Displays & Signs

Client: San Francisco Newspaper Agency
Producer: A.G. Industries
Category: Motion, Light or Sound: Floorstand
Comments: This multimedia electronic newsstand, designed for supermarkets and mass merchants, can carry 10 different newspapers in its rotationally molded polypropylene bins. The header displays advertisements in two ways: as rear-lighted transparencies or as messages on a high-quality LED sign. The newsstand is equipped with a custom receiver, so it can update LED messages with late news.

Client: Jim Beam Brands
Producer: Rapid Mounting & Finishing Co.
Category: Paperboard: Pole display
Comments: Cardboard pole display simulates morphing as the classic Grand-Dad bust dissolves into a party-hearty Santa. Motion is a simple crank-and-linkage arrangement driven by a battery motor. It is a tall configuration for a dissolve motion display.

Product: Computer shareware
Number of displays: 3,000
P-O-P company: Commander Packaging, Orange, Calif.
Distribution: Mass merchants, supermarkets, chain drug stores and toy stores
Introduction: May 1994
Duration: Semipermanent
Construction: Corrugated with plastic pockets
The $5.99 Computer Software Store kiosk holds 480 disks covering a variety of educational and entertainment programs. The TV monitor plays a narrative video highlighting nine types of programs in the line.

Client: Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Producer: Everbrite Inc.
Category: Multiple Materials: Sign
Comments: To reinforce the brand's cool, refreshing image, this neon sign has a flare-patterned, polycarbonate cover that simulates the frozen logo in a block of ice. The sign is designed to hang on a 20-degree angle -- the exact angle of the original logo design.

Client: Converse
Producer: Thomson-Leeds Co.
Category: Inflatables
Comments: In the client's television commercials, NBA star Larry Johnson dresses as the character Grandmama and jumps through the ceiling. This inflatable re-creation attaches to the retailer's ceiling with a foamboard panel that simulates a cracked ceiling. The detailing is identical to the TV commercial down to the soles of his/her shoes.