Signs of the Times • 23rd August 2024

5 Sports Car Graphics to Get Your Heart Racing

WHAT’S ON YOUR list of must-haves for any sports car? Powerful engine: check. Sleek body design: got it. Impressive zero-to-60-plus mph: oh, yeah. But let’s not forget that item every signshop puts top of the list: an awesome, colorful, well-designed-and-installed wrap. Yes, now the list is complete!

It took seven revisions to make sure the stripes were perfect for this unique sports car graphic for Baja racing team Spy Racing. Full Sail Graphics (Huntington Beach, CA) printed that successful...

Signs of the Times • 9th July 2024

L.A. Mural of Dodger Star Features AR Movement

The Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles is a popular and crowded location in the city, and its Japanese connection makes it the perfect place for Robert Vargas’ latest mural, featuring Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani, according to an article in Los Angeles Magazine. 
Vargas unveiled the mural just in time for the team’s 2024 season-opening game late in the month of March, and those who have seen it have responded positively to the 13-story, 150-ft.-tall graphic. 
When viewed through a sma...

Signs of the Times • 8th July 2024

Stokes Sign Company Celebrates 30 Years in Business

Stokes Sign Company (Austin, TX) is a custom sign and printing company that has been in business for three decades. The company was founded by current CEO Nancy Stokes Hearn. Stokes Sign has made a name for itself as a successful woman-started and woman-owned sign company in the industry. In honor of their accomplishment, we are going to take a look through their history.

The company now has a much larger presence of technology compared to when they first opened, and technology has become essen...

Signs of the Times • 27th June 2024

PRINTING United Alliance Announces 2024 Pinnacle Award Winners

PRINTING United Alliance (Fairfax, VA) has announced the winners of its 2024 Pinnacle Awards. The 2024 Pinnacle Awards are open exclusively to Alliance supplier members and this year, judges awarded 19 Pinnacle Technology Award recipients and a total of 57 Pinnacle Product Award recipients (for both non-output and output categories).
The 2024 Pinnacle Technology Award winners are as follows:
Companies receiving a Pinnacle Product Award this year in the non-output category include (with many comp...

Signs of the Times • 5th June 2024

American Sign Museum Expansion Opens July 13

The American Sign Museum (ASM, Cincinnati) will be unveiling its 20,000-sq.-ft. Expansion with a grand re-opening July 13 with activities throughout the weekend, according to a press release. 
“After more than two years of planning and construction, we’re excited to welcome visitors to a bigger and better Main Street,” David Dupee, ASM director is quoted in the press release. “With the expanded space, visitors can experience more signs – ranging from hand-painted shop windows to a classic theate...

Signs of the Times • 30th May 2024

WrapFest 2024 Event in UK October 3-4

WrapFest 2024 (Dorking, UK) will take place October 3-4 at the prestigious Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire, UK – the home of British Motor Racing, according to a press release from FESPA. 
Exhibitors will collaborate with WrapFest in developing the agenda and activities across the two days, with the show built around attendee interaction. Among the confirmed exhibitors are Adapt Amari Digital, All Print Supplies, William Smith, 3M, Garware Hi-Tech Films and HP. 
This will be the s...

Signs of the Times • 21st May 2024

APC Appoints New CFO and Managing Partner

American Print Consultants (Chambersburg, PA), a distributor of wide-format printers, supplies, color management, textile decoration, and service, has announced the appointment of John Coughlin as CFO and a managing partner, according to a press release. 
Coughlin brings 37 years of progressive sales, marketing, financial, and leadership roles with The LEGO Group. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit charity Tau Maria Franciscans Inc., which he helped create and has been in...

Signs of the Times • 15th May 2024

Woman Found Living Inside Supermarket Sign

A woman was discovered by Midland, MI Police inside a local Family Fare supermarket sign where she had reportedly been living for a year, according to People.com.
The woman had made a home for herself in the triangle-shaped sign, which included electricity and a Keurig coffee maker, but was forced to leave when the police were called and escorted her out. The woman had somehow gotten access to the roof of the building and used the top portion of the sign to construct her living space. Midland Po...

Signs of the Times • 14th May 2024

Sign Fab Announces WoWee! Channel Letters

Sign Fab. Inc (Stoutland, MO) has released WoWee!, a new line of miniature 3D illuminated channel letters, according to a press release.

WoWee! products are customizable, capable of creating a 3D version of nearly any font with body styles and acrylic faces in a variety of colors. Both the sides and faces of each letter are paintable, and miniature LEDs provide front-, back- and edge-lit options. WoWee! letters and logos can also be incorporated into other types of signs, such as blade signs, o...