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 24 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 Good sportsmanship AT LARGE senior vp/group publisher murray.kasmenn@stmediagroup.com (770) 578-2577 18 BY DAREK JOHNSON High horsing TECH REVIEW 22 BY CHRIS AND KATHI MORRISON LEDs VEHICLES + VINYL 24 SANDI LUPPERT 28 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 MARK KISSLING ST UPDATE Tow the rescue BY GRANT FREKING KAREN JONES A mural project along a Seattle transit corridor, new life for a beloved theater sign in Washington, DC and more karen.jones@stmediagroup.com (843) 697-3802 DESIGN MATTERS 28 BY JEFF RUSS Nashville proud NUTS + BOLTS NEW PRODUCTS 30 BY BILL DUNDAS Crucial connections STEVE DUCCILLI Mimaki USA mobile app, Paradigm Imaging Group flatbed printers and more TOD SWORMSTEDT BY JEFF RUSS Shine on OCTOBER 2017 president BY GRANT FREKING LAST LOOK SIGNS OF THE TIMES CORPORATE TEDD SWORMSTEDT 66 ADVERTISING INDEX 4 senior market strategist 96 95 senior vp, content American Sign Museum CHRISTINE BALOGA audience development director CUSTOMER SERVICE (877) 494-0727 signsofthetimes@omeda.com