Print it. Hold it. Get creative.
The ATIU swatch kit is a gift we made for creative agencies and brand partners to play with in the very first phase of a new development — when something new is just starting to take shape. Inside: a card of squared 5×5 cm glass samples in our primer finishes, plus A4 acetate sheets, glossy and matte. Print your design on your office printer, hold the sheet against the glass, and get familiar with the sublimation technology.
We review every request and ship within a few days.
Request the swatch kit →
Get familiar with sublimation
Pick a primer
Squared 5×5 cm primer glass samples, made with the same primers and coatings that run on the production lines in Verona. Curious about the full range? Explore primers and coverage →
Print your design
Use the acetate sheets provided — one gloss, one matte — and print on your office printer. It's a surprisingly honest preview: your inkjet works in CMYK exactly like sublimation, so it prints no white and no metallic. Those come from the primer. How the artwork is created →
Hold it against the glass
Coverage, colour, effect — all visible in your hand. Other thoughts, new ideas, another finish: that's what it's for. When you're sure, we make your real sample in five working days.
Want the whole manual first? Creative Minds is where we explain everything — how colour works, coverage, effects, artwork and distortion — or start from the complete sublimation guide.
Where should we send it?
Writing a brief? See Creative Minds — how to specify sublimation, primers explained, and the resource pack.
What's inside the ATIU swatch kit?
A card of squared glass samples of ATIU primer finishes — clear, white gloss, pearl, metallic and light colours — together with artwork printed on acetate in both gloss and matte finish. Layer the acetate over each sample to preview how the same design reads on different primers.
Who can request the swatch kit?
Design agencies, studios and brand teams working on glass packaging. Requests are made with a work email, reviewed personally by the ATIU team, and shipped on approval — nothing is sent automatically.
What are the samples decorated with?
With ATIU's 360° sublimation: CMYK inks — which behave like printing inks, with no metallic particles — fused into a primed coating on real glass. The primer supplies coverage, white and effects; the inks supply unlimited colour. A real sample on your own component is made in five working days.