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  • A colorfully decorated office space is divided up with frosted glass panels held up by thin metallic cables and rods. Within the spaces are desks with monitors and yellow rolling chairs.

Cable & Rod

Made from stainless steel aircraft cable and accompanied by several hundred component parts, the Cable Display System is suited to hold up just about anything. It excels at supporting retail window signage and displays, as well as wayfinding guides. And due to its slim profile, it allows artwork and merchandise to be the hero, as the cable virtually disappears into the background of a space. Versatile and durable, Cable can do it all.

Black and white lineart of two rectangles being elevated by circular rods and lines for cables.

Benefits

  • Icon of an electrical outlet and cord.
    Electrified
  • An icon of a dollar sign within a circle.
    Cost effective
  • Icon of a square with rounded corners with curved linear patterns decorating the inside.
    Graphics-ready
  • Two puzzle pieces are placed together to match in the center.
    Works with all our panels

Applications

  • Windows
  • Displays
  • Walls
  • Floor-to-ceiling, floor-to-wall, or wall-to-wall fixing
  • Interior and exterior signage

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    Easy Adjustability with Tracks

    Moving displays and signs is easy with Cable. Tracks within the floor or ceiling allow the stainless steel cord, affixed to a component anchor, to slide from left to right.

    Close-up view of metal rods wedged between metal lines that run horizontally across a wood board.

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    Extensive Hardware Selection

    A vast array of component parts makes Cable capable of holding nearly any product or sign graphic at any angle or height.

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    Immensely Strong

    Stainless steel aircraft cable has incredible tensile strength—supporting heavy merchandise and large signage is no problem for Cable.

    A deconstructed vehicle with each part making up the car hung up at different heights along a series of thin cables and rods.

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Thoughts Behind the Design

Cable is the first and original tension-based, stainless steel aircraft cable system. First manufactured and used in the UK 35 years ago, it is sold in North America exclusively through B+N today.

It got its start supporting bank signage, which had to be able to be changed out quickly to reflect changing rates and offers. Today, Cable can be found in commercial, education, and workplace settings around the globe.

Inspirations

A white thick cubic frame holding various beauty products for display is held up in the air by four thin cables and rods. The cube is photographed in front of a mainly white beauty store.
Several wooden and glass shelves are held up by thin cables and rods with the shelves displaying various colorful items including vases and boxes.
Close-up shot of a white shelf being held up by thin cables and rods. On the shelf, there's a white towel with the word "wag" embroidered in black.
View of a wall of a shaving store. Various shaving products displayed on glass and wooden shelves held up by thin cables and rods. The shelves are placed against a white led background that lies in between wooden decorations on the wall. Various black and white images of a male model are placed above the shelves.
Multiple white shirts with written confessions underneath printed text reading "Speak the Truth" are hung up neatly through poles held up by a series of thin cables and rods. The shirts are hung against white walls. In between the white sections of the wall is a black and white image of a woman in sunglasses wearing a shirt that reads "I'm an ex convict". All over the image the words "Live Transparently" is printed in white.
A blue banner reading "Royal Persian Paintings. The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925." in white is hung up using thing cables and rods against a tall brick wall.
Various frosted glass panels with colorful designs and words printed on them are hung with cables and rods are placed within an office space. A large orange wall stands in the background with the Universital LLC logo and title printed on it.
Multiple white cubic frames and glass/wooden shelves are hung up using cables and rods. On the shelves are various brown bottles.
Nine white cubic frames each displaying various cameras and binoculars are hung up by metal cables and rods against a pale orange background.
Long glass shelves held up by metal cables and rods have a variety of different athletic shoes on display. On the left of the shelves, the North Face logo is printed white on a red square hung up against a white wall.
Multiple different app icons including "npr" and "Cut the Rope" are cut out into round edged squares and strung up on cables and rods above a wooden floor.
A black and white banner of Marilyn Monroe as well as an all gray banner are hung up in a back and forth pattern by thing cables and rods all around the two walls of a black room.
Various wine bottles are on display within black cubic frame shelves hung up by thin cables and rods. The shelves all are contained within a large glass display case.
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Various lamps, vases, and tulips are placed on top of a colorfully decorated shelf standing against a colorful fun patterned panel held up by thin cables and rods.