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About the cover: Design Communications Ltd. (Boston) fabricated identity pylons for Commerce
Square in Philadelphia’s Center City. The 50-ft.-tall, glass and aluminum signs feature translucent,
interlayer graphics and a custom array of 6,000 LED pixels that create a fully programmable video surface
that wraps around the corners. Content may be updated remotely from a workstation or smartphone.
For more information, see p. 61
FEATURES
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Enter ST ’s 7th Annual
Vehicle Graphics Contest!
The Reality of Your Surroundings
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The Great ’Scapes
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Digital Printers at ISA
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It’s a Jungle in Here
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by Steve Aust
Industry experts discuss EGD trends.
by Wade Swormstedt
Inwindow Outdoor’s vinyl graphics
by Darek Johnson
Interesting innovations we saw at the show
by Steve Aust
Vivid signage personifies a unique food store.
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COLUMNS and DEPARTMENTS
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ST Update by Steve Aust
Go Lady Diver, Bass Pro Shops,
Support for Boston
Tech Update by Darek Johnson
Desktop printers for signmakers
Profiling media for purpose by Dean Derhak
Viewing distance is critical.
Vinyl Apps by Steve Aust
Flying over Fenway
Strictly Electric by Peter Moir
Raise your glass
LED Update by Dr. M. Nisa Khan
Lightfair 2013
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Software Update by Theresa Jackson
Alien Skin Eye Candy 7
Technology Review by Chris and Kathi Morrison
Graphtec’s CE6000 cutter family
Technology Review by Chris and Kathi Morrison
The DCS 1024 UVHS TEXTUR3D flatbed printer
Sign Museum News by Tod Swormstedt
Online auction supports operating budget
New Products by Darek Johnson
Product Showcase: Laser cutters/engravers
Advertising index
Editorially speaking by Wade Swormstedt
Tex-tricity accountability
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Signs of the Times - June 2013