Awards and certification

Color-Logic, which develops software for special printing effects, has won an American Graphic Design Award—with a sample of digitally printed metallic colours—from Graphic Design USA magazine.

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Subway thinks fresh—and big—with digital network

Real Digital Media, developer of the NeoCast digital signage platform, and Independent Purchasing Co-operative (IPC), a franchisee-owned group, have announced expansion plans for the Subway TV & Radio digital signage network. Designed to enhance the restaurant experience for customers, the network is using content to introduce new menu items, display promotions and provide further information…

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Astral expands Montreal’s MegaColumn network

Astral Out-of-Home is adding 14 new MegaColumn backlit-poster structures to its street-level out-of-home (OOH) advertising inventory across Montreal’s commercial downtown district. The 5.5-m (18-ft) tall structures, which have been part of the city’s urban landscape since 2005, offer two 3.4 x 1.1-m (11.2 x 3.7-ft) printed graphic faces, which are backlit 24 hours a day,…

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Canadian signmakers dominate ISA competition

The International Sign Association (ISA) recently revealed the winners of its annual Sign Design Competition—most of whom were Canadian signmakers—during the International Sign Expo in Orlando, Fla. The competition has been held online for the past three years, with entrants encouraged to share completed sign projects via social media to draw votes. Participation among ISA…

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Vancouver Aquarium expands digital signage

The Vancouver Aquarium opened a new gallery earlier this year, featuring an array of video screens that extend its existing digital signage network, so as to better connect with the facility’s visitors. The aquarium’s Arctic Gallery is using a customized digital communications system developed by Four Winds Interactive to manage screen content focusing on climate…

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OMAC seeks ‘likes’ for world’s best OOH

The Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada (OMAC) is inviting the sign industry to vote for the best out-of-home (OOH) ads, choosing from a collection of award-winning contenders from around the world. OMAC is displaying the collection through its Facebook page, with albums of various recent OOH ads grouped by category. Visitors can select the ads…

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Sure to endure

The SureColor S30670 from Epson Canada is a 1.6-m (64-in.) wide solvent inkjet printer developed for the indoor and outdoor signage, vehicle graphics and fine art markets.

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Faux road signs point to Arab Spring

An artist in the U.S. recently created a series of ‘faux’ road signs inspired by the Arab Spring, indicating distances to cities in the Middle East and Africa where populist demonstrations and protests have led to historic political change. Michele Guieu was born in France, spent her teenage years in Senegal and travelled extensively before…

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Radio-Canada digital signage wins Apex Award

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio-Canada and Montreal-based digital signage installer and content provider Telecine Multimedia shared a Gold Apex Award at the 2012 Digital Signage Expo (DSE) earlier this month. The award honours a series of passive and interactive displays deployed in 2011 along the 1-km (0.6-mi) long concourse at Maison de Radio-Canada, the crown…

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