Fisher Textiles’ 480L Soft Poly Pad, an alternative to foam and core boards for retail signage applications, can be dye sublimated and UV-curable printed with roll-to-roll or flatbed printers. The three-layer material features a printable side laminated to a polyester fiber layer, a middle layer consisting of a polyester fiber made from recycled PET bottles [...]

GreenLight™ is an FSC-certified, bright white, latex-saturated moisture-resistant backlit poster paper. Even though it is non-recyclable, this translucent engineered paper remains a more sustainable option than traditional styrene or polyester film for backlit signage. GreenLight™ is currently printable using offset screen or flatbed UV technology. SOURCE Converd

3M Commercial Graphics and HP Large Format Division announced 3M Piezo Inkjet Ink Series 5400UV. Offered for sale directly through the 3M distribution channel, the 3M ink series 5400UV was designed for use with HP’s Designjet H Series Printers. 3M Ink series 5400UV features six-color inks, designed for use with a broad range of opaque, [...]

Blox-Lite from DaVinci Technologies is an opaque, grommetable banner and sign material that is printable on two sides. The FSC-certified product comes in 10-, 12- and 14-point media and is suitable for use to hang in windows and from ceilings. Applications for this product include digital, screen, offset and flatbed UV printing. SOURCE DaVinci Technologies

By Tim Greene One of my responsibilities at InfoTrends is to develop forecasts for digital printing technologies, and one of the key elements to forecasting is understanding what is happening among print service providers. 2009 was a bad year for those companies. Many are looking for new market opportunities, and digital textile printing presents one. [...]

Problem: Ordinary, solid fabrics limit the possibilities for dramatic effects. Solution: With Burn-out Knits from Dazian Fabrics, stunning see-through effects can be achieved by manipulating front and rear lighting to highlight either the pattern and the reflective shadows, or the see-through element and the background. A wide-width fabric, it can be stretched to be used [...]

The “Norway powered by nature” exhibit at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China will showcase Norwegian woods in the Nanpu Bridge–Lupu Bridge area in the crowded center of one of China’s largest cities. The pavilion, supported by 15 tree-like structures made of renewable wood and bamboo, will wear a modern canopy of Teflon®-coated ETFE sail [...]

Pink Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. Pink Inc. delivered a “party like a rock star” environment in a project for an International Special Events Society (ISES) occasion. The installation assembled with nylon/spandex structures utilized dramatic lighting effects to create texture and focus that transformed the space and established the party atmostphere. Orchestrating the project was [...]

MakMax, Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia MakMax Australia fabricated a white lycra installation that provided a frame for the stage at the MTV Australia Music Awards held in Sydney, Australia. The purpose of the project was to create something unique for the MTV Music Awards that no other award show had seen. The concept first presented [...]

Jens J. Meyer, Essen, Germany The fire flower is seen as a metaphor for the secret, mystic power in all people. It has been described in myths as ‘soul’ or ‘world spirit.’ This was the inspiration for a site-specific, tensioned fabric installation created by Jens J. Meyer, Essen, Germany, for the Middle German Olympic Festival [...]