Joining the vehicle wrap race

March 1, 2013  |  Features, Graphics

Printed wraps on vehicles—trucks, boats, planes, trains and automobiles—provide new markets for printers. By Janice Kleinschmidt A connoisseur of Armani and custom shirts, Greg Purdy may seem like a fish out of water driving a pinkish-purple Scion with bright yellow letters on the front …
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Backlit exhibit steals the show

March 1, 2013  |  Features, Graphics

By Amy Overgaard When Coppinger Exhibits out of Indianapolis needed a new eye-catching design for their trade show exhibits they looked to the award winning Lawrence Fabric and Metal Structures, St. Louis, Mo., to design and fabricate something fresh. Coppinger requested that Lawrence build frames f…
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Little white lies at work

March 1, 2013  |  Graphics

Where do you stand on the “fib index”? By Richard Ensman Do you lie? “Of course not,” you’d probably respond to a question like this. You likely consider yourself a person of honesty and candor, someone who would never speak a falsehood. But what about those innocent &l…
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Fabric panels for a new design discipline

March 1, 2013  |  Graphics

By Mason Riddle The project. To design and produce six large informational fabric panels that explain the meaning and importance of rural design for the exhibition Rural Design: A New Design Discipline. The exhibition, on view from January 28–March 10 at the University of Minnesota, Minneapoli…
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3M Commercial Graphics announces 2013 Advanced Installer Training session dates

February 20, 2013  |  Graphics

3M Commercial Graphics has announced the 2013 schedule of 3M Advanced Installer Training sessions, which offers graphic professionals the training to take their skills to the next level. 3M Advanced Installation Training The sessions will include discussion, demonstration and intensive hands-on trai…
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Avery Dennison adds carbon fiber films to Supreme Wrapping Flim line

February 13, 2013  |  Graphics

Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions announced that it will add two carbon fiber films, black and white, to its Supreme Wrapping Film line. The line includes a full spectrum of 46 opaque cast films in matte, brushed metallic and gloss colors that are primarily used for color change car wraps. “Th…
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Backlit and zipped exhibit steals the show

February 1, 2013  |  Fabric Structures, Graphics, Projects

[Lawrence Fabric & Metal Structures Inc.] St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A The client for an exhibit requested a double-sided radius backlit frame for their upcoming trade show, supplying the specs for their existing support frames that Lawrence Fabric & Metal Structures’ frame design needed to a…
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Fred Tracy brings creative solutions

February 1, 2013  |  Features, Graphics, Management, Perspective, Tents

Fred Tracy brings creative solutions to his work in the tent industry. By Sigrid Tornquist Change is our company strategy,” says Fred Tracy, owner of Fred’s Tents and Canopies Inc., Stillwater, N.Y. “You can’t be like a horse in a harness race, with blinders on—you have to keep your eyes o…
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Dazzling interactive displays

February 1, 2013  |  Fabric Structures, Features, Graphics, Projects

Multimedia technology takes fabric exhibits to a new level. By Rob Coco and Bob Sneed Over the past few years, two developments have taken the custom exhibit industry by storm. One is the use of specialty fabrics in the building of custom exhibits for events, trade shows and permanent installations;…
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Building wrap preserves a landmark’s look

February 1, 2013  |  Graphics, Projects

A mesh building wrap preserves the iconic look of a landmark and allows work to continue behind it. In 2005, a 172-pound chunk of marble fell four stories onto the steps of the western face of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. It was time for renovation. A mesh building wrap, desig…
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