed a few metres of graphics to tell a story we are all familiar with.
Our Client
The digital printing techniques used in this vibrant reception are very durable and washable. Printed vinyl is a cost effective alternative to wall boards and the possibilities are endless.
Digital Wall Coverings + Extras
Effective Branding
Leeds Music University reception
This very special place needed a few metres of graphics to tell a story we are all familiar with.
Our Client
Telu Marketing are one of the leading marketeers in Yorkshire and their look and branding is important to them.
Simple effective smack in the face wall graphics that are mirrored outside in signage and banners were what's needed.
I hope you agree that this was achieved.
A World Heritage Site
Graphics & Display Furniture
It's not every day that you get asked to be involved in a world Heritage site, but we were, and we are very honoured to have been involved. This particular building has been around for many hundreds of years, and we wanted to make the designs and displays something that visitors would really want to engage with.
Our Client
Working with the amazing team from Durham Palace Green was a fabulous opportunity for team ARK. All graphic design was undertaken by the in house team from Durham.
