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Output and Eclipse to demystify digital signage at Sign and Digital UK

NEWS: Output is teaming up with Eclipse Digital Media to help sign-makers go digital at Sign and Digital UK, opening tomorrow (April 30th) at Birmingham's NEC. Eclipse will present its Embed out-of-the-box solution, designed specifically to be easy-to-use for those thinking of offering digital signage as part of their portfolio for the first time.

Applied Media 'completes the circle' with Tube takeover

NEWS: Commuters travelling through London's Oxford Circus tube station this week have been 'wowed' by a 360-degree station domination advert for Warner Brothers UK's The Great Gatsby, which opens in cinemas next week.

Time for a colour-change at William Smith with new wrap products

NEWS: William Smith has added new colours to its range of 3M 1080 Series and iSee2 Total Wrap colour-change films for vehicle wrappers.

Arlon launches 'WrapItRight.com' website

NEWS: US film and media manufacturer Arlon Graphics has launched a new website, WrapItRight.com, designed to help educate its customers on how to work with graphic films.

Arlon releases new colour-change vehicle wrap film

NEWS: Arlon Graphics has announced the launch of a new colour-change vehicle wrap film, Series 4600LX.

FEATURES

A la carte: digital menuboard opportunities for printers and sign-makers

Could digital menu boards be the stepping stone into the digital signage market that PSPs and sign-makers have been looking for? Drew Harding of Eclipse Digital Media discusses a potentially lucrative product.

Transport Media's top five bus adverts of 2012

With 30 million people in the UK having seen an ad on the side of a bus in the last week, Transport Media's John Kehoe discusses the effectiveness of bus advertising with his top five campaigns of 2012.

Neon in time and space: context is all

Is the 21st century where neon-lit signage has come to die? Nick Smith looks at the pros and cons of neon.

Show me the way: wayfinding

Sophie Matthews-Paul explores the parameters for wayfinding signs, and wonders if they're becoming too complex in their design.

Flexible working: modular signs

Morwenna Kearns considers the importance of modular signage in a world demanding flexibility.

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On the road: developments in traffic signs

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2011 review and 2012 preview: a move from the transient to the permanent for sign-making?

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Talking my language: multilingualism in signage

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The importance of touch: the Equality Act and signage

NEWS

William Smith kits out new 'emergency service' quad bikes

Applied Media embraces new technology for Boat Race branding

RBLI makes kit investment for new DfT signage

Everything's rosy in Morecambe thanks to Signs Express Lancaster

Specialist dementia signage launched by Signs Express Central Lancs

Totally Dynamic takes on Dragon's challenge for Comic Relief

Avery Dennison announces Supreme Wrapper 2012

Allen Signs helps addiction charity brighten lives

VIDEO

PRODUCT PROFILES

Dufaylite Ultra Board

Ultra Board is a rigid substrate that has become 'a revelation' in the internal signage, print, design and display worlds, according to its manufacturer Dufaylite.

OPINION

Seeing your face on a billboard

There is something about the billboard. While the content may change, the structure itself is a permanent part of its landscape, and, often, the most eye-catching if not the largest thing in it.