Exceptional interior blinds are iconic at home and abroad

Since 2000, Guillaume Janssen has established its name on the European and international market as a manufacturer of special sun protection systems. Both as a fabric manufacturer and system supplier, the company is closely involved in various image-defining projects at home and abroad.

In recent years, Paleis het Loo underwent an extensive renovation. "During this, the sun protection systems were also renewed," says sales & marketing manager Bram Plattel of Guillaume Janssen. "As part of this project, we produced more than 20 special sun protection systems from our GJ - MW Series." 

Paleis het Loo is one of the many projects in a series of (inter)national projects on which Guillaume Janssen has made his mark as a project supplier of unusual, uncommon shading systems. "We come into the picture in particular when architects design buildings with a lot of glass and an unusual design. This includes, for example, museums and soccer stadiums, but also modern office buildings and homes," says Bram. 

He cites Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam as a great example of such a project in his own country: "In cooperation with the sun protection company De Haan Westerhoff, we have applied a circular curved screen solution here in order to be able to darken a number of facades as well as possible. This is necessary to minimize UV exposure of the artworks in the depot."

For "The Pulse," a renowned project on the Zuidas in Amsterdam, Guillaume Janssen supplied a total of more than 600 metallized and SMI motorized zipscreens, running at various angles of inclination. "Here, too, we worked closely with a partner: Gevex Professional Sun Protection," says Bram. "That is also where we are moving more and more towards, i.e. working with dedicated partners where the expertise around measuring, installation and maintenance is guaranteed."

New York museum

With its special sun protection systems, Guillaume Janssen has also made a big name for itself outside the country, and particularly in the museum world. This time, for a project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York - one of the world's largest and most prestigious art museums - the Zwolle-based company worked together with the American sunshade specialist Draper. Bram: "For the Rockefeller Wall, as the south wing of this museum is called, we developed and supplied unique bottom-up running ZIP systems."

Anyway: where other awning companies have to sell "no", for Guillaume Janssen the challenge is just beginning. This was also the case with a shading project for the World Trade Center in Rotterdam. "For this, we supplied elongated, angled systems with a considerable projection of up to 12.5 meters in length."

More information about special sun protection projects can be found, under the heading 'Projects', on Guillaume Janssen's website.