Procrastinator’s Series: Design Beyond Glass: Branding, Performance, and Safety Through Architectural Film Applications in Modern Workspaces with Decorative Films
Join AIAVA for our Procrastinator series – a series of Lunch and Learn sessions for those of us who couldn’t get around to it before now. These sessions are for you if you happen to be running behind on your learning units for the year or waiting till the last minute, because we get it.
We hope you’ll join us!
1 AIA LU | HSW
Description:
This course explores how architectural films transform glass and other surfaces to enhance privacy, elevate design, and express brand identity within modern work environments. Participants will learn how decorative, branded, solar, safety, exterior, and bird-safety films support productive, visually cohesive spaces while also offering opportunities for improved comfort, sustainability, and occupant well-being. Emphasis is placed on responsible design practices, including the use of film as a retrofit strategy that gives existing glass new life—reducing waste, extending material longevity, and supporting environmentally conscious building improvements. The course highlights creative applications, emerging trends, and best practices for using film as a strategic medium to enrich user experience, strengthen identity, and deepen consumer connection through narrative-driven and emotionally resonant design.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify how architectural films can enhance privacy, aesthetics, and overall spatial quality to support productive and visually cohesive work environments, and how retrofitting existing glass with film can extend material life and reduce waste.
2. Understand the ways decorative, branded, and custom film applications contribute to expressing identity, strengthening brand storytelling, and improving consumer connection while facilitating healthier, safer, and environmentally responsible building outcomes.
3. Discuss how various film types—including solar, safety, exterior, and bird-safety films—can offer additional opportunities for improved comfort, environmental responsibility, and occupant well-being when incorporated thoughtfully into design solutions.
4. Apply best practices for selecting and specifying film solutions that align design intent, privacy needs, branding goals, and broader environmental or performance considerations within modern architectural spaces.
