As far back as the Model T, people have had a love affair with their vehicles. It might be the car model they wanted in high school and finally purchased 25 years later. Or maybe it’s the company van that the owner bought with their initial investment when the garage still served as the “corporate […]
Cutting & Routing Custom Shapes: Signage 101
The next time you’re in your favorite store or shopping center, pay close attention to the general shape of the signs you see. The money here says most of the signs you’ll encounter are squares or rectangles. And that’s okay – there’s nothing at all wrong with basic square shapes. In many ways, square shapes […]
Beyond the Wall – Floor Graphics
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet,” physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking once said. Which is all well and good when it comes to providing an inspirational or motivational message, but when it comes to signage someone else might have said: “Yes, look up at the stars – but […]
The Basics of USDOT Numbers: Signage 101
If your company is involved in interstate commerce and you utilize company vehicles in the movement of goods, you may need to obtain a USDOT number for those vehicles. Depending upon the state you’re located in, you may also be required to possess a USDOT number for intrastate commerce. Granted by the Federal Motor Carrier […]
10 Ways to Add ‘Wow’ to Your Signage
It’s a new year – maybe it’s time to give your company’s signage a serious lookover and consider an overhaul. Perhaps you’ve been simply duplicating your company’s same signage year after year – just changing out the sales dates and the current year. Or you’ve at least been adding your new sales pitch or […]
Digital Printing’s Rise to the Top – Signage 101
“What is digital printing?” is a question we often get asked here. “And isn’t everything digitally printed these days? After all, it’s 2020 (nearly 2021), not 1920 – what isn’t digital?” So let’s first address the second question: Has digital technology completely overtaken printing? Well, actually no – analog still rules the printing roost, so […]
Designing a Step and Repeat Banner: Signage 101
When you think of celebrities walking down the red carpet at events like the Academy Awards or the Grammys, you’re probably envisioning them posing in front of a backdrop with a repeating pattern of logos. Better known as a step and repeat banner, this popular type of signage is used as a background for photos […]
PVC and Foam Board: Signage 101
It’s all too easy to be confused by some of the names and terms that are tossed about in the signage industry when it comes to rigid substrates. Two of the more common rigid substrates utilized in signage are foam boards and PVC board. And because they are indeed so common – with so many […]
