Wayfinding: Developing inclusive washroom signage

7 September 2017

In response to recent Canadian legislation and social discussions addressing instances of exclusion encountered by sexual-minority individuals who do not conform to conventional gender norms, Toronto-based environmental graphic design (EGD) firm Entro Communications has assisted the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group in developing a new standard for appropriate signage for ‘universal’ washrooms in health-care facilities.

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Wayfinding: Case study on M&M Food Market

2 August 2017

When Canadian frozen-food retailer M&M Meat Shops was recently rebranded as M&M Food Market, one major component of this transformation was implementing a ‘self-serve’ shopping model for its stores.

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Digital Signage: Confluence with built environments

1 August 2017

From large cities to small towns, digital signage deployments are expanding everywhere, due to reductions in costs and increases in ease of use and durability.

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Digital Signage: Success is a team effort

31 July 2017

Digital signage network operators know the implementation process can be long and tedious. To make things worse, it is often akin to a moving target, with success seeming ever elusive. It is important to understand why this is the case and what can be done about it.

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Wide-format Printing: Considerations for equipment expansions

28 July 2017

There is a broad industry trend today where commercial print service providers (PSPs) are entering the wide-format graphics market. This trend is growing for a number of reasons, including a decline in many traditional print revenue streams, a high level of commoditization for digital small-format printing, etc.

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PMTC announces 2017 Vehicle Graphics Design Awards

20 July 2017

The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) recognized the winners of its 2017 Vehicle Graphics Design Awards last month, during its annual general meeting (AGM) and conference in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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Digital Signage: Planning and operating outdoor screens

21 June 2017

Outdoor digital signage has become less expensive and more accessible over time for retailers, institutions and other sign shop clients, but still requires a significant commitment in terms of money and time to source, install and manage.

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Winners announced in 2017 Canadian OOH competition

15 June 2017

Astral Out of Home, a division of Bell Media, has announced the winners of its annual Carte Blanche for Creatives out-of-home (OOH) competition, for which participants across Canada were asked to create an original digital billboard ad for one of their clients.

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Vehicle Graphics: Energizing wraps with 3-D printing

15 May 2017

Three-dimensional (3-D) printing is a relatively new phenomenon for wide-format print service providers (PSPs), though the technology has in fact been around for more than 30 years and, over that period, has revolutionized many production processes in the world of manufacturing.

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Finishing: Pitfalls and opportunities for digitally printed fabrics

3 April 2017

Fabric represents the fastest-growing market segment for grand-format printing, including both commercial and industrial applications.

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