Friday, 31 July 2009

Giant Olympics signs to cover skyscrapers

Vancouver can expect to see gigantic Games-related signs on the sides of skyscrapers starting as early as October 2009. Last week, city council passed a bylaw package allowing owners to begin installing large-scale celebratory signage Oct. 1. The special technology used to cover a building face relies on warm, dry temperatures, weather not found in Vancouver’s winter months. “At the most, the signs could be as large as a full face of a building,” general manager of Olympic and Paralympic operations Paul Henderson was quoted as saying.

Only 10 to 15 downtown towers will be plastered with images greater than 10 per cent of their surface area, but thousands of banners and smaller signs will cover the city, Henderson said. “Definitely we expect the images to build excitement,” he said. What constitutes “celebratory” is open to interpretation. It could include images of skiers shooting down mountainous slopes or speed skaters rounding a curve – anything that creates enthusiasm for the Games. But it doesn’t mean free advertising.

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Tuesday, 28 July 2009

The desire to protect heritage can go too far

As the economic crunch continues yet another heated debate has sprung up between retailers and a local council. This time the trouble is brewing in the historic city of Edinburgh. It is understandable that those charged with preserving and promoting the historic beauty of Edinburgh – and in particular the World Heritage Site – feel very protective towards it. To that end few would disagree that the rules relating to what should, and shouldn't, be allowed to happen in the Old and New towns must be carefully monitored. In keeping with this objective strict protocols have been established to prevent the general feel of the areas being ruined. Quite rightly then quality and size of signage is strictly controlled.

So now a row has erupted, the main bone of contention being advertising "A boards" placed on pavements. Businesses say they want them because they encourage trade, but conservationists and planners have long argued they create unnecessary street clutter. As a result, a list of strict regulations as long as an arm were drawn up to govern their size and positioning and each business was restricted to a single board. It seemed a sensible compromise as environmental wardens were empowered to deal with rule breakers.

But it would appear that the council may not be prepared to honour this agreement any longer and proposals have been drawn up for a blanket ban on all boards. Unless they can produce compelling evidence of the dangers they pose this seems a step too far.

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Saturday, 25 July 2009

New Scottish Signage For Sainsbury

Focusing on its business in Scotland, Sainsbury's has launched a new range of in-store signage designed to showcase the excellent selection of Scottish products available to shoppers. The material will feature prominently at Sainsbury's 32 stores across the country. he new signage will see not only the Saltire prominently displayed across Sainsbury's stores but will also feature information on Sainsbury's Scottish suppliers.

It is hoped that the initiative will not only increase awareness about the wide range of quality food and drink available in Scotland but will also encourage shoppers to support Scottish producers. New point of sale material is also being introduced which will highlight individual products made in Scotland. A great example of this is the award-winning Isle of Bute Cheddar. The Cheddar, made by the Rothesay creamery with 100% Scottish milk, was first sold by Sainsbury's in 1996 and is now available at Sainsbury's stores across the UK.

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Thursday, 23 July 2009

Save Our Sign

As reported in the local UK press today a shop in Hertford is facing an up hill struggle with signage. A planning row has broken out over a shop sign in Hertford with the store's owners accusing the local council of double standards and indeed victimisation. The shop's owners have now launched a campaign to save their sign and have been collecting many local signatures on a petition.

Co-owner Victoria Rex was quoted as saying: We feel victimised in this struggling climate we feel we bring something valuable to the town. Everyone is saying people should shop locally these days and support your town, but the council is not supporting the foundations of the town."

A spokesperson for the local council csaid: "A meeting was held with the shop, they have been refused planning permission. We understand that the shop is not prepared to take the sign down and it will be referred to the development control committee in due course.

"The old Wiggington's building is Grade II-listed and is in a prominent position on the corner of St Andrew Street. One of the main features of the building is the tiled front which includes the original raised signage, and is therefore considered worth preserving."

You would think that in todays economic climate local businesses would get the backing of councils and reviews of current regualtion should be the order of the day.

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Monday, 20 July 2009

Used Boat Show Annouced

Premier is pleased to announce that it will be holding a new and used Boat Show over the last July weekend at Sovereign Harbour Marina, Eastbourne. Premier is teaming up with onsite tenant and broker Bates Wharf Southern as well as Tim Nicholls, Morgan Sailing, Walrus Fabrications, Tate and Crewe, Felton Marine and Eurotek.

There will be new sail boats on display from Elan, Moody, Island Packet, and Benneteau and power boats from Sessa, Maxum, Chris Craft and more. There will be used boats on display from a variety of brands to suit all budgets.

Premier Marine Insurance will have a representative on site offering a FREE “Insurance Clinic”. Visitors can get their marine insurance questions answered and a quote for their boat. Premier Marine Insurance offers a great product at a competitive rate, Premier are so positive that they can beat current premiums they offer £10 back if they can’t.*

The other onsite tenants will be offering free advice on all aspects of boating including: yacht maintenance and repair, canvas covers, canvas repair, sail repairs, rope work, GRP repairs and maintenance, antifouling and winter servicing, marine engineering, engineering supplies, yacht charter, and RYA lessons and courses. They will also be offering taster days and a FREE 'ask a surveyor' advice surgery.

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Thursday, 16 July 2009

Winchester Crack Down On Signs

Hampshire County Council is launching a major crackdown on illegal street signs, and has threatened to fine traders £90 if they do not comply in sleepy city of Winchester. Retailers are up in arms and have blasted the ruling, arguing they need help from the Council and not hindrance from them during the recession. Many shopkeepers who own the signs areinfact independent retailers, and use them to drawn in shoppers off the High Street.

Yet the council’s environment department are very insistant and say the boards must go on safety grounds. Its executive member, Cllr Mel Kendal, was been quoted as saying; “We have been having regular purges on A-boards for several years now and would remind traders who have been putting up these boards outside their premises, that they have been doing so illegally.”

Winchester BID, ( a group which represents the retailers) has already held talks with the city council about the above issue. The groups are working on ideas to satisfy traders and the county authority, such as fixing signs to walls.

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Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Solar-powered EL signs unveiled

Earlier this month it was announced that Solar powered, Electro Luminescent (EL) signage is now a reality thanks to UK product design company Anokimobi Ltd. The ground-breaking signs unveiled are the first of their kind to be powered solely by the sun rays.Environmentally friendly and low maintenance, they could potentially save businesses millions in electricity costs and would additionally help them to reach previously untapped audiences where electricity supply is limited or non-existent.

Based on Electro Luminescence (EL) technology, one of the most energy efficient and versatile light sources to exist, a typical outdoor sign can provide between 6 and 14 hours of continuous illumination from daytime charging depending on the model. Unlike signs that use solar power to light very simple shapes made from light-emitting diodes (LEDs), EL signs can broadcast complex design sequences and detailed messages. EL signs can also be fixed almost anywhere due to their lightweight properties and streamlined construction.
Ideally suited for use in sunny climates, it is expected that companies with interests in South America, Southern Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East will be the first to adopt the innovative and eco-friendly signs

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Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Landmark Las Vegas Sign Vandalised

News just in; tourists lining up to snap photos of the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign Monday morning, many noticed something amiss. Red graffiti was scrawled on the famous landmark, defacing the main face and one of its structural legs. Most visitos noticed it right away and all of them expressed that they were very disappointed someone would damage the popular tourist attraction.One visitor was quoted as saying "It's kind of sad someone would vandalize something like that. It's the entrance to the city and everything."

The Young Electric Sign Company owns the sign and leases it to Clark County, county spokeswoman Jennifer Knight said. A red Sharpie marker was used to scrawl the lettering, said Russell Davis of the county's Department of Public Works. If the company can't restore the sign to its original condition, the county will call in its own contractors to remove the graffiti, Davis said.

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Monday, 13 July 2009

Lancashire Council To Advertise On Roundabouts

It was reported in the local UK press last week that dozens of advertising signs are set to be put on more than 20 traffic roundabouts across the Burnley and Pendle area. A UK based marketing firm wants to install 84 adverts for local firms on traffic islands in Burnley town centre, Hapton, Barrowford, Brierfield, Colne, Nelson and Barnoldswick, subject to planning permission. The proposals, which are expected to bring in revenue for councils, have been welcomed by most of the county councillors.

However, a motoring group warned of the “disastrous consequences” of the signs for road safety. Suffolk-based Marketing Force Limited has applied to planners to install 51 signs on 13 roundabouts in Pendle and another 33 signs on nine roundabouts in Burnley borough. Elizabeth Box, from the RAC Foundation, said: . “If this signage goes ahead, it will need to be carefully sited to ensure it does not distract drivers.”A marketing firm wants to install 84 adverts for local firms on traffic islands in Burnley town centre, Hapton, Barrowford, Brierfield, Colne, Nelson and Barnoldswick, subject to planning permission.

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Friday, 10 July 2009

Now Thats What I Call A Banner

Some great out-of-the-box thinking by turning the whole side of a building into a massive advertising signage space. Giant images of a dog and cat, with the tagline "play ball," appear on the 96-foot by 160-foot wrap that stretches across the north face of the tower building, at 1 Checkerboard Square, near Ninth Street and Chouteau Avenue in downtown St. Louis.

Five vertical panels of the mesh material, which allows office occupants to see through the signage, covers the top eight floors of the 15-story tower's north face. The signage is aslo expected to be reusable and therefor a very green solution.

The pet product company's internal agency, CheckMark, came up with the creative design and copy. International outdoor marketing firm Posterscope, based in the United Kingdom, did the production. The project was under 30 days from start to finish.

Impressive !!!

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Thursday, 9 July 2009

Calls To Scrap Gaelic Signs

As reported in the UK press earlier this week - even things of principle are being compromised in the face of the economic down-turn as a union has urged Highland Council to end "politically correct" initiatives such as bilingual Gaelic signage rather than cutting jobs. The authority has warned that hundreds of jobs will have to be cut over the next three years as a result of £60m budget cuts.

Unison spokesman Shane Manning said bilingual signage was one area where cuts could be made without job losses. The council has already agreed to make £13m worth of savings this year.

He went on to say; "Unison Highland branch have a mandate from our membership to oppose bilingual signing. It may not be a vast amount of money but it's one example of where money could be saved just now when there are more important things to be spending the money on."

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Signs Promoting the 'Drink of Satan'

The silly season is with us now and this story reported earlier in the UK press did make me smile. Organsers of a beer festival at Beaconsfield Rugby Club at the weekend are both bemused and angry following the removal of signs advertising the event allegedly by a woman accusing them of promoting alcohol - 'the drink of Satan'. Around 600 people attended the three day festival which was organised to raise funds to convert nearby farmland into new rugby pitches for the over-subscribed club. The local paper put out an appeal for the woman to reveal her identity – and within minutes a woman explained that she wanted to keep people away from the beer festival because alcohol 'is the drink of Satan'.

Jean Dean, one of the festival organisers, was furious accusing the woman of losing customers for the event which was designed to raise money to help more people young and old to enjoy sport and fellowship. She said: " In a society where so much good work falls to so few, the last thing the community needs is opinionated people who are only concerned with their beliefs and viewpoints, spoiling the efforts of those trying to do something useful to the greater good of society. Dear lady, I hope you are very pleased with yourself."

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Neon Signs Rules Relaxed

The world economic downturn means that governing bodies are reviewing how they can help businesses to survive - as reported here in OHIO. Signs were the topic of choice at a Tuesday, July 7, City Council meeting, though debate over “regulating good taste” eventually led to the gutting of legislation governing neon signs in Uptown Oxford. The city’s Historic & Architectural Preservation Commission recommended limiting businesses to one 12-by-18 inch neon sign, but Council opted to completely remove requirements dealing with neon signs on the interior of buildings.

Considering the current economic climate, business owners should be able to explore any potential avenues available for drawing in business. “If you’re going to kick somebody while they’re down, why don’t you just step on their skull while you’re at it?” said a spokeman from the counicl. Council members also stripped the ordinance of a somewhat subjective requirement that would have required all exterior signs to be easy to read and maintain a simple design, color and materials.


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Monday, 6 July 2009

New Airport Signs Cost $2 Million

Reported in the US press today - that as a result of being faced with complaints that an estimated 20,000 people show up at the wrong terminal each year at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport , the MAC (Metropolitan Airports Commission) has been considering proposals to change the terminal names on the signs and list the airlines that fly out of each terminal. The price tag to make sure people get to the right terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has soared to $2.2 million, more than twice the original estimate.

It also looks like efforts to keep the Humphrey and Lindbergh names on the costly new signs have failed. Instead, the signs will direct people to the more generic Terminal 1 [Lindbergh] and Terminal 2 [Humphrey]. The cost went up, according to MAC, after studies of the current signs showed that some of the supports are not big or strong enough to hold the new, larger signs. In addition, five new signs are needed.

The initial cost estimate of $1 million provoked complaints and a surge of advice from do-it-yourselfers who offered to do the job for less. "Give me a bucket of white paint and a brush!" wrote one StarTribune.com reader. "I'll make the new signs and I'll only charge $500k!"

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Saturday, 4 July 2009

New Jersey Signs Point The Way

Visitors to the beachfront community of Seaside Heights New Jersey should have no trouble finding their way around this weekend with the help of a number of new signs recently installed by the borough. "The new signs incorporate a logo designed by our business improvement district and brightly coloured icons that truly say "this is a fun place to be,' " said Maria Maruca, executive director of the Seaside Heights Business Improvement District.

The signs are at two entrances to the borough: on Route 35 North, just before the exit to Seaside Heights, for visitors from Toms River and Seaside Park; and at the intersection of Route 35 South and Central Avenue, for those coming from Ortley Beach and other points north. Two additional signs may be found at Hamilton Avenue and Bay Boulevard, near an Ocean Ride bus stop; and in the center of the borough, at Grant and Central avenues.

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Thursday, 2 July 2009

Village Signs

A village sign in some areas of England is a symbol of a village's history, heritage, or culture. They differ from regular road signs and other signage in that they are decorative, with the designs usually depicting some aspect of the history of the village. Sometimes made of cast iron or carved in wood, the designs are often made by the local community. The tradition of village signs started in Norfolk early in the 20th century when Edward VII suggested having signs to focus the identity of the villages around the Sandringham Estate.

In 1929 Harry Carter, an art and woodwork master at Hamonds Grammar School (which now serves as the sixth form buildings for Hamond's high school in Swaffham), carved a sign for his home town. When he died in 1983 he had carved over 200 town and village signs. While the practice is now widespread, decorative village signs are still most common in Norfolk and in the neighbouring county of Suffolk. Some village signs are actually sculptures like the one at Capel St.Andrew, in Suffolk, which is constructed from scrap metal.

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Wednesday, 1 July 2009

What Is Wayfinding

Wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. Wayfinding is often used to refer to traditional navigation methods used by indigenous peoples. In more modern times, wayfinding is used in the context of architecture to refer to the user experience of orientation and choosing a path within the built environment, and it also refers to the set of architectural and/or design elements that aid orientation. Urban planner Kevin A. Lynch coined the term in his 1960 book Image of the City, where he defined wayfinding as “a consistent use and organization of definite sensory cues from the external environment”.

In 1984 environmental psychologist Romedi Passini published the full-length "Wayfinding in Architecture" and expanded the concept to include signage and other graphic communication, clues inherent in the building's spatial grammar, logical space planning, audible communication, tactile elements, and provision for special-needs users.

Historically, wayfinding refers to the techniques used by travellers over land and sea to find relatively unmarked and often mis-labeled routes. These include but are not limited to dead reckoning, map and compass, astronomical positioning and, more recently, global positioning

This term is also used in reference to parking management strategies that help drivers find parking garages.

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Monday, 29 June 2009

Chocolate Universe

In the middle of all its surrounding Times Square spectaculars, billboards and sign edifices, stands the flagship Hershey Times Square, a retail gift store which is a chocolate confectionary paradise that is the center of the chocolate universe. The gift store has come to represent a 15-story outdoor fantastical "chocolate factory" whose incredible signage includes 34 dimensional props, four steam machines, over 4000 chasing lights, 30 programmable gel lights, 56 neon channel letters, 14 front-lit signs and an LED ticker, all designed to represent the various Hershey candy products in their packaged wrappers.

In total, the spectacular measures 215 feet in height with a 60-foot width from one side of the building to the other. The crowning touch of its factory look was its two Times Square smoke stacks that are identical to the ones in its main Hershey, PA factory, complete with the company's name vertically painted on each stack.
This entire collage of signs is located on the northwest corner of Broadway and 48th Street, on the lower rooftop and building sides of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Although this sign project was completed in 2002, it is still a paramount project because of the diversity of signs used to complete the project.

With this diversity, the Hershey spectacular has an odd pedigree of also becoming a sign museum representing every type of sign technology used for outdoor advertising since the 1900s


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Distracting Motorway Signs

There is a much talk at present that motorway signs are distracting and could be the cause of some accidents on the motorway. These are not the ‘normal’ signs that we have on our motorway network, no these signs are those that advertise the nearest coffee house or others that claim ‘work from home and earn hundreds'. Critics claim these signs are actually illegal and distract motorists as they are usually placed in a field close to a motorway and if you travel much on the UK road network you will see that they are becoming more common.

With hundreds of thousands of drivers using the motorways in the UK each day, the companies advertising their wares have got a real market on their hands. But are drivers taking their eyes off the road ahead to read these ads?

The Campaign to Protect Rural England are up in arms as they believe these ads blight the countryside and say this method of advertising is inappropriate.But the farmers who use this as an alternative income for their land charge the advertisers about £1,000 a month to use their land in this way and claim that they can do what they want with their land.

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Sign of the times

Motorway drivers tearing their hair out while trying to navigate the M4 will be given helpful visual clues next week with the introduction of pictures on overhead signs. Following research drivers are said to find pictures easier to read and react to than text. Drivers using the M4 in Berkshire will start to see some new signs on the motorway from the middle of June. The Highways Agency is changing the display on almost a hundred existing overhead electronic signs around Newbury, Reading and Wokingham to show pictures as well as words.

Designs are based on already familiar road signs such as those for accidents, queues, snow and ice, high winds and skid risk. At the moment the motorway signs are only able to display text messages in block capitals. The well-known symbols now being introduced are inside red warning triangles which are recognisable from some distance away. Because they are easy for all road users to read and react accordingly, they should help to make roads much safer.

Highways Agency Network Operations Director Derek Turner was quoted as saying; "We are now upgrading these latest generation signs with pictograms to get helpful and up-to-date information out to drivers. The programme is being rolled out across the country during the year."

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Monday, 22 June 2009

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Friday, 19 June 2009

Urgent Signage Review Called For

Scottish Councillors have considered the Scottish Government's response to their call for greater use of Gaelic signage on trunk routes in the Highlands.Highland Council's Gaelic committee wrote to Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson strongly urging him to install bilingual signs on the A9, A96 and A82. However Mr Stevenson was quoted as saying that the impact of existing bilingual signage would have to be reviewed first. The Gaelic committee wrote to Mr Stevenson asking that the review should not be seen as a barrier to the expansion of bilingual signage

Road signs in both Gaelic and English have been requested by the local authority on key routes to and from the region. It has also asked that the Scottish Government to give "urgent consideration" to bilingual signage on the A9 from Perth northwards.

The Scottish Government said it was seeking to "fast track" this review. The report from the review of existing trunk road signage was not expected until 2011.

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Thursday, 18 June 2009

Sandwich Signs Get The Crunch

As reported in the US press today .. in North Adams, Massachusetts— The Planning Board is taking a long hard look at both shops and eateries around the city because of what has been perceived as a proliferation of sidewalk signs over the past few years. Many of the sandwich signs appear to be unapproved and are infact illegal, said Chairman Michael Leary, who requested authorization to craft a letter at last Monday's Planning Board meeting to be sent to errant businesses.

The letter would be sent to business owners in the city who do have sandwich board-style signs that were not approved as part of their signage package or not approved afterward ... asking them to come before the board to have them approved as they should have been." Public safety is of paramount concern given that some of the signs in public ways. City Administrative Officer Jay Green said other downtowns, such as Northampton and Rockport, have had to deal with the issue as well.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Breakthrough In New Signage Technology

It was announced today a team of top researchers at the University of California, Riverside has been able to fabricate microscopic polymer beads that can change colors instantly with the application of an external magnetic field. The most interesting aspect of the color changing properties of the polymer beads is that the color change can be reversed. The beads are being looked at closely for use in displays to make rewritable signage, posters, paper, and labels. The material could also be used to make magnetically activated security features and environmentally friendly pigments for paint and cosmetics.

The beads are technically magnetochromatic microspheres and have excellent structural stability according to the researchers. The microspheres are also very compatible with multiple types of dispersion media including water, alcohol, hexane, and polymer solutions. This allows the beads to retain their ability to be magnetically tunable in color when dispersed inside a variety of chemicals.

The color change of the microspheres is accomplished by simply changing the orientation of the particles. The microspheres themselves are created by mixing magnetic iron oxide particles into a resin that starts as a liquid and hardens with exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

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Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Las Vegas Neon Museum

In an barren yard not too far from the world famous Las Vegas strip that spawned them is a huge smiling duckling, a giant pool player, towering slippers, and a pair of immense golden nuggets. These, and more, are the still proud remains of vintage neon signs that once beckoned visitors. No longer wanted by the businesses that originally commissioned them, they are carefully propped up and stacked throughout the two lots that make up the Boneyard of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.

Vegas is known for imploding much of its history, but the tangle of old icons that makes up the Boneyard, and the restored signs throughout Fremont Street Experience show that someone cared.

The Neon Museum was started back in 1997 with the simple goal of collecting, refurbishing and exhibiting that classic Las Vegas art form – the neon sign. A tour of The Boneyard makes it clear that the advertising has become not only a part of modern popular culture, but a form of public instant art. If the Neon Museum gets its way, these iconic signs will one day return to their former glory, and provide us with a glimmer of the vintage Las Vegas.

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