Twenty large format graphic panels grace storefronts
Brilliant graphic panels now cover several damaged storefronts in New Orleans, thanks to
an entirely volunteer effort created by the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA).
The SGIA Canal Street Initiative recently completed its first phase of an ambitious plan to
produce and install approximately 80 large graphic panels – measuring on average 1.2 meters
by 2.4 meters along segments of Canal Street, a main downtown artery.
Volunteer installers covered boarded-up storefront windows along the street’s 800 block
with the 20 panels, which featured digitally printed images of the city’s heritage and culture.
The first waves of panels, installed in time for the September 8 Canal Street Opening Festival,
helped visitors and residents to visualize the street’s redevelopment progress.
Coca-Cola and JCDecaux UK join hands to launch recyclable posters
The Coca-Cola company and JCDecaux have signed a strategic
partnership agreement, which will include the first entirely
recyclable network of posters as well as advertising on digital
and iconic
locations.
In a media
first, Coca-
Cola will be
the first
advertiser to
use a network
of posters
developed by
JCDecaux as a
replacement
for traditional
paper and
paste billboards. Known as ‘High Definition’ for the clarity of
display, the posters are made from a new form of vinyl that can
be recycled into products such as traffic cones, buckets or even
water butts. The ‘High Definition’ posters can also be reused,
thanks to an innovative design that allows them to be clipped in
and out of the billboard frame.
Print it...wear it...flaunt it
Good nice prints...good to wear, good to decorate and of course
good to flaunt. Well! if you thought that we cannot wear or
decorate our imagination, then think again. As EFI, the world
leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, reports that
Brazilian firm Studio Alfa has revolutionized its business with EFI’s
VUTEk superwide format printing, the first firm to implement
direct-to-rigid-substrate printing in Rio.
Studio Alfa receives electronic files with Alessa’s custom designs
for fabrics featuring Brazilian scenes, monuments, flora, fauna and
architecture. The VUTEk PV200 prints directly on the fabric and
then Casa Alessa cuts and sews this custom fabric into a wide
range of fashion items for use at fashion shows prior to going into
full production. “We can even print on leather so that she can
create custom shoes, purses and other items,” comments Abreu.
