Feb 19, 2012

Sound Graphics

Our client, Yamaha Corporation of America, has come to us for nearly 25 years to get trade show graphics for their most important event of the year, NAMM, National Association of Music Merchants. The winter trade show is held annually in Anaheim, Ca and is one of the largest trade shows held in the Anaheim Convention Center.

With one of the largest booths at the show, Yamaha needs a lot of graphics to display their wide range of musical products. A flurry of production activity takes place after the new year and runs for a couple of weeks. The pictures that accompany this article showcase the size and range of graphics we produced for the 2012 Winter NAMM show.

The visually attractive graphics accent the quality of the instruments on display at the annual event and set the tone to increase trade show traffic and sales.

Feb 12, 2012

Scalamandré‘s Signature

Our client, Scalamandré, was opening a new store in the prestigious area around South Coast Plaza. Renowned for its incomparable quality, taste and style, Scalamandré remains one of America’s leading purveyors of exquisite fabrics, wallcoverings, trims and furnishings.

Scalamandré contacted Photomation to print and install their iconic brand on a 48′×14′ wall. Working with Photomation Account Executive Francisco Flores, Vanette K. Johnson, Territory Sales Executive for Scalamandré, gave Francisco the plan of what they wanted as a “signature wall” for their new store.

The color of their wall was critical to the client. The tradition of the color and the zebra dates back to the late 1930’s. Franco Scalamandré was approached to decorate a New York restaurant named Gino’s. Franco’s wife, Flora, designed the art deco styled zebras with arrows on a red background. The missing stripe on the zebra is due to the original screen cutters accidentally forgetting to engrave a stripe on the rear leg of the smaller zebra. That tradition has carried forth through today.

Using 3M custom wallcovering material with a luster lamination we produced this 12 panel graphic and prepped it for installation. The top of the wall is 27′ feet in the air. A scissor lift was brought in to assist the installers in reaching the upper parts of the wall. Installation of the nearly 700 sq. ft. of material took the better part of a day.

Our client was very pleased with the look and the results of their new signature wall.

Feb 5, 2012

It’s What We Do

Photomation’s focus as a company is two-fold. One part is a company that designs, prints and installs décor and branding graphics, the other part is a company that designs, produces and installs all sorts of signage.

Décor and Branding

• Wall Décor
• Digital Wallcovering
• Picture Framing
• Plexiglass with Stand-Offs
• Cable Display Systems
• Beveled and Polished Acrylic
• Fine Art Prints
• Vehicle Wraps
• Window Clings
• Ceiling Graphics

Signage

• Trade Show Graphics
• POP/POS Signage
• Event Signage
• Construction Signage
• Safety Signage
• Permanent Signage
• Temporary Signage
• Banners

Our team of experienced industry professionals can help you with all phases of your project. Give us a call and let the experts at Photomation help make your vision a reality. It’s what we do!

Jan 29, 2012

Commemorating End of an Era

Our client, The Boeing Company, was one of the pioneering firms that helped to develop and implement the Space Shuttle Program. As the final Space Shuttle touched down last summer, Photomation was busy assembling frames containing all 135 commemorative pins created for each launch.

Centered around a majestic image of a Space Shuttle launch, these 135 pins were individually placed in launch order around the two mats used in each frame. Special plates were printed for Boeing employees who had played a significant role throughout the 30-year span of Shuttle launches.

To create precision placement of each commemorative launch pin a template was created and a numbering scheme was prepared to ensure each pin was placed in its proper place. Each frame took about two hours to set each of the 135 pins.

These commemorative pin frames were works of art when they were finished and a fine tribute to mark the end of an era in space flight.

Jan 22, 2012

Wall of Honor

Our client, The Boeing Company, wanted to create a display to honor fellow company employees who served in the armed forces. Boeing designer Jim Santoni, Art Director Shared Services, working with Francisco Flores, Account Manager at Photomation, worked on creating a unique “Wall of Heroes” display.

Digital wallcovering, 3M 180C with 8520 laminate, was added to the back wall to create the backdrop where gold brushed aluminum dimensional letters on ½″ thick black sintra were used for the title. Five military seals were printed as Digitalmaster™ Prints and face mounted to ½″ thick, beveled edge and flame polished acrylic circles. The seals included ½″ clear acrylic cleats to create a floating look on the wall.

Three acrylic boxes, each with a locking mechanism to secure the displayed contents were fabricate. Two boxes were 48″×40″ and one was 18″×36″.  The smaller one was used to display the medals of honor by creating a system of felt cloth on stretcher bars to hang and display the medals.

The 48″×40″ acrylic box on the right side included a double print of the US flag, one print was mounted on 15 ml styrene and was cut out to the exact shape of the name tags using our Zund digital die cutting machine to keep the name tags uniform and straight. A second print mounted on ⅛″ sintra was utilized as a backing and both boards were mounted together.

The wall has received many great reviews and has been a great way to honor the men and women from this Boeing facility who faithfully served in the U.S. armed forces.