Illuminated Displays or Signs

Client: Madden Communications, Wood Dale, Ill. (for Miller Brewing)
Producer: Grimm Industries, Fairview, Pa.
Comments: According to the entrant company, this display received 100% placement in the field. The display reinforces the Miller brand with a prominently, illuminated MGD faceplate, an illuminated Miller logo and a spinning edge-lit disc with the screenprinted and illuminated words, "Miller Genuine Draft" and "cold filtered."

Client: Pilsner Urquell USA, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Producer: Everbrite Inc., Greenfield, Wis.
Comments: Pilsner Urquell pushed for quality with this display. The glorifier was originally made in plastic but was changed to metal to reinforce a stronger image. The display was placed in upscale, urban restaurants, bars and hotel bars.

Client: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, Ky.
Producer: Benchmarc Display Inc., Vernon Hills, Ill.
Comments: The three versions of this sign are made of hand-blown colored glass. They are charged with Xenon gas to create the "bolts of lightning" inside the cigarette packs.

Client: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, KY
Introduction: January 2, 2003
Distribution: Convenience Stores
Dimensions (H x W x D): 12" x 8.5" x 5.75"
Weight: 5 lbs.
Awards: Platinum, Design of the Times 2003
Producer: Benchmarc Display Inc., Vernon Hills, IL
Comments: The three versions of this sign are made of hand-blown colored glass. They are charged with Xenon gas to create the "bolts of lightning" inside the cigarette packs.

Client: DVC Worldwide, Morristown, N.J.
Introduction: February 2003
Number of displays: 710
Construction: Hand peeled log, custom screenprinted and heat bent acrylic lampshades, three incandescent light fixtures, brass hanging chain
P-O-P company: Heritage Sign & Display Inc., Nesquehoning, Pa.
Comment: An actual peeled log was used as the crossbeam for this pool table light. The log conveys a rustic look, perfect for the ski lodges and wintertime resorts that placed this display.

Client: Cingular Wireless, Atlanta
Size of Run: 1,200
Production Date: November 2002
Producer: Rapid Displays, Chicago and Union City, Calif.
Division: Temporary, Personal Telecommunications
Comments: "Rolling" LED lights dramatize the ability to roll over unused minutes in Cingular cell phone plans. The unit can sit on a shelf or be hung from its metal bracket.

Client: Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Deerfield, Ill.
Size of Run: 920
Production Date: January 2002
Producer: Everbrite Inc., Greenfield, Wis.
Division: Permanent, Distilled Spirits: Illuminated or Motion
Comments: The colorful palette of red, green, purple and blue used in the sign reinforces to consumers the colorful flavor variety of Pucker liqueur offered at on- and off-premise establishments. The neon sign has a dimming feature.

Client: Pepsi-Cola Co., Purchase, N.Y.
Introduction: November 2002
Number of displays: 6,500
Construction: Four-color process printed, corrugated, blue LEDs
Distribution: Supermarkets nationwide
P-O-P company: Rapid Displays, Chicago and Union City, Calif.
Comments: The goal of this end aisle sign is to attract consumer attention during the holiday selling season.

Product: Tombstone pizza
P-O-P company: 141 Communicator (design), Chicago
Distribution: Supermarkets, mini-marts nationwide
Introduction: October 2002
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugate, paperboard, vinyl static clings, LED lights with battery packs
Display set-up: Direct-to-store delivery salesforce
The freestanding freezer-aisle display for Tombstone pizza is dominated by a six-foot mummy with flashing eyes.