COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL ROBIN DONOVAN editor-in-chief robin.donovan@stmediagroup.com MARK KISSLING managing editor mark.kissling@stmediagroup.com GRANT FREKING associate editor grant.freking@stmediagroup.com DAREK JOHNSON editor-at-large darek.johnson@stmediagroup.com CONTRIBUTORS LOUIS M. BRILL louismbrill@gmail.com VINCE CAHILL 28 vince@vcesolutions.com LAURA PETERS lpeters40@gmail.com DESIGN AND PRODUCTION JEFF RUSS senior art director jeff.russ@stmediagroup.com COLUMNS LINDA VOLZ production supervisor FROM THE EDITOR linda.volz@stmediagroup.com 8 SALES & MARKETING BY ROBIN DONOVAN MURRAY KASMENN Losing the plot AT LARGE senior vp/group publisher murray.kasmenn@stmediagroup.com (770) 578-2577 18 BY DAREK JOHNSON Wow! TECH REVIEW 22 BY CHRIS AND KATHI MORRISON Fabrics and banner materials SHOP OPS 24 SANDI LUPPERT 32 marketing director sandi.luppert@stmediagroup.com LOUIS ARNEBERG senior market strategist lou.arneberg@stmediagroup.com (800) 654-5169 DEPARTMENTS JIM KARWOWSKI senior market strategist jim.karwowski@stmediagroup.com (630) 474-4038 10 BY DALE SALAMACHA ST UPDATE Bridge building BY GRANT FREKING KAREN JONES A faux signage feud in Texas, tracking the digital signage software market's growth and more karen.jones@stmediagroup.com (843) 697-3802 VEHICLES + VINYL 28 BY MARK KISSLING Like wrapping a bike DESIGN MATTERS 30 BY JEFF RUSS Social anxiety NUTS + BOLTS 32 NEW PRODUCTS STEVE DUCCILLI HP display film, Mactac transfer adhesives and more TOD SWORMSTEDT BY JEFF RUSS Onto Toronto 4 SIGNS OF THE TIMES AUGUST 2017 president BY GRANT FREKING LAST LOOK The catbird seat CORPORATE TEDD SWORMSTEDT 54 ADVERTISING INDEX BY BILL DUNDAS senior market strategist 84 83 senior vp, content American Sign Museum CHRISTINE BALOGA audience development director CUSTOMER SERVICE (877) 494-0727 signsofthetimes@omeda.com