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The Displaysense SFA1M is a wall-mounted snap frame, with anodised silver aluminium. It is delivered free to UK Mainland.
£59.00
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£49.17
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Silver is the finish that never has to be matched to a room, and that is what makes the SFA1M the safe choice for a commercial building. Its anodised silver border sits comfortably against the steel, glass and aluminium of a modern fit-out, so one frame works in a corporate reception, a university corridor or an airport concourse without ever clashing with the interior around it. At A1 it is a genuinely large display, able to carry branding, wayfinding or an information graphic across a big, open space. A graphic swaps out from the front in seconds, with the frame staying exactly where it is fixed, and an anti-glare cover holds the print clear under the mixed lighting a public building throws at it. It arrives as a set of ten in one finish. Best suited to offices, universities and transport settings where a large display has to look professional and stay easy to update.
| Corporate Offices and Receptions | Brand walls, visitor information, directories and wayfinding present in a neutral silver that sits with glass partitions, steel fittings and a modern reception fit-out. A matched set gives a headquarters and its floors one consistent, professional look. |
| Universities and Colleges | Course information, event graphics, department signage and campus wayfinding run across corridors and atriums at a size that reads from a distance. The anodised finish holds up to constant student traffic, and content changes each term from the front. |
| Airports, Stations and Transport Hubs | Directional graphics, service information and advertising present at a large, readable size in high-footfall concourses. The silver frame suits a steel-and-glass transport interior, and the snap edges let staff update information without closing an area off. |
| Conference and Exhibition Centres | Event signage, sponsor graphics and programme information carry across foyers and halls that change with every booking. A pack of ten fits a venue with matching frames, and each graphic swaps over between events in seconds. |
| Hospitals and Healthcare | Department directories, health campaigns and patient information display at a large size along main corridors and in atriums. The wipe-clean anodised frame suits a clinical setting and the anti-glare cover keeps information legible under bright lighting. |
| Banks and Professional Services | Brand messaging, service information and regulatory notices present in a restrained silver frame that reinforces a considered, corporate image. A coordinated run keeps a branch network looking uniform across every location. |
The same A1 frame comes in a bright A1 white for pale, minimal interiors and a powder-coated A1 black for darker or design-led spaces. Take the silver as the neutral all-rounder, or switch finish to suit a particular wall.
Call us on 01279460460 or talk to our team about finishes, sizes or a multi-site order.
The Displaysense SFA1M is a pack of ten A1 silver poster snap frames with a 25mm anodised aluminium profile and mitred corners. A1 format holds a 594mm x 841mm poster, with a visible area of 574mm x 821mm and an overall frame size of 625mm x 872mm x 11mm at 1.85kg each. All four edges snap open and shut by hand, so a poster changes in seconds with the frame left fixed to the wall. An anti-glare, UV-resistant PVC cover keeps the print clear and slows fading, and each frame hangs portrait or landscape on pre-drilled fixings, with wall fixings supplied. The neutral anodised silver sits naturally with the steel, glass and aluminium of a modern commercial interior. Supplied as a pack of ten for a consistent set of large-format displays across a professional building. Suitable for corporate offices and receptions, universities, transport hubs, conference centres, healthcare and professional services. Also available in A1 white as the SFA1W and A1 black as the SFA1B. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Silver suits almost any room, which is its great strength. Next to brushed steel, glass, aluminium or a grey office interior, a silver frame simply looks at home, so it is the finish people pick when a display has to look right in a building they have never seen. A bold colour ties a frame to one particular scheme, but silver does not, so one finish can run through a whole estate of very different interiors and still look right in each one.
A silver frame has to last in a working building, not just look good on day one, and that is what anodising gives it. Instead of paint sprayed on top, the colour is set into the surface of the aluminium itself, so it will not scratch easily, will not tarnish and cannot chip or peel at the edges. In a corridor or concourse where the frame is knocked and brushed past all day, that tough surface keeps its clean, even look for years, long after a painted frame would have gone dull.
A1 is large, and that scale is what lets it work in a big space. There is room for a brand wall, a floor plan or a campaign graphic that people can read from right across a wide reception or an atrium. A smaller frame gets lost on a large wall, or has to be walked up to before anyone can read it. An A1 display, by contrast, reaches a visitor the moment they walk in, which is just what a foyer or a busy concourse needs.
Two things keep a large display easy to look after, the snap rail and the cover. Each edge opens by hand, so one member of staff can change a graphic without taking the frame off the wall and without any tools, even at this size. The anti-glare cover softens the daylight and ceiling lights of a public building, so the graphic stays sharp instead of washing out. It also slows fading in a bright spot, and the aluminium behind it keeps the frame light enough for one person to carry.
For an office estate, a campus or a branch network, our team can coordinate a larger order and matching silver frames across every building, with mixed sizes across A2, A1 and A0 to suit each space. Tell us the sites you are fitting and we will help plan it.
Call us on 01279460460 or send over the details and we will put an order together.
The Displaysense SFA1M is a pack of ten A1 silver poster snap frames with a 25mm anodised aluminium profile and mitred corners. A1 format holds a 594mm x 841mm poster, with a visible area of 574mm x 821mm and an overall frame size of 625mm x 872mm x 11mm at 1.85kg each. All four edges snap open and shut by hand, so a poster changes in seconds with the frame left fixed to the wall. An anti-glare, UV-resistant PVC cover keeps the print clear and slows fading, and each frame hangs portrait or landscape on pre-drilled fixings, with wall fixings supplied. The neutral anodised silver sits naturally with the steel, glass and aluminium of a modern commercial interior. Supplied as a pack of ten for a consistent set of large-format displays across a professional building. Suitable for corporate offices and receptions, universities, transport hubs, conference centres, healthcare and professional services. Also available in A1 white as the SFA1W and A1 black as the SFA1B. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Full specifications for the SFA1M, a pack of ten A1 silver poster snap frames with a 25mm anodised aluminium profile. Each frame here is a big front-loading wall unit with mitred corners, an anti-glare cover and wall fixings supplied. The pack suits professional and public interiors, from receptions to concourses, where a large display should look neutral and stay easy to update.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Poster Size | A1 (594mm x 841mm) | A large-format size with the presence to carry branding, wayfinding or a campaign graphic clear across a big, open commercial space. |
| Visible Area | 574mm x 821mm | What remains on show once the edges close, with the border overlapping each side by a small margin to grip the big sheet flat and taut. |
| Overall Size | 625mm x 872mm x 11mm | A large display face on a slim 11mm build, so the frame commands attention while sitting tight to the wall rather than standing proud of it. |
| Weight | 1.85kg per frame | Modest for such a large frame, so a single installer can carry it up a ladder and fix it in place without help or any lifting kit. |
| Finish | Anodised silver aluminium | A neutral silver that sits with steel and glass fit-outs, hardened by anodising so it resists scratching, will not tarnish and holds its tone. |
| Frame Profile | 25mm aluminium, mitred corners | A slim profile that surrounds a large print without dominating it, the mitred joints meeting in clean, sharp corners for a tidy edge on every side. |
| Mechanism | Front-loading snap edges | Every side opens by hand to change a poster in seconds with the frame left on the wall, so even a large display updates fast in place. |
| Cover | Anti-glare UV PVC | Scatters daylight and downlighting so a graphic stays clear in a bright public interior from any angle, and slows fading in a sunlit spot. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | One set of fixing holes hangs the frame either way up, for an upright graphic or a wide, banner-style layout, with the screws concealed. |
| Mounting | Wall fixings included | Wall fixings and pre-drilled holes come with the pack, so a large frame goes straight onto brick, plaster, timber or blockwork with no extra hardware. |
| Pack Quantity | 10 frames, matched finish | Enough for a reception, a corridor run or several floors to carry the same silver frame throughout, from one coordinated order. |
| Also Available In | A1 white (SFA1W); A1 black (SFA1B) | The same A1 frame in bright white for pale, minimal rooms, or powder-coated black for darker, design-led interiors. |
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Q: What is the best A1 frame for a corporate reception or public building?
A: The best A1 frame for a corporate reception or public building is the SFA1M, a silver anodised snap frame supplied as a pack of ten. Its neutral silver sits with steel and glass fit-outs so it suits almost any commercial interior, the large A1 size carries branding or wayfinding across a big space, and the four edges snap open by hand to change a graphic in seconds. An anti-glare cover keeps it clear under mixed building lighting.
Q: Why choose silver over white or black?
A: Silver is the neutral option, taking no side in a colour scheme, so it sits happily with brushed steel, glass and grey or timber interiors that a bold frame might fight. White suits bright, pale, minimal rooms and black suits darker, design-led spaces, whereas silver is the safe all-rounder for a mixed commercial estate.
Q: How does the anodised finish hold up in a busy building?
A: Very well. Anodising grows the silver into the surface of the aluminium rather than laying paint over it, so the finish resists scratching, will not tarnish and cannot chip or flake at the edges. In a corridor or concourse that is knocked and brushed past all day, it keeps its clean tone for years where a painted frame would wear dull.
Q: Is A1 large enough for a reception or atrium wall?
A: Yes. A1 is a full large-format size, big enough for branding, a floor plan or a campaign graphic to read from across a wide reception or atrium and hold the wall on its own. A smaller frame can get lost on a large expanse of wall, whereas an A1 display reaches a visitor the moment they walk in.
Q: How do I change a graphic in a frame this large?
A: Open the four snap edges by hand, lift the cover clear, take out the old graphic, lay the new one in and press the sides closed. Nothing comes off the wall and no tool is involved, so one person turns around even a large A1 display in a minute or two right where it hangs.
Q: Can one person hang an A1 frame?
A: Yes. Aluminium keeps the weight down for a frame this big, so a single installer can carry it up, hold it level and screw it in using the fixings in the pack. It is more of a handful than a small frame, but on an ordinary wall it calls for no mate, no platform and no special access.
Q: Does the anti-glare cover cope with mixed building lighting?
A: Yes. A concourse or foyer mixes sun, downlights and strip lighting that a plain cover would hand back as glare. The anti-glare PVC breaks those reflections up so a graphic stays readable off to the side as well as head-on, and the same sheet holds off the fading a bright, sunlit spot brings on.
Q: Can I mount it portrait or landscape?
A: Yes. Because the fixing holes run down all four sides, a single drilled position takes the frame upright for a portrait graphic or turned for a wide, banner-style one. The screws sit out of sight behind the snap edges, keeping the silver face unbroken either way.
Q: How does the silver compare to the white A1 version?
A: The SFA1W is this exact A1 frame in white rather than silver, identical on profile, corners, mechanism and cover and also sold in tens. Reach for the silver SFA1M when the setting is a steel-and-glass commercial one, and the white when the room is pale and minimal and the frame should melt into the wall.
Q: Can it be used outdoors?
A: This is an indoor frame. Outdoors it would only cope under cover, out of the weather, with a waterproof graphic inside, since neither the frame nor the cover is sealed against driving rain. Where a display has to stand in the open, a sealed lockable poster case is the product to use.
Q: Why buy a pack of ten?
A: A reception, a corridor run or a set of meeting rooms usually needs several displays at once, so a matched set of ten gives every one the same silver frame in a single order. A run of branding or information then looks like one coordinated scheme rather than a mix of frames gathered over time.
Q: What other sizes and finishes are available?
A: You can get the same frame in A4, A3, A2 and A0 packs, and in white and black alongside silver, so an estate mixes sizes and finishes in one matched look. Each one is built on the identical 25mm profile, mitred corner joints and front-loading snap.
A silver frame is only ever the start, since the display board you choose, the poster size you print and the way you place it around a building all shape how a professional space finally comes across. These guides from the Displaysense knowledge hub help you plan and place large-format displays that both suit and lift a commercial or public interior.
Overall rating: 4.9115043 / 5 from 113 reviews.
This A1 silver snap frame offers a reliable and professional display solution for posters, safety notices, menus, and wayfinding information. Customers appreciate its quality, practicality, and value for money. The anti-glare cover ensures legibility under various lighting conditions, and the durable aluminum frame blends discreetly into any setting.
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"I wasn't sure if I had ordered the right type of holder, but it's exactly what we wanted and more. Nice and simple to install - we just used some double sided sticky pads (but you can also screw to wall with screws provided). Also easy to change for our conservation day fundraisers."
"Quality frames - easy installation and poster changing. . . . Will use again in future"
"Perfect for our motorway service needs; Very happy with the quality and delivery from Displaysense ;-)"
"Used a few different suppliers of these over the years for our Motorway Services. These ones from Displaysense are definitely the best for the price. The snap frame is better quality and lasts longer. Highly recommend!"
"Strong aluminium frame and even comes with protective front cover We're using them for adverts around the football club Easy to change posters Quick to install"
"Very good quality - easy to change posters Would recommend Thank you"
"Great frames"
"Posters look great in these poster display frames. Easy to change over and come with an antiglare cover which I didn't realise. Great value"
"Like these tamperproof frames, easy to use. Will order again"
"Great item. Really transformed the space where I display my music memorabilia. Wish I could upload a picture to show the end result. ☺ï¸"
