Utilizing specialty ceilings as an artistic element is one of the latest trends in commercial design. Three-dimensional shapes, cool colors and creative lighting add intrinsic drama to any space, large or small. By integrating materials as diverse as wood, metal, plastic, acrylic and glass into unusual forms and shapes, these unconventional ceilings not only make a visual statement, but reinforce the emotional feel of a space as well.

Specialty ceilings, especially 3-D ones, have become the latest office design trend. Given dramatic changes in the workplace over the past 30 years-from individual offices to open cubicles to up and coming, one-size-fits-all concepts of work space-ceiling designs have adapted to evolving environments.