NES Lightboxes – 100mm Aluminium Profile

26th January 2026

In contemporary interior design, light is no longer an afterthought, it is a defining architectural element that shapes how spaces are navigated, understood and experienced. At NES, lightboxes are not developed as standalone illuminated graphics or feature lighting elements, but as fully integrated components that support branding, wayfinding and spatial identity, whilst delivering the reliability demanded by commercial environments.

Illuminated with Intent: Lightboxes as Integrated Architectural Tools

From fast-paced retail to refined corporate and hospitality interiors, NES lightbox systems are engineered to perform consistently, look refined and integrate seamlessly with surrounding architectural finishes.

Beyond Signage: Lightboxes as Communication

Lightboxes have evolved far beyond traditional signage. When carefully designed, they become tools of communication, contributing to spatial hierarchy, brand storytelling, visual rhythm and overall user experience. Achieving this requires the same level of consideration applied to architectural finishes. Materiality, depth, light quality and integration must all be carefully balanced. This design-led approach underpins every illuminated solution delivered by NES, ensuring light enhances the space rather than competing with it.

A Joined-Up Design and Manufacturing Approach

What differentiates NES is our joined-up approach, operating across our three interconnected disciplines of Signage, Cladding and Lightboxes to design illuminated elements as part of a wider visual ecosystem, not as isolated products. Our in-house LED expertise, advanced fabrication capabilities and detailed coordination allow NES lightboxes to:

Deliver consistent, homogeneous illumination
Integrate seamlessly with surrounding materials and architectural systems
Align with wider signage and branding strategies
Meet the long-term performance demands of commercial environments

This holistic methodology ensures continuity across entire environments, from external arrival points and entrance signage through to internal feature elements.

Fabric-Faced Lightboxes: Flexible, Efficient and Contemporary

NES fabric-faced lightboxes are designed for environments where flexibility and visual impact are equally important. Featuring our slim 100mm extruded aluminium profile, they offer a clean, contemporary appearance while remaining highly adaptable. Precision-engineered aluminium frames house high-efficiency LED systems, delivering even, edge-to-edge illumination with excellent colour vibrancy and clarity.

Key benefits include:

High visual impact with minimal profile depth
Tool-free graphic changes using tensioned fabric systems
Rapid refresh of messaging without disruption

Retail Promotions

Ceiling Features

These systems are particularly effective in retail, exhibitions, showrooms and corporate interiors where branding or messaging changes frequently, allowing spaces to evolve quickly without compromising visual quality.

Freestanding lightboxes are ideal for events and exhibitions where moveable and transportable lightboxes are required.

Flexible Textile Media

Flexible Media

Silicone Edge Graphics (SEG)

Push Fit With Ease

Illuminated or Non-Illuminated

End User Friendly

Professional Result

Glazed Lightboxes: Architectural Presence and Permanence

For applications requiring a more architectural or premium expression, NES offers glazed lightboxes within the same consistent 100mm depth. These systems accommodate 8mm toughened low iron glass or 5mm acrylic panels, delivering material presence and longevity.

Ideal applications include:

Reception and lobby environments
Hospitality and leisure interiors
Galleries and high-end retail spaces
Consistency, Speed and Compliance

Bespoke Graphics

Feature Walls

Careful calibration of LEDs, diffusers and face materials ensures even illumination without hotspots, preserving clarity, legibility and material expression across the full surface.

Bespoke 100mm profiles

By standardising both fabric-faced and glazed systems within a our consistent and bespoke 100mm extruded aluminium profile, NES enables visual coherence across projects while allowing material variation where required.

All lightboxes are manufactured in-house, enabling rapid turnaround in as little as two days where required, dependent on size and quantity.

Testing

Perfect Illumination

Every unit is PAT tested and supplied with traceable serial numbering, ensuring safe, compliant installation within commercial environments and providing confidence for contractors and clients alike.

DMX Controllable

High Quality Drivers

DMX-Controlled Lightboxes

DMX-controlled lightboxes provide precise, programmable illumination for architectural, retail and dynamic environments. Using industry-standard DMX protocols, each lightbox can be individually addressed, dimmed or synchronised as part of a wider lighting scheme, allowing dynamic control over brightness, colour and timing.

Engineered for seamless integration, DMX lightboxes can operate as standalone illuminated features or as part of complex lighting systems alongside architectural, theatrical or media lighting. This enables responsive lighting effects, scheduled transitions and real-time control via lighting desks, control software or building management systems.

Designed for Integration. Built to Last.

NES lightboxes are detailed with real-world integration in mind from the outset. Coordination with wall linings, joinery, glazing and cladding systems ensures clean interfaces and a refined final result. Robust materials, efficient LED technology and precision manufacturing deliver solutions that are not only visually resolved, but engineered for longevity and reduced lifecycle cost.