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Having good signage can really bring an event up a notch or two. We recently had the opportunity to create a whole set of informational and directional signs for the Covered Bridge Regatta where 34 teams and over 350 rowers from all up and down the west coast came with their racing sculls to Dexter Lake to row.

Each sign has the event logo in one of the top corners for consistency of branding.



The visiting teams LOVED their location markers. Taking the extra step to add their oar pattern to the sign made them much more appealing. Some groups even gathered around their little location marker and had their picture taken.

Lane Community College recently had the grand opening of their beautiful new Health and Wellness building which will house classroom space and offices for six programs of study related to the health professions. Here are a set of colorful fabric banners designed by their Graphic Design faculty that were placed throughout the building during the opening to inform visitors about the many health related programs LCC offers.

Designed with sewn in pole pockets at the top and the bottom, they will eventually be hung on dowels from the ceiling, but will be available to take down and re-affix onto the banner stand hardware (as shown) to be used in other locations for special events such as registration or lectures. Two uses for the price of one!

The fabric banner material has such a classy look ...perfect for long term indoor applications like this. Check out some of the other uses for fabric banners in our online portfolio.

(Thanks to Cindra Madison for these photos.)

If you're the kind of person who likes to look behind-the-scenes and see how things get made, this post is for you! Here are some pictures of a set of boulevard banners being made for the wonderful Oregon Bach Festival which is coming up soon.

Print files in the Graphics Department         Jon carrying printed banners to be cut

 

These double sided banners are getting cut out on the digital cutter, readied for sewing

 

Nikita hemming and sewing in rod-pockets     Jacob doing the final finishing with grommets

There's also an unedited 2 minute video of the the digital cutter in action, if you really want to see behind the scenes! We love producing beautiful projects like this one, which, by the way, was designed by Ms. Alex Wijnen-Hannon of Defteling Design. Great work Alex!

Today we installed our 3 new murals on the south exterior of our building. No more stock photos for us! These carefully crafted photos are all by Steve Smith himself. And all the subjects are locally grown, so to speak.

The first image is a dried scabiosa pod I found at Passionflower Design on Broadway. The second is my son's wooden top, spinning, and tilted just so. And the third is Ruby the beautiful Nubian goat who I chose for our model from the many goats at the Lane County Fair. She is from Angel Hills Farm on Spencer Creek Rd. We had a lot of fun getting her to stand where we wanted her, up on a hay bale above Steve, looking down!

A note about resolution: When you need to enlarge an image of a 2" dried flower to 14' square you need really high resolution to avoid ending up with a blurry image. Steve's equipment is up to the challenge. Drive by and see the detail on these stunning and fun murals for yourself.

We also just finished printing a set of boulevard banners for Junction City's downtown. Festive, cheerful and bright, they'll surely dress up the main street. Banner models shown here are Anne, Rhonda and Katrina !

And did you know there's a mobile bicycle repair guy around town now? Check out the graphics on his cool Sprinter van that Imagine Fleet Graphics recently did.And give him a call next time you need the convenience of on-site bicycle work.

Halloween has always been our most celebrated group holiday here at Imagine Group. It brings out the silliness and creativity of those who like to dress up which is most everyone. And we traditionally share a pizza lunch with all staff and whichever of their partners want to come. Most of the day is play time, with Harry Potter showing in the showroom and Rock Band video game in the Exhibit room. Lots of laughs all day long. And fun bonding time for all. Here's some photos of this year's festivities. Click here to go to our Facebook page if you want to see a few additional pictures.

 

       
                            Sasha as Chris' cutout and Katrina as Steve's cutout

   
  Chris as a "unsuccessful goat rancher from South Dakota" and Walt-avius

  
    Robin Hood           and the whole crew together!

 

Happy Halloween everyone!