Atlas Obsura, a compilation of “over 600 of the most curious and unusual destinations around the globe,” reached #1 on the New York Times best-seller list, even though it was only published in September 2016. The book includes places of interest on every continent (yes, even several items from Antarctica!), and a feature on the American […]
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FASI Board Member Weinstein Speaks at National Planning Conference
Alan Weinstein, an acknowledged expert on planning, who holds a joint faculty appointment at Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, and also serves as director of the colleges’ Law & Public Policy Program, will speak at two separate sessions at the 2017 American Planning Association’s National […]
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“10 Digital Signage Topics You Need to Know Before Buying” is Released
A guide, entitled “10 Digital Signage Topics You Need to Know Before Buying – The Complete Guide,” has been released by Agosto, Inc, a content-management-system (CMS) developer. Companies such as NEC, Intel, Best Buy for Business and Fastsigns participated in the creation of the guide. Each of the topics has its own chapter. They are: […]
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What Types of Signs are Most Commonly Used?
A significant way to divide the sign industry is into “electric” signs (which have internal illumination) and “commercial” signs, which are non-illuminated. For approximately three decades, a trade journal for the sign industry, Signs of the Times, conducted surveys of sign companies as to how their businesses were faring. These were called State of the […]
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What Types of Lighting are Used for Internally Illuminated Signs?
During the past 20 years, the three primary lighting sources for signs have been fluorescent, neon and LEDs, but the relative ratio of each type has drastically changed. The industry trade journal, Signs of the Times, has tracked these changes over time via industry surveys. The most recent such survey was published in ST‘s March 2015 […]
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FASI Executive Director Wade Swormstedt Named AACSRE “Friend”
FASI Executive Director Wade Swormstedt has been named a “Friend of AACSRE” (The Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research & Education). The AACSRE Board of Directors includes 13 representatives from its university members. In addition, AACSRE appoints “Friends” to serve in an advisory capacity. In a press release, AACSRE stated, “With the interdisciplinary nature of […]
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American Sign Museum Initiates Sign Restoration Compilation
The American Sign Museum (ASM) (www.americansignmuseum.org) has been compiling information about signage-restoration projects throughout North America. ASM Founder Tod Swormstedt touched on these initial efforts at the National Signage Research & Education Conference held at the University of Oklahoma on October 10-12, 2015. Future possibilities include a group and/or event devoted to sign restoration. Lisa Peterson, […]
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WRAPS Magazine Reports Increased Sales for Full/Partial Wraps
WRAPS 2016 magazine, in its 2016 State of the Wraps Industry Report, states that 73% of the 140+ respondents to its survey said they experienced “significant increases in sales over last year”, and 60% anticipate wrap sales to increase next year for full and partial wraps. Approximately one-third enjoyed sales increases in excess of 20%. […]
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What Does a Business Owner Think About the Bozeman, MT Sign Code?
Roger Koopman wrote an editorial for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle a quarter century ago. Does it sound like it could be written today? This appeared in the February 1991 issue of Signs of the Times magazine. One of the more interesting hypocrisies of contemporary liberalism is the ease with which its followers can advocate a […]
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Bill Introduced to Curb Federal Prison Industries
(The following was reported by the Specialty Graphic Imaging Assn. in 2016) Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) has introduced H.R. 4671, The Small Business Protection Act. The goal of this legislation is to end UNICOR’s government monopoly and force it to compete with the private sector. Currently, UNICOR, also known as Federal Prison Industries, automatically gets […]
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