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Troldtekt® decorationA different kind of decoration
PRODUCT INFORMATIONTROLDTEKT 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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