Ontario Government
Courtroom Witness Privacy Solution
Challenge
The Government of Ontario needed a way to provide greater privacy and protection for witnesses during certain court proceedings. No off-the-shelf product existed. The requirement called for something purpose-built: a solution that would perform reliably in a courtroom, meet the needs of everyone in the room, and be manufactured to a standard suited to a permanent judicial setting.
Solution
We approached it as a product development project rather than a print or display job. Working from the requirements, our team explored how custom metal fabrication, specialized privacy film and integrated lighting could work together as a single engineered system. Each material influenced the others, and the relationship between the lighting and the privacy film proved central to how well the finished solution performed.
Execution
Development moved through multiple rounds of prototyping. Early builds established the structure and the fabrication approach; later rounds refined the interaction between the lighting and the film, testing and adjusting until the result performed consistently under real courtroom conditions.
Metalwork was fabricated in-house, allowing us to revise dimensions, finishes and mounting details as testing progressed rather than waiting on outside suppliers. That control shortened each cycle and let the design evolve quickly between rounds.
The final unit was built to withstand daily use in a permanent installation, with the finish and detailing appropriate to a courtroom environment.
Result
The Government of Ontario received a purpose-built solution developed from the ground up for a requirement no existing product addressed. What began as a problem without a precedent became a working, manufactured piece of equipment.
This project sits squarely in what we mean by Print & Beyond. Alongside printing and retail displays, our team designs, engineers and fabricates custom solutions for requirements that have never been built before.
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What We Delivered
