Designed To Showcase & Protect
Acrylic display box framing offers a unique way to present objects that deserve more than conventional framing alone. The transparency and visual lightness of acrylic allows objects to be viewed with greater clarity from multiple angles while creating a clean, contemporary presentation.
Display boxes can help protect delicate or meaningful items from dust, handling, and environmental exposure while still allowing the object to remain visually accessible.
For many pieces, the display itself becomes part of the storytelling.
Whether minimalist and modern or rich and dramatic, the right combination of acrylic, mounting, lighting, and edge framing can completely transform how an object is experienced within a space.
Suitable For A Wide Range Of Objects
Sports memorabilia • Sculptural artworks • Historical objects • Medals and military items • Textiles and garments • Model displays • Cultural and significant items • Collectables and heirlooms • Installation artworks • Delicate or dust-sensitive objects • Corporate and commercial displays • Artist presentations and exhibitions
Every project is custom designed around the dimensions, weight, fragility, and presentation requirements of the object itself.
Every Display Is Designed Around The Object
No two projects are ever quite the same.
Some objects require a minimal floating presentation, while others benefit from dramatic depth, layered mounting, fabric finishes, concealed supports, or integrated lighting effects.
Our design process considers scale and proportion, visual balance, viewing angles, mounting methods, material compatibility, lighting interaction, colour and texture selection, and long-term stability and protection.
This collaborative process allows us to create bespoke displays that complement both the object and the environment it will ultimately sit within.
Bespoke Edge Framing & Finishing
One of the advantages of custom acrylic display box framing is the ability to combine acrylic with a wide selection of edge framing options.
Rather than being restricted to a standard finish, almost any frame moulding can potentially be incorporated to create the perfect visual edge around the acrylic box and its contents. This allows the display to feel more refined, integrated, and architecturally complete.
From clean contemporary profiles through to rich timber finishes and dramatic gallery-style presentations, the edge framing becomes part of the overall design language of the piece.
Combined with custom mounting, spacing, and acrylic fabrication, this creates a truly bespoke finished item tailored specifically to the artwork or object being displayed.
Designed In Collaboration
Many of our acrylic display projects involve close collaboration with clients, artists, collectors, and designers to achieve a specific visual outcome.
Some displays are subtle and understated. Others are designed to become statement pieces within residential interiors, galleries, commercial spaces, museums, or exhibition environments.
Because every display is custom made, we are able to tailor the presentation around both the object itself and the space it will ultimately live within.
Acrylic display box framing is a highly specialised area of custom framing, and one that relatively few framing workshops in New Zealand actively offer.
Clean, Modern, Museum-Inspired Presentation
Acrylic display boxes can create a contemporary museum-style aesthetic while still allowing the object itself to remain the focus.
The combination of transparency, depth, and controlled presentation creates a feeling of space around the object — often giving the piece greater visual importance and presence within a room.
When paired with carefully selected edge framing, fabric finishes, or floating mounting techniques, the final result can feel both modern and timeless.
Trusted Since 1985
Since 1985, Van Uffelen Gallery & Picture Framing has helped New Zealand families, collectors, artists, businesses and institutions preserve and display items of significance.
Not Local? We Can Still Help
We regularly work with customers throughout New Zealand using our online framing tool, email consultations, phone and video calls, and repeat project records.
For selected projects, free collection and delivery may be available. We can also arrange courier collection from your address, professionally frame your item in our Palmerston North workshop, and return it anywhere in New Zealand. Availability and conditions may vary depending on the size, location and nature of the project.
Contact us today to discuss your project, request a quotation, or explore framing options for your artwork or item.
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