3form has announced that new products and new materials will be unveiled at the upcoming HDExpo May 15-17 in Las Vegas. Here is an excerpt straight from 3form’s blog, Translucent, about the new products: “At 3form, we have all been working hard to develop a ton of intriguing new products, and we are really excited to unveil them …
Category Archive: green signage
Stand-Offs Enable Modular Functionality for Interior Signage Solutions
Decorative fasteners or mechanical stand-offs are not new to the architectural signage industry. Environmental graphic designers and architects have integrated stand-offs into Interior signage designs to enable modular functionality for some time. According to Gyford, one the architectural signage industry’s best known decorative stand-off providers, their products include the following sustainable features: Manufactured from U.S. process aluminum and …
Recycling Green Signage Posts for Earth Day
In case you haven’t heard, Earth Day is Sunday, April 22. In honor of this eco-friendly tradition, we thought it would be nice to recycle some of the best and most read blog posts. Click on the links below and enjoy Conversations about Green Signage and feel free to talk back to us about the eco-friendly …
The Education of Green Signage
ASI recently sponsored a conference, Greening the Heartland held in Cincinnati, OH, and displayed numerous green signage solutions. The conference served as a gathering place for 12 state and regional USGBC chapters, and everyone was focused on learning how to develop and integrate better green practices to ensure an improved ROI, increase efficiencies and reduce their impact …
Ready-Made Donor Recognition Walls and Environmental Graphics from 3form’s Studio Collection
We love 3form, as anyone who has read this blog probably already knows. Their products and materials are innovative, beautiful and they are a great jumping off point for architects and designers to create architectural environments that are a really cool and functional. Well, 3form has done it again with the Wovin Wall and Ditto …
New Smog-Eating Aluminum Panels for Architectural Structures…and Exterior Signs?
With the recent announcement from ALCOA that they have successfully developed a smog-eating aluminum product for architectural panels, one has to wonder when this innovation will become “just the way we use aluminum in the architecture and building industry.” As it stands today, no metal building material is more commonly used and more recycled than …
Green Product Claims: It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature…or Your Clients
We all hate being mislead/misinformed about things we buy. We all have our favorite brand-name products and we trust (for the most part) the integrity of the ingredients and manufacturing process that produces these products. Surely with all of the government oversite, regulation, taxation, certification (can you think of a “tion” word?), we can trust …
Powder-Coating: VOC Free, Smooth Finish, Consistent Color for Interior and Exterior Signage Time and Time Again
Let’s talk about powder-coating and why it is an eco-friendly finish option for interior and exterior architectural signage. In order to understand what makes powder coating a finish option for “green signage” solutions, we need to briefly talk about VOC’s (volatile organic compounds). VOC’s are organic chemical compounds that vaporize or evaporate under normal atmospheric conditions …
Random News: A Fun Look at Fonts for Designers, Brand Changes and Green Building Topics in the News
In Your Face! What Would a Font Look Like if it were a Person? Check out this recent article in The Atlantic by Rebecca Greenfield about Spanish design company Atipo taking longtime, popular fonts such as Helvetica Bold, Carousel Medium, Caslon Italic, and Clarendon Bold and putting them onto a model’s face. For other posts …
Stylish Macer Exterior™ Signage and Terra Interior Signage Being Used in LEED-Certified Financial Center
ASI, Miami is implementing the Macer Exterior™ and the Terra product lines for Phase II of Lynn Financial Center, a 123,882-square-foot, Class A office complex, in Boca Raton. The project consists of two LEED-certified three-story buildings, which is a key reason why Macer Exterior™ and Terra were selected as the architectural signage solution for the …