Big display
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Retail props, event objects, sculptural forms and seasonal centrepieces that cannot be ignored.
Custom Signs, Printing & Displays in Melbourne
DSS Custom Builds · Melbourne
From metre-scale display props and oversized lettering to prototypes and short production runs, our Melbourne 3D print farm gives your big ideas room to take shape.
Get a 3D Printing QuoteChristmas display concept · Illustrative image
Not your average print shop
We are a multi-machine print farm built around capacity, repeatability and truly large objects. Need oversized prototypes, architectural forms, display pieces or seasonal décor? We have the machines to make it real.
What comes off our beds
Functional. Festive. Full-scale.
Retail props, event objects, sculptural forms and seasonal centrepieces that cannot be ignored.
Move quickly from a CAD file to a full-size prototype you can hold, test and refine.
Multiple machines mean dependable capacity when you need more than one.
Dimensional sign making
Large-format 3D printing can help create dimensional letters, shaped sign components and forms that a flat panel cannot provide. DSS’s dedicated letter printer has a 1200 × 1200 × 100 mm build envelope for low-profile elements.
Printing can be one step in a wider sign build that also calls for finishing, lighting, fabrication and installation planning. For the COFFEE project shown below, DSS 3D-printed the letter bodies in carbon-fibre material, created inner and outer LED paths and built a remote-controlled mechanism that raises the sign from a roof and folds it flat when retracted.
For a sign quote, send your logo or wording, approximate size, intended location, lighting requirements and target date. See the workshop photographs and lighting test on our 3D signs and lettering page
DSS designs, makes and installs custom 3D shopfront signs for Melbourne businesses. At Burger Days in Frankston, DSS completed the full shopfront with red ACM panel cladding and custom 3D letters. See the finished Burger Days shopfront
For a freestanding 3D logo in a reception area, send your artwork, target dimensions, a photograph of the space and whether the piece needs to move or include lighting. DSS can assess a suitable base, materials, finish and installation plan as a custom build. See the 3D signs and lettering service for material options and completed work.
Discuss your signage projectFrom the DSS workshop
Illuminated lettering, branded displays and freestanding props — a look at the custom builds coming together in our workshop.
Lettering in lights
Watch the illuminated letters cycle through colour on our workshop bench. A short look at the build in progress.
View the COFFEE lettering image
Custom event monogram display
Branded activation display
Fuel-pump-style display props
Freestanding illuminated props
Illuminated branded display
Oversized can props
Oversized racquet and ball display
Completed DSS project · Coopers Brewery
DSS made the oversized Coopers Brewery can-shaped props shown in the project gallery above. The finished pieces have green branded bodies, silver tops, carry handles and matching flags.
This completed can project is an example of the scale and finish a branded event prop can require. If you need a giant bottle, can or another product replica, send a photograph or artwork of the product, your target dimensions, the event location and date, and whether the piece needs to be moved, lit or used outdoors. DSS can then assess the right combination of 3D printing, fabrication, graphics and finishing for your brief.
View the Coopers can props in the project gallery
Ask about an oversized event propPlanning a budget
Large-format 3D printing is quoted for the finished project, rather than by size alone. A simple unfinished part and a presentation-ready branded prop require different work.
The main cost factors are the finished dimensions, whether a 3D model already exists, material and print time, sectioning and assembly, surface preparation, painting or graphics, lighting, and any delivery or installation. A piece larger than a printer’s build area may need to be made in sections and joined.
For a useful estimate, send your STL, sketch or product photograph; target height, width and depth; quantity; desired finish; indoor or outdoor use; event or installation date; and delivery location. DSS can identify the design, production, finishing and installation work in a project quote. If you have a budget range, include it so the team can discuss practical build options.
Request a large-format 3D printing quoteCompleted project · AFL Grand Final
DSS brought extensive 3D printing, custom display work and LED lighting together for a Virgin Australia-branded activation at the AFL Grand Final.
The project combined extensive 3D printing with flags, displays, light posts and printed ground inlays. LED lighting highlighted the giveaway display and branded floor area.
DSS also coded the interactive prize system in-house. Randomised prize allocation accommodated a limited number of jackpots and multiple smaller prizes, bringing the programmed interaction and physical display together.
From printed components and graphics to lighting and custom programming, DSS handled this work in-house. The completed project shows how 3D printing can form part of a larger event build.
Explore custom builds and displays
Discuss your next activationMachine line-up
10 machines.
From detailed parts to metre-scale prints.
× 2Metre-scale printing
A full metre in every direction for oversized baubles, display props and large prototypes.
× 2Large-format CoreXY
Half-metre print capacity for sizeable parts, props and repeat production.
× 3Parallel production
Three matching machines for simultaneous jobs and batches of printed components.
× 1Wide-format signage
A 1.2-metre-square bed for large lettering and low-profile sign elements, up to 100 mm high. Photographed in the DSS workshop.
× 2Enclosed printing
Detailed components, prototypes and supporting parts for larger custom builds.
The letter printer is photographed in our workshop; the other machines use manufacturer product images of the named models. Build volumes are maximum printing envelopes; usable part size depends on geometry and material.
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