Banners enhance school spirit at Amistad Academy

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics, Projects

[Design 360 Inc.] New York, N.Y. Amistad Academy, New Haven, Conn., looked to Design 360 to enhance the entrance to a vestibule at the school, and inside their gym, but they also wanted the look to be changeable. “In the gym they were looking for a solution that would add color and allow for t…
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Hearst highlights its history with large banners

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics, Projects

[Color X Inc.] New York, N.Y. For their 125th Anniversary, Hearst Corp. approached Color X Inc. to produce banners to be displayed in their iconic Manhattan office building’s seventh floor atrium. As one of the nation’s largest diversified media and information companies, they wanted to …
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Fabric graphics dress up interior settings

November 1, 2012  |  Features, Graphics, Markets

Fabric graphics in interior settings can take an office, hospitality or retail space from average to amazing. By Holly O’Dell Printing on fabrics affords a new approach to traditional commercial interior design. White walls can become murals, run-of-the-mill artwork can become custom pieces, a…
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Comfortex offers laser and knife digital finishing

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

MCT has provided to Comfortex Window Solutions a grand format digital finishing system. The MasterCut™ system is 3.2 meters wide by 10 meters long and employs both a CO2 laser and a set of tangential knife cutting tools, including a self-sharpening rotary fabric cutter. Through the use of i-cu…
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3M and Knifeless Tech Systems form partnership

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

3M Commercial Graphics and Knifeless Tech Systems have an exclusive partnership to give graphic film installers a tool that cuts quickly without a blade. Knifeless Tape has a high-strength filament embedded in the center. The tape is applied to a vehicle body, prior to the application of the graphic…
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FESPA and Verdigris team up for planet-friendly printing

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

FESPA and environmental research initiative Verdigris are partnering to share information, explore new trends and educate the FESPA global print community about a range of issues surrounding environmental sustainability. Weekly blogs and quarterly features by Verdigris, about how to embed sustainabl…
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Paradigm distributes Mutoh America’s ValueJet line

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

Paradigm Imaging Group, a distributor of large-format scanning and printing solutions, tradeshow displays and graphics, has signed an agreement with Mutoh America Inc. to distribute its ValueJet line of large format printers. Paradigm Imaging Group will focus on expanding Mutoh’s presence on t…
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Billboards gain second life

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

Retired billboards can have second or third lives as proved by Repurposed Materials Inc. The company’s entire product line is made of repurposed items. Billboards, for instance, have been reused as hockey rink and pond liners, summer slides for children, outdoor movie screens and to cover stra…
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Cooley Group wins 2012 EcoPrint Europe innovation award

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

The Cooley Group was named winner of the Great Innovation Award at the inaugural 2012 EcoPrint Europe event, held in Berlin, Germany. Cooley’s commercial graphics division was recognized for its new EnviroFlex™ PE, a lightweight, 100 percent recyclable print media that offers 60 percent …
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Canopies provide shady racing

November 1, 2012  |  Graphics

By Mara Whitten Mobile trailer canopies offer everything from an escape for clients to a full-service garage for motorsports teams. So when it’s time for racers and their crews to venture off the track, Larsens Inc., Santa Cruz, Calif., has them covered. Larsens began as a sail shop in 1972 be…
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