A graphic design student in Montreal has devised a temporary solution for the lack of wayfinding signage at a station for the Reseau express metropolitain (REM).
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Two Roland DGA customers – San Francisco-based VIVAS, Inc. and Alberta-based Wide Open Throttle Graphics – have won 2021 PRINTING United Alliance Premier PRINT Awards for their graphic design and print work.
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Terence Davis, owner of Brantford, Ont.-based Elevated Signs, is a confident man, and backed by a team of skilled professionals, he decided to forge ahead this past March with the launch of his business, despite being in the clutches of a global pandemic.
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Back in the 1990s, the sign industry was primarily an analog world. Today, the graphics Cameron Hackl designs at The Sign Cellar are almost entirely digital and can be applied to a range of products.
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As the trade show season winds down for winter, there is no better time to take a step back and consider the materials displayed at these events. Signage, banners and booth graphics are often the first point of contact for new customers searching for products and services.
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‘Placemaking’ is the act of making
a space one’s own. This may seem obvious and logical with relation to people in their homes, but it becomes more of a challenging task for graphic designers, signmakers, architects, planners and other designers when it is applied to public spaces, large workplaces, hospitals, educational environments and large transportation hubs like airports.
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Semper International, a skilled-employee placement firm for printing, graphic design and marketing companies, has appointed Rick Littrell vice-president (VP) of direct hires and technical creative talent.
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There has been a significant hiring increase in the North American graphic arts and printing industry, according to a recent survey by placement firm Semper International, and—for the first time in 12 years of conducting the survey—no reports of reductions in staff. Semper has undertaken quarterly surveys since February 2003 to track trends in the printing and graphic industries. To prevent bias in the results, the questions are designed by Cvent, a third party.
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Grant Nicholson, who currently runs Nicholson Design in Owen Sound, Ont., worked as a graphic designer for more than 20 years. After he built his own house, however, he decided he was tired of working only with software.
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