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Digitype Design Turns to Recyclable DISPA® Paper Board for Smooth Surfaced Economical Printing Solution

Tualatin, Ore.-based Digitype Design, Inc., weekly prints runs of short-term retail graphic interior signs, custom shapes installed as aisle markers and 4-by-4 foot double-sided posters on fully recyclable DISPA® embossed formed paper board by 3A Composites USA DISPA® – an embossed formed paper  graphic display board solution newly available from 3A Composites USA – is meeting the needs of designers and fabricators requiring a smooth-surfaced printable rigid substrate that is 100 percent recyclable. Digitype Design, Inc., a visual marketing communications company based in Tualatin, Ore., has been providing large-format printing solutions to customers in the northwestern United States and across the country for more than 25 years.

Public Art with Dibond® Raises Awareness of Disappearing ‘Mom-And-Pop’ Shops in New York City

James and Karla Murray -- a married team of architectural and interior photographers based in New York City -- have been on a mission for two-plus decades to document and preserve images of "mom-and-pop" storefronts scattered throughout the city's boroughs that not only have fulfilled residents' retail needs but created a sense of community through their daily interactions.
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Ashland Local Church Displays Modern Design with Dibond® Aluminum Composite

Exterior A-Frame Dibond® Display The Story Ashland is a modern church in Ashland, Oregon that focuses on bringing the community and local youth together through Sunday gatherings, local chapters and biblical teachings. They take a progressive approach to spreading their message, and have gained a following by providing a place outside the church to promote religious discovery and empowerment. The vitality and atmosphere of the church is apparent through their use of design. The Story Ashland develops their designs in-house and outsources to the Signs Now Medford for fabrication.

Athletic Shoe Displays Mounted On SINTRA® Step Up For Shopping Center Opening

Designers at Vector Impresion Digital in Medellin, Colombia, stepped up to the challenge of creating 12 larger-than-life Reebok athletic shoe displays last fall with the help of Sintra® graphic display board. Twelve images of Reebok athletic shoes – each measuring approximately 14-feet by 5-feet – were displayed from September through November 2010 at all entrances to the Santa Fe shopping center in Medellin, inaugurating the opening of the new mall and highlighting its Reebok store tenant.

Joint Effort to Raise Statue of Liberty Repeated in Replica

The Statue of Liberty, officially named Liberty Enlightening the World, has become one of the world’s most recognized and beloved architectural icons since its dedication Oct. 28, 1886, on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Standing 305 feet 1 inch from the ground to the top of her torch, the Statue of Liberty serves as a welcome to all.

Riverboat Signage Builds Steam in St. Louis Tourism Industry

When Metro, operator of the St. Louis Metropolitan region’s transportation system, purchased the Gateway Arch Riverboat Cruises in 2002, managers soon determined that a major refurbishing in signage, graphics and architectural details on the riverboats’ barge was required to build steam into visitor numbers.

Sintra® Material Helps “Wave the Flags”

"I had used many variations of fabric banners and flags in past projects but wanted to provide my client, Breckinridge Middle School, with a unique display of flags," said Marc Waller, president of Thayer Design of Monroe, Virginia. For the atrium of the Roanoke, Virginia, school, Thayer Design created a display of flags representing 48 nations. The project was installed in the spring of 2000.