Southampton based Pineapple Graphics delivers some inspirational wall graphics to a new school in London… 

Durable digital print has discovered many applications as its popularity has grown and new materials enabling new possibilities have been designed and introduced. Among the most fertile of the developing markets is ambient décor where wall-graphics have really taken off in a big way.

Wall graphics mount a real challenge to longer established means of covering spaces. Off-the-shelf wall coverings limit creative possibilities that the are there for the taking with digital materials, and acres of magnolia emulsion paint don’t stand up at all in terms of impact and eye-appeal. In the hands of creative printers, digital wall graphics can say anything and deliver a big transformation at an affordable price.

One such creative company is Pineapple Graphics. David Richardson has over twenty years of his time and experience invested in Pineapple Graphics and its growth, and that’s evident in the calibre of the work the company delivers locally and nationally. Wall Graphics is something of a specialisation for Pineapple Graphics and its team and the work delivered is brilliantly executed and deeply creative.

Among the enterprises to seek out Pineapple Graphics recently was School 360, a very recently built development on Sugar Island not far from the Olympic site in Stratford. The school opened in 2021 and will eventually be a two-form primary and home to 420 pupils aged 4 to 11. One new year group is planned every year.

The job presented by the school to Pineapple Graphics involved the design, printing and installations of wall graphics reflecting content, such as expressions of human values and inspiring figures from recent history which the school supplied. David Richardson surveyed the site in person and returned to base with his findings and some creative ideas ripe for development.

The ensuing days saw the team at Pineapple grounding the design elements of the job working with the data the school supplied and imposing the proposed creative works over David’s survey data. The school contributed some editorial input to the exercise and, a few iterations later a range of designs was agreed.

Pineapple Graphics uses HP Latex printers and turned to Metamark MDU from Metamark to produce the mural-like wall graphics. MetaGrab® features a novel adhesive that adheres well to walls, sealed block and brickwork and even to low energy plastics. The film is part of Metamark’s MD-Class digital media portfolio so print quality is never in question - an important consideration when the job’s all about colour and inspiration.

There’s a certain expertise needed to properly install wall graphics and one look at the finished job Pineapple Graphics supplied to School 360 tells you the skills are not lacking among David Richardson’s team. Every element is fitted with crisp precision and the surfaces are flawless. The impression created is powerful and immediate. The complexity of the graphics is involving. It’s what you might, with ample justification, call a success.