wallCLIXX Precision Mounting System

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  • 2026

  • Product
    Hardware and Building

Commissioned By:

Jane Mason

Designed In:

New Zealand

Anyone who has hung an artwork on the wall knows the feeling. Is it on yet? wallCLIXX removes that question. A precision mounting system that confirms correct installation through haptic and audible signals, designed exclusively for artworks, frames and mirrors. Secure, adjustable, tilt-free, perfectly aligned installation every time.


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  • Arms up, breath held, not sure if you can let go. The installation is the weakest, most stressful part of sharing art with the world. Hooks, wire, adhesive, all ask you to trust.None tell you.The design challenge: a single system, compatible with artworks, frames and mirrors with standard rebate depth, on any substrate, that marks the wall without measuring, leaves no failed attempts or extra holes, confirms correct audible and haptic engagement at the moment of installation, maintains flush alignment without drift or sag, and offers additional security feature when required. Precise enough for professionals. Simple enough for anyone.

  • wallCLIXX developed through multiple discarded prototypes; metal components, open rail systems, and removable channel formats, before resolving into a compact click-engagement corner bracket system. The key breakthrough was a fold-over centrepoint locator integrated into each bracket, allowing precise wall marking before locking away flush for installation, removing conventional measuring.Three actions define the installation. Position: the locator marks the wall accurately. Confirm: brackets engage wall buttons with haptic and audible confirmation, giving certainty before letting go. Adjust: the artwork moves diagonally without removal, tilt, or sag.Optional keyed security cap supports high-value or public installations.Form followed function, then refined it.

  • The human cost of hesitation is real; quiet dread before the first hole, shame of a crooked hang, artwork leaning in storage. wallCLIXX ends that. The first institution to trial it requested campus-wide standardisation. The first professional installer requested a full retrofit before stock was available. wallCLIXX empowers anyone from homeowner to trade professional. Fewer holes, no plaster filler, no callbacks - significant at scale. What we hang on walls connects us to ourselves. wallCLIXX makes art installation confident, predictable, accountable, teachable, and boring in the best way; because the drama belongs on the canvas, not in the fixing detail.

  • Fold-over centrepoint locator; marks the exact wall position in one action, then locks back flush for hanging. No measuring, no pencil marks.Haptic indexing channel; the installer feels and hears correct lock-up the instant it happens. You know it's on before you let go, even when you can't see it happening.Post-engagement micro-adjustment; level corrected after the artwork is installed, without removing. Tool-free.Stable. No tilt. No sag. No drift. Fully concealed; nothing visible on the wall surface or the artwork face. Invisible when in use.Corner load path + warped frame correction; load distributed through top frame corners rather than a single point. Warped frames pull flat against the wall at engagement.Tamper-resistant configuration; optional security cap converts one button to keyed removal, increasing pull-out resistance by more than five times. Independently tested.Permanent wall buttons, artwork changes; wall buttons stay in place. Artworks of a similar size connect and disconnect as needed. Install once.Two-colour material system; orange for active - moves, confirms, secures. White for structural - fixed. Haptic channel polished for consistent engagement; remaining surfaces spark-textured for grip and orientation.Premium glass-filled nylon, end-of-life recyclable; every component and every batch verified to the same haptic tolerance. Durable, consistent, recyclable.