Troldtekt decoration

Troldtekt® decorationA different kind of decoration

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Troldtekt decoration offers individual decoration for ceilings, walls and framed wall panels while at the same time ensuring good room acoustics. Advanced printing technology enables the transfer of motifs of any type and design directly onto Troldtekt. The characteristic, rustic panel surface adds an exciting dimension to the motif and gives the room a unique decoration. Troldtekt decoration presents unique opportunities for non-traditional use of signs, logos or your own photos. Templates enable transfer of different graphic expressions and patterns to the panels, allowing even large areas to be decorated. The simple form makes it easier to install such as on to a large ceiling surface, because an element of randomness is generally allowed in the panel composition.

On the following pages, you can read more about individual decoration by the designer duo aggebo&henriksen and by artist Jens Christian Vestergaard. You can also read about transformation of your own motifs into Troldtekt decoration.

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Troldtekt® decoration– a different kind of decoration

Troldtekt decoration ......................................................2

Good acoustics with a personal touch ........3 Case study: vestjyskBANK

In the artist’s workshop ...............................................4

Troldtekt as an artform .................................................5

Designer-style Troldtekt ..........................................6-7

Service ............................................................................................8

About us .......................................................................................8

Published by: Troldtekt A/S, 2013

Photos: David Bering, Martin Tørsleff, Nonbye and Thomas Mølvig

Design: www.ineo.dk

Text: www.publico.dk, www.pressential.co.uk

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Good acoustics with a personal touch

Several daily conferences in a glass-walled room may

sound like a bad cocktail but it was everyday reality for

vestjyskBANK employees. Using a Troldtekt decoration

solution, good acoustics have now been created in the

10 sq m glass room.

The bank had two of their own ad photos printed

on the decoration solution. The photos depict children

and adults playing outside in nature and they have

become a daily reminder about the bank’s values –

closeness, competence and dynamics.

An obvious solution

Birte Ørum works in the department handling opera-

tion and maintenance of all vestjyskBANK departments.

vestjyskBANK in Lemvig (Western Denmark) used a Troldtekt decoration solution to improve acoustics as well as aesthetics in their conference room. The bank chose a motif which reflects the bank’s values.

< vestjyskBANK had their own motifs printed, symbolising the bank’s values – closeness, competence and dynamics.

< Troldtekt decoration creates good acoustics in the 10 sq m ‘glass cage’ at vestjyskBANK in Lemvig.

In connection with a workplace evaluation, she became

aware of the acoustics problems in the Lemvig con-

ference room.

„The room’s acoustics were a huge challenge for us.

It was impossible to have a conversation in there,

whether there were few or many people in the room”,

she says.

Initially, the bank had the Troldtekt panels on trial

but it quickly became obvious that the panels improved

the acoustics – so obvious, in fact, that the bank also

chose to use this solution in another office.

Positive response

Reactions among employees and bank customers to

the decoration solution and the bank’s printed motifs

have been positive – both to the aesthetic expression

and the improved acoustics. Furthermore, since the

Troldtekt panels are suspended directly from the ceiling

perpendicular to each other, the conference room has

retained the bright expression which was the original

idea behind the glass walls.

„We are very pleased with this solution, and feed-

back has been extremely positive”, says Birte Ørum.

Troldtekt decoration allows you to have acoustics-regulating wall panels or entire ceiling surfaces covered with individual decoration.Your imagination and taste are the only limits for the motifs. You can supply your own digital photo, a scanned drawing or a painting – as long as you have secured the rights to copy the motif. The Internet contains a wide variety of webpages offering royalty-free high-resolution pictures at reasonable costs - for example try searching ‘stock photo’.

Digital pictures for printing on Troldtekt must have a relatively high resolution – i.e. minimum 72 dpi in the final motif size, which could be 120 × 120 cm.

Troldtekt decoration is also well suited for logos or signs. The only limitation is the rustic characteristics of the Troldtekt panels, which are not suitable for rendering small fonts and motifs with small and intricate details.

Troldtekt with your own motif


In the artist’s workshop

„When spoken language comes to an end, imagination

takes over.“ These words were spoken by West Jutland

artist Jens Christian Vestergaard. To him, a painting

says more than a thousand words. Vestergaard finds

his inspiration in the strong, personal experiences his

life has offered, some of them rough, and he channels

his thoughts into brush strokes on canvas in his studio

located in Stoholm in central Jutland. The results are a

line of paintings in strong colours and a selection of

these can be reproduced for customers in a Troldtekt

decoration solution.

Inspiration from Troldtekt

Jens Christian Vestergaard finds it exciting when one of

his paintings is blown up using digital photography and

printing technology to fit a Troldtekt panel much larger

than the original.

„These panels work extremely well when they are

printed. In fact, it once inspired me to redo one of my

paintings in a larger version”, says Vestergaard, who is

Several of Jens Christian Vestergaard’s paintings have been reproduced on Troldtekt decoration. This has been an exciting process to be involved in for the artist, who finds the inspiration for his colourful paintings in his own experiences and thoughts.

comfortable with his works changing

character when used for Troldtekt

decoration. The artist continues,

„The nuances often become darker

but it works well and I fully respect

the fact that printing on Troldtekt is a

completely different tool than working

with paint and spatula on a canvas.“

Artistic line

So far, it is mainly Jens Christian Vester-

gaard’s earlier motifs that are used for

Troldtekt decoration. In time, Vestergaard imagines

that the development and line of his own painting

career may be repeated in the Troldtekt motifs.

„I have developed from the non-figurative and

abstract to more specific motifs and depending on the

space where the solution is to be used, this develop-

ment may be interesting to reflect via Troldtekt”, he

says.

Biblical motif

In recent years, a motif containing the biblical story of

Jacob’s Ladder combined with the story of the Babel

Tower has characterised Jens Christian Vestergaard’s art.

„On the one hand, the image symbolises that which

comes to us from above. On the other hand, the Babel

Tower illustrates our attempts to control life on our

own – attempts which often turn out to be pies

in the sky. I imagine that a painting like that would go

well on a Troldtekt panel – e.g. for a parish council”,

says Jens Christian Vestergaard.

Jens Christian Vestergaard was born in 1960 and has been a professional artist for 15 years.

He is originally from Holstebro in Western Jutland, but now lives with his family in Stoholm in the centre of Jutland, where Vestergaard also has his own studio.

Buyers of Vestergaard’s paintings include Danish and foreign private individuals and

also a number of banks, schools and cultural establishments.

Facts about the artist


DECORATION LEAVING AN IMPRINT

Troldtekt as an artform

„As a professional I am truly proud – the results

are amazing!”

Olafur Munk from sign manufacturer Ole Nonbye

A/S in Odder, Denmark, leaves no doubt about the

quality of the prints made by the company’s gigantic

printer on the Troldtekt panels. For about 8 years,

Olafur Munk, Manager of Digital and Screen Printing

at Nonbye, has been printing paintings, company logos

or private motifs on Troldtekt panels.

„This is a completely different material from PVC,

glass or aluminium, which are our primary print media.

Troldtekt panels have a coarse structure and absorb a

large amount of ink. Therefore we need to use large

volumes of colour”, says Olafur Munk, who has spent

many hours researching the exact volumes of colour

necessary to render the original concepts in the best

possible way.

Room to manoeuvre

The printing process starts with Nonbye receiving

the desired illustration in the form of a digital photo.

Colours and scale are then adjusted before the printer

takes over. This rolls the ink over the Troldtekt panel in

two passes while simultaneously illuminating it with UV

rays to dry the ink. The print area can be up to 1.5 x 3

metres but photos, works of art or logos can take

up much larger areas, because they can be printed in

several sections distributed on several panels.

„We have rendered many large images on Troldtekt.

Even if you give me a large building gable, I’ll decorate

it for you!”, says Olafur Munk.

You can find a selection of Jens Christian Vestergaard’s

works at www.troldtekt.com. Several of the artist’s

paintings have been photographed here and saved in

high-resolution digital files to be printed on Troldtekt.

The motif sizes have been adapted to standard meas-

urements for one or more Troldtekt panels: 120 × 180 cm 60 × 60 / 120 × 120 cm 60 × 120 cm 60 × 240 cm

Troldtekt decoration can also be combined with Trold-

tekt speakers which are concealed and

integrated in the Troldtekt panels. The wall or ceiling

surface then not only

serves an acoustic or

decorative purpose but

the sound from the loud-

speaker panel passes

through the Troldtekt

panel to be distributed

throughout the room.

The solution ensures

clear and distinct sound reproduction.

Troldtekt decoration – with or without loudspeakers

– is available in a specially designed aluminium frame. The

frame is delivered with installation fittings, making the

decoration panel immediately ready for wall hanging.


Designer-style Troldtekt

Working with a 100% natural product while being offered the chance to use mass production creatively immediately appealed to designer duo aggebo&henriksen. After having experimented with format, colour and form, the two designers ended up with four exciting Troldtekt decoration series.

„The structure and lines of a Troldtekt panel resemble

coarse felting and are therefore very much like textile.”

Designer Julie Henriksen was quick to draw parallels with

her weaver’s education when she held a Troldtekt panel

for the first time.

Since the Spring of 2007, she and her colleague

Mathilde Aggebo have put their mark on four different

Troldtekt decoration series, making it possible to com-

bine good acoustics with attractive decoration of large

wall or ceiling areas.

Japanese inspiration in Ørestad

The two designers form the dynamic designer duo

aggebo&henriksen, a highly recognised name in textile

design, graphic printing and Unika Vaev weaving. The

two have worked with large architectural firms such as

Henning Larsen Architects, Lundgaard & Tranberg and

3 x Nielsen. In 2006, the duo achieved a considerable

breakthrough in architecture with the much appraised

artistic decoration and colour-setting at the Tietgens

College in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, including

Japanese-inspired processing of the plywood panels on

the walls.

Thrilled about Troldtekt

The two designers immediately recognised the potential

of working with Troldtekt when, following an article in

the Danish construction trade journal Byggeriet on their

artistic decoration of the Tietgens College, they were

contacted by Niels Kappel, head of development at Tr-

oldtekt A/S. He envisioned a potential for further devel-

opment of their concept for Troldtekt decoration, the

< The Troldtekt panels were laid on the ‘Turboladen’ work-

shop floor at the Danish Art Workshops in Copenhagen,

where many different colour combinations and patterns

were tested on a 1:1 scale.


The four concepts have clear geometric forms combined with a certain level of transparency. In Troldtekt’s paint shop, the graphic expressions are transferred to Troldtekt panels using templates – a technique which allows for decorating very large areas. The simple forms facilitate installing large ceiling or wall surfaces, because an element of randomness is generally allowed.

Labyrinth Lotus

CloudsStripes

THE WALL LABYRINTH

36 randomly installed Troldtekt panels form an intricate labyrinth on the conference room wall at Junckers

Industrier A/S in Køge, south of Copenhagen. Junckers, Europe’s leading manufacturer of solid hardwood

floors, chose Troldtekt decoration with aggebo&henriksen’s design when they needed to improve their

conference room acoustics.

„Our conference room had very poor acoustics. When we were all gathered around the table,

it was next to impossible to have a conversation. This was tiresome and untenable in the

long run. Something had to be done. We also wanted to take the opportunity to make

the room more inspiring to be in”, says Jakob Mallan, Department Manager of Produc-

tion Service at Junckers Industrier. Each of the 36 square Troldtekt panels has the same

pattern applied but the variation arises through alternation between positive and nega-

tive. Furthermore, the panels can be oriented at random and therefore appear in many

different combinations.

cement-bonded wood wool being

printed with different styles,

says Mathilde Aggebo.

„We were immediately

thrilled about the idea of col-

laboration – with the clear

reservation that we did not

want to work with weaving.

Instead, we wanted to establish

creative use of the mass produc-

tion. Troldtekt is a really good sto-

ry about a 100% natural product that in-

volves wood being loaded into one end of the plant

and finished panels coming out at the other end”, she

continues.

Experiments in colour and form

The designers received numerous samples of Troldtekt

of varying levels of coarseness and they started exper-

imenting in colours and forms.

„Many questions needed answering. How do we

create something that can be used in many different

settings? How do we paint the panels without losing

the textured surface character? What type of paint can

we use? And how do we ensure a durable surface? We

liked the panel as it was and didn’t want to turn it into

something else”, explains Mathilde Aggebo.

Material confidence

In the ‘Turboladen’ workshop at the Danish Art Work-

shops in Copenhagen, Julie Henriksen and Mathilde

Aggebo laid the Troldtekt panels on the floor in small

and large formations, allowing them to test different

colour combinations and patterns.

„We quickly became familiar with the material. We

could sense the possibilities of infusing the cement-

bonded wood wool with an extra layer of meaning and

it was important to maintain a certain level of trans-

parency. Our idiom was also important and over the

whole series we chose to work with clear geometric

forms”, says Julie Henriksen.

The outcome of the work process was that

aggebo&henriksen delivered four Troldtekt decoration

series – ‘Stripes’, ‘Clouds’, ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Lotus’. The

duo has used the specially designed solutions to prove

that aesthetics and acoustics can easily come together

in synergy.

www.troldtekt.com provides a clear overview of the

many Troldtekt acoustic solutions. Using our product

generator, you can also download accompanying

AutoCad drawings, a description of the product range

and detailed installation instructions for the chosen

solution. The website also contains lots of inspiration,

among other things a number of reference pictures,

case studies and articles about trends.

Service

About us

International distributors

Technical advice

We are happy to provide technical advice for construction

professionals. We provide advice on Troldtekt acoustic

solutions and associated products, including the dimen-

sioning of Troldtekt speakers and we also carry out light

and sound calculations for project planners.

Troldtekt A/S has produced Troldtekt acoustic ceiling

and wall panels since 1935 at Troldhede in central

Denmark. During this time, the product has undergone

continuous development and refinement.

Details of our international distributors are available on

www.troldtekt.com. They either stock our Troldtekt

products or can obtain them for you. Please contact

The result is a range of products which are tested

to meet today’s ever increasing demands for good

acoustics in a wide variety of buildings.

Troldtekt A/S

Sletvej 2A

8310 Tranbjerg J

Denmark

Tel: + 45 8747 8100

Fax: + 45 8747 8111

Email: [email protected]

www.troldtekt.com

our distributors for general information, brochures

or data sheets. You are, of course, also welcome to

contact Export sales at our Head Office in Denmark.

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