Turning Visions into Reality – Why You Need Schneller for Your Next Design

At the heart of Schneller’s design team are world-class designers, accomplishing projects ranging from the creation of an entire interior concept to providing duplication and design assistance. They are the innovative force of the design team, and offer outstanding technical expertise that includes extensive professional training in graphic design. Whether you are using your own designer, have secured a design firm or are depending solely on our team - our designers provide the support you need.

We work directly with customers, offering a combination of sophisticated communications and technical skills that inspire design ideas aligned with their visions and desires.

Schneller’s color experts ensure the exact duplication of customers’ requirements is met. We are responsible for not only for the initial color approval, but also for precise, run-to-run color consistency.

With the latest graphics software, integrated color labs, and digital printing technology - Schneller speeds the process of turning ideas into engineered decorative surfaces.

Working with us is easy. We’re available by phone, email or stop on by and pay us a visit at our design studio in Kent, Ohio (located 50 minutes south of Cleveland, Ohio). At Schneller, we understand your design is much more than just a graphic. Material selection, processing, installation, service life, maintenance, and regulatory compliance all require out-of-the-box thinking - that’s our specialty.

Members of the design team come from diverse design disciplines and consumer markets and have the experience and knowledge having designed for global brands. Let Schneller walk you through the development of custom color and finish designs or Inspire your next project with our color and trend stories.

We provide fully integrated design services, delivering excellence and quality service on time and within budget. Our philosophy is to provide “value added” interior solutions reflecting our clients’ goals, image, and vision.

Design Capabilities

Artwork: We can work with customer supplied art or create custom original art (lead time for custom artwork development is design dependent).

• Software - Adobe Creative Suites and Corel
  • Raster image files
    • Image should be 1:1 scale and a minimum of 300 dpi
    • Image release rights should be included
  • Vector image files
    • Images should be in repeat and to scale.
    • Native Illustrator files .ai
    • .eps
    • .pdf

Color & Lighting: We use X-Rite Spectrophotometers and X-Rite Light Booths for color evaluation.

• Color reference should be indicated or target provided.
• Preferred color reference systems
  • Pantone, RAL or  NCS

Decorating Processes: Smaller in scale and closely represent production processes.

• Roll coating
• Screen printing
• Rotary screen printing
• Rotary gravure

Engineers and Technical Staff

The Schneller Aesthetic Engineers and APL Lab team are always looking for ways to innovate and expand services to customers. The make up of our team includes two Aesthetic Engineers and seven technicians. Together, they have more than 50 years of experience developing and producing a wide range of colors, finishes and textures to fit your unique brand needs.

Integrated with our Design Studios, Schneller technicians are fully equipped to provide comprehensive color and texture creation, color- matching and material sample production. This provides you, the customer, with fast, accurate proofing and prototyping of design reproduction and laminated materials with all appropriate documentation.

We recognize that color can be subjective and is all about personal preference. To satisfy your needs, we enhance visual color evaluation by using specialized equipment, like color measurement devices and software for formulation and quality control, to digitally measure and communicate colors –whether it be across the same material or a range of our materials.

Often, our sampling shows you different ways of arriving at a design solution, helping you speed up the decision-making process.

Schneller works closely with designers all over the world; providing creative and technical resource that speeds the process of turning advanced ideas into innovative decorative solutions. If you have a vision in mind, we’re happy to work with you to make that vision a reality.