In September 2009, Mexico celebrated its bicentennial with a traveling exhibit of 200 photographs and videos called “Mexico in Your Senses” and housed it in a tensile fabric structure reminiscent of the pyramids of the Great Tenochtitlán. Mexico City’s main square, the Zócalo, is the former location of the ancient pyramids—and the updated version. Mexican [...]

Restoring New Orleans from post-hurricane devastation became a vigorous business concept for Traci Green, founder and “chief gatherer” of REpurposingNOLA Piece by Peace™, located in New Orleans’ warehouse district. The company’s Original Phifer Bag emerged from leftover Phifertex® materials found in the company’s main local production facility, a handbag made from repurposed materials such as [...]

The Industrial Upholstery standard office side chair seems modestly comfortable, stable, even conventional in shape (in spite of the organic stone-like appearance of the back and the candy colors). However, chair designer Gilli Kuchik of Bakery Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel, was aiming for something more radical—a new upholstery technique that uses fabric without a frame [...]

ReelPRO is an affordable, easy to install and easy to use take-up system that allows wide-format printer users to take better control of workflow: reducing the number of damaged prints, improving efficiency when printing longer jobs and allowing the operator to run the printer unattended. Unit helps to avoid dust and dirt on printed images, [...]

By Janet Preus In the final stages of planning a house, I have novel ideas about how to have a cool, unique and economical interior. Printed fabric figures prominently in these drifty musings. Fabric provides compelling solutions for me—and for print shops to offer their customers. Here are some ideas to consider: Sandwich printed fabric [...]

Silver ES3 ink from Mimaki is available for its JV33 and CJV30 series of large format printers. This new silver ink creates eye-catching effects on print products. This ink can be used with compatible printers without having to buy new devices or equipment. Mimaki’s proven RIP software Raster Link Pro5 for simplified output allows users [...]

By Pat Hayes, CPP We all know that service to our customer is critical, especially in this economy. How is it woven into your daily operation? Have you clearly defined your client expectations and established a means of meeting them in order to ensure satisfaction and a continuance of your business relationships? “Service” begins with [...]

By Abbie Yarger The project. Constructing printed hot air balloons for Macy’s Flower Show, which began in 1946 and attracts more than 500,000 visitors to view an annual display of flowering trees and plants from around the world. The show transforms five Macy’s stores in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City into [...]

Printing choices that are sensitive to the environment also make sense for your business. By Michael Labella With the global economy almost five times the size it was half a century ago, sustainable growth has now become the paradigm of the 21st century: a responsibility that our society has for itself and the environment in [...]

Through technology and innovation, textile manufacturers meet the growing needs of suppliers and end users with versatile fabric offerings. By Holly O'Dell The growth of digital textile printing is evident in the number of fabrics that manufacturers have released in the last year. The push for new fabrics reflects a combination of feedback from end-product [...]