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A Modern Miracle
Desert Passage Shops Open as Miracle Mile.

In the theme capital of the world – where visitors can sample pastries at the base of the Eiffel Tower or ride a roller coaster past the Statueof Liberty – “restraint” is a relative term. Yet the owners of Las Vegas’ Sho . . .  » MORE
    A Modern Miracle


Sprinting Ahead
A mix-and-match signage and graphics package helps The Athlete’s Foot connect with everyday athletes

Problem: Franchisees running The Athlete’s Foot stores often created their own in-store merchandising programs, resulting in an inconsistent brand message. Solution: The new parent company created a standardized, modular merchandising system wi . . .  » MORE
    Sprinting Ahead


Mr. Clean Does Cars
ISP/VM+SD Design Competition Winner

Mr. Clean has been branching out big time – the Procter & Gamble brand’s sales have tripled in the last five years to more than $400 million with the launch of such product extensions as the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and Mr. Clean AutoDr . . .  » MORE
    Mr. Clean Does Cars


Dollars to Doughnuts
A company tries to deal with a name that may no longer be delivering its message

Dunkin’ Donuts – known for 57 years as the purveyor of Bavarian Kreme, jelly-filled, glazed and double chocolate doughnuts and the ever-popular Munchkins – doesn’t want to be known only for its pastries anymore. It wants to be . . .  » MORE
    Dollars to Doughnuts


Off the Beach
Anchor Blue blends fixtures and graphics to provide information and guidance for hip teens

Teen apparel retailers such as Hollister and One Thousand Steps shoot for the well-defined California beach culture of surfing, boarding and skating. Anchor Blue has another California demographic in mind: the melting pot of cultures and minorities t . . .  » MORE
    Off the Beach


Dining Fiesta
La Sandia offers a fresh face to traditional Mexican dining

Growing up in the kitchens of his father’s restaurants in Acapulco, Richard Sandoval developed a passion for cooking and serving food. Eventually, that hunger led him to the Culinary Institute of America, and then to New York for a brief stop a . . .  » MORE
    Dining Fiesta


Tool Depot at The Home Depot of Canada
ISP/VM+SD Design Competition Winner

The Home Depot of Canada has undertaken a major push to remake its tool departments into the destination of choice for professional contractors and do-it-yourself consumers. Signage plays a central role in that upgrade, which won a special award for . . .  » MORE
    Tool Depot at The Home Depot of Canada


Graphics Tune-Up
AAMCO Updates Its Image

In the aftermath of its 2006 merger with Cottman Transmission, the AAMCO transmission-repair chain decided to reposition itself as “complete car-care experts.” Hired to help oversee that makeover was Hanson Associates, a Philadelphia-base . . .  » MORE
    Graphics Tune-Up


Prints Valiant
Design Forum's Bruce Dybvad and others discuss the resurgence of print signage in an electronic world

Today’s shopper is being bombarded with in-store graphics of all media as retailers reach out for her attention. As such, she enters a store expecting to be wowed. “Special effects in signage are good,” says Jerry Gelsomino, vp of m . . .  » MORE
    Prints Valiant


Pop Graphics
Pinup girls and graffiti set the tone at Wink salon

Imagine Bettie Page vamping through a graffiti-scrawled landscape. Contrasting cultures? Perhaps. But these two different artistic styles – retro pinup girls and urban, modern-day graffiti art – merge in hip harmony in the signage and gra . . .  » MORE
    Pop Graphics


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