INSIGHTS · DISPLAY CASES & SHOWCASES
Covering and protecting display cases, showcases and museum vitrines
Displaying behind glass means balancing two opposing needs: showing a piece in its best light and, when required, taking it out of sight. A museum case between two installations, a jewellery display after hours, an internal vitrine ahead of a launch — fixed glass cannot do both, and curtains or panels break the line of the display.
Glass that reveals or conceals on command
Switchable glass turns from clear to opaque at the touch of a control. The case stays transparent when the piece should be seen and becomes a frosted surface when it needs to be protected or kept private — with no visible mechanism and nothing to fit or remove. It is the same surface changing role on demand, not an accessory laid over the glass.
Where it makes sense
In museums, on display cases and exhibition vitrines, exposure can be managed installation by installation. In premium retail and jewellery, on displays and internal vitrines, a product is revealed at the right moment and concealed outside opening hours. In both settings the glass works as part of the display, not against it.
Protecting what you display
The light that shows a piece at its best is also the light that fades it over time. BrixiaTech switchable films block ultraviolet light, the component that fades textiles, prints, pigments and sensitive materials. For museum cases and displayed goods this protection works continuously, regardless of state — whether the glass is clear or opaque.
When you need darkness, not privacy
In their opaque state, PDLC and PNLC return a frosted, luminous glass: they screen the view, they do not black out the case. When the need is true darkness — the display going dark, the piece in full shade — the technology is DLC, namely Blackout Hyper Glass. The right choice depends on what the case has to do, not on which product is “best”.
Orchestrating multiple panes
Where cases are numerous, control can be handled manually or centralised through our B-LOGIC system: in an exhibition context it becomes a facility-management tool, scheduling on and off by opening hours and installations and coordinating multiple cases together.
Let’s talk about your project.
Every installation has its own constraints: case dimensions, exposure, conservation needs. Tell us about the project and we’ll define the right switchable-glass solution together.