Signs of the Times 1992: Vol 214 Index

11 Pages·1992·2.8 MB·English

Index
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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT December
118 Identity Management Conference
January attracts record attendance, by Wade
76 Dealing with the ADA, by Gail Swormstedt
Deibler Finke COMPILED Convention update: NESA and the
February Mid-South Sign Council
48 ADA news: Literature, signage, soft- BY Editorially speaking: BICA’s awesome
ware, etc. potential, by Wade Swormstedt
March LORI E. JAREO
28 Legal issues: Ambiguities of the
ADA, by David K. Jones
April
January
18 ADA news: Subject to interpretation
88 Commercial Sign Design 1992
February
18 ADA news: Product proliferation
60 = Signs of your times: New Hamp-
June
shire’s Mack Awards
18 ADA news: Common ADA misun-
ESSC declares independence, by March
derstandings, by Don R. Dozier, Jr.
Wade Swormstedt 125 Illinois Sign Assn. (ISA) sign contest
July
72 Signs of your times: Connecticut
18 ADA news: Hiring the best person,
Designing for the times — the 1992 Sign Assn. (CSA) awards
by David Moody
NESA Design Competition Aprii
August
Convention update: NESA’s off to 78 Signs of your times: Commercial
18 ADA news: Braille equipment
Denver for the Southwest sign Sign Design "92 honorable
November
show mentions
64 ADA news: Engraving equipment
August
December
122. Golden opportunities await in The eclectic sign: the 1992 eclectic
22 ADA news: Reference materials
Denver sign awards, by Peter Perszyk
September The Ugly Sign Contest IV, by Butch
134 Toronto Hosts CONSAC '92 “‘Superfrog’’ Anton
138 Sign Ideas in Hartford, CT July
January October 106 Designing for the times — the 1992
70 Sign industry is ready for business Signs of your times: Lone-Star NESA design competition
in Europe signing September
84 Go West! Convention update: St. Louis to 76 Electric sign design "92
February host Midwest sign show October
38 Sign World East sets new atten- Convention update: Sign Europe 68 Signs of your times: Lone-Star
dance record 92 returns to Germany signing
March Convention update: Indianapolis to November
125 Illinois Sign Assn. (ISA) sign contest host Screen Print 92 136 ~=—F- ourteenth annual Billi awards
134 Signs in the sun (NESA Intl.) Editorially speaking: NESA: ““You
139 Sign ideas in Las Vegas are not alone,” by Kirk L. Brimley
COMPUTERIZATION
April November
84 International Sign Expo hits the 140 Convention update: St. Louis to
beach host NESA regional sign show March
154 Affirming the spirit of signmaking, 144 Convention update: ESSC hosts 79 Your complete source for CAS: In-
by Jobn Fischer two-day educational conference troduction, by Bill Collins
138 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993
Index
9 2
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT December
118 Identity Management Conference
January attracts record attendance, by Wade
76 Dealing with the ADA, by Gail Swormstedt
Deibler Finke COMPILED Convention update: NESA and the
February Mid-South Sign Council
48 ADA news: Literature, signage, soft- BY Editorially speaking: BICA’s awesome
ware, etc. potential, by Wade Swormstedt
March LORI E. JAREO
28 Legal issues: Ambiguities of the
ADA, by David K. Jones
April
January
18 ADA news: Subject to interpretation
88 Commercial Sign Design 1992
February
18 ADA news: Product proliferation
60 = Signs of your times: New Hamp-
June
shire’s Mack Awards
18 ADA news: Common ADA misun-
ESSC declares independence, by March
derstandings, by Don R. Dozier, Jr.
Wade Swormstedt 125 Illinois Sign Assn. (ISA) sign contest
July
72 Signs of your times: Connecticut
18 ADA news: Hiring the best person,
Designing for the times — the 1992 Sign Assn. (CSA) awards
by David Moody
NESA Design Competition Aprii
August
Convention update: NESA’s off to 78 Signs of your times: Commercial
18 ADA news: Braille equipment
Denver for the Southwest sign Sign Design "92 honorable
November
show mentions
64 ADA news: Engraving equipment
August
December
122. Golden opportunities await in The eclectic sign: the 1992 eclectic
22 ADA news: Reference materials
Denver sign awards, by Peter Perszyk
September The Ugly Sign Contest IV, by Butch
134 Toronto Hosts CONSAC '92 “‘Superfrog’’ Anton
138 Sign Ideas in Hartford, CT July
January October 106 Designing for the times — the 1992
70 Sign industry is ready for business Signs of your times: Lone-Star NESA design competition
in Europe signing September
84 Go West! Convention update: St. Louis to 76 Electric sign design "92
February host Midwest sign show October
38 Sign World East sets new atten- Convention update: Sign Europe 68 Signs of your times: Lone-Star
dance record 92 returns to Germany signing
March Convention update: Indianapolis to November
125 Illinois Sign Assn. (ISA) sign contest host Screen Print 92 136 ~=—F- ourteenth annual Billi awards
134 Signs in the sun (NESA Intl.) Editorially speaking: NESA: ““You
139 Sign ideas in Las Vegas are not alone,” by Kirk L. Brimley
COMPUTERIZATION
April November
84 International Sign Expo hits the 140 Convention update: St. Louis to
beach host NESA regional sign show March
154 Affirming the spirit of signmaking, 144 Convention update: ESSC hosts 79 Your complete source for CAS: In-
by Jobn Fischer two-day educational conference troduction, by Bill Collins
138 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993
Your complete source for CAS: December Vinyl graphics: Nobody said it
companies and their products 248 BICA’s awesome potential, by Wade would be easy, by Larry S. Mitchell
Your complete source for CAS Swormstedt Nuts and bolts: Is the neon sky
ting plotters really falling?, by Paul R. Davis
Your complete source for CAS: A breath of fresh air, by Bill Jonas
EQUIPMENT
Routing systems
Your complete source for CAS: March Nuts and bolts: Improving neonized
graving systems 79 Your complete source for CAS: channel letters, by Paul R. Davis
94 DOS/UNIX software troduction, by Bill Collins Wall-to-wall signage, by Eleanor B.
98 Mac software 82 Your complete source for CAS: Feltser
April ting plotters The lyrical layout master — MSG
119 The 1992 CAS-equipment survey 88 Your complete source for CAS: member Ike Derksen, by John
May Routing systems Fischer
118 Warding off compuier-aided germs, 92 Your complete source for CAS: August
by Chris Gripp graving systems 30 Nuts and bolts: Sign nuggets in the
June June Northwest, by Paul R. Davis
126 Open new markets with a router, 126 Open new markets with a router, 40 The electric sign: Don’t overdo it,
by Will Strobel by Will Strobel by Peter Perszyk
July August 44 Vinyl graphics: Vinyl-installation
86 Photorealism — another dimension, 18 ADA news: Braille equipment shortcuts, by Larry S. Mitchell
by Poppy Evans 73 Top 50 Products Review, by Lori E. 88 Executing the return bend in neon,
August Jareo; Georgina Kajganic by Tony Ralph
18 ADA news: Braille equipment October September
100 ~=Phscolograms jettison signs into the 40 Neon techniques: A burning ques- 32 Nuts and bolts: Space it out, by
future, by Louis M. Brill tion, by Wayne Strattman Paul R. Davis
October November October
106 Update on business-related soft- 64 ADA news: Engraving equipment 92 Cincinnati’s screen test, by Jobn
ware, by Bill Collins Fischer
November 100 The performance of a lifetime, by
64 ADA news: Engraving equipment John Fischer
November
January
22 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
EDITORIAL 14 Nuts and bolts: New products in
material — part one, by Paul R.
Auantic City; problems with HID
Davis
January lighting, by Paul R. Davis Vinyl graphics: Mixed media, by
240 Photographic memory, by Wade Neon techniques: Dimming neon,
Larry S. Mitchell
Swormstedt by Wayne Strattman Vivid vinyl, by Gail Deibler Finke
February 36 =~V inyl graphics: Working with vinyl Superfrog’s vinyl tricks, by Butch
224 My welcome into the family, by in hot weather, by Larry S. Mitchell
Anton
Gregory Sharpless February Vinyl alterations, by Renata and
March 18 Nuts and bolts: Facelifts for signs,
Ray Guzman
248 CAS fallout shelter, by Bill Collins by Paul R. Davis
Delicious dimensional carving, by
April March David Garman
336 Accounting for quantity, by Wade The electric sign: Plastics and elec- 126 Water gilding on boats, by Kay
Swormstedt tricity, by Peter Perszyk Danielson
Neon techniques: Rubber and glass
December
“PC” doesn’t mean personal com- connections, by Wayne Strattman
30 The electric sign: Sugar and splice,
puter, by Wade Swormstedt Your complete source for CAS: In- by Peter Perszyk
June troduction, by Bill Collins 46 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
240 Other voices — the question of Airbrushing temporary signage, by material — part two, by Paul R.
CAS Bill Jonas Davis
July
Sign sketch survey
224 Brave new world, by Wade Neon techniques: Illuminating Designing for the times, by Bar-
Swormstedt answers, by Wayne Strattman bara Dinerman
August Nuts and bolts: Fluorescents need a The mother of all sandblasted signs,
240 ESSC’s call to action, by Andrew boost, by Paul R. Davis by Brother Zank
Bertucci The electric sign: The case of the
September hissing neon, by Peter Perszyk
248 A brighter tomorrow?, by Wade Vinyl graphics: The straight and
Swormstedt flat, by Larry S. Mitchell
October Broadway’s three-act display, by January
232 NESA: “You are not alone’, by Kirk Wade Swormstedt 40 The electric sign: Lighting’s
L. Brimley metamorphosis, part one, by Peter
November Neon techniques: The hows of Perszyk
248 Second time around, by Tod bending, the whys of coating, by February
Swormstedt Wayne Strattman 50 The electric sign: Lighting’s
The electric sign: Happy landings, metamorphosis, part two, by Peter
by Peter Perszyk Perszyk
SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993 139
96 The Cusic dynasty, by Del Freeman 86 The secrets to their success (Dove
March January Thaw: Jan. 25; Batavia, NY Signs), by Jobn P. Withers
106 Painting signs of the past, by Merv Brush Harvest: Nov. 8-10; Waco, TX March
McIntyre Affirming the spirit of signmaking: 36 Tax talk, by Mark E. Battersby
Manitoba Signwriters Group (MSG), April
54 For $20,000 it’s yours, by Bill by Jobn Fischer The bottom line: Budgeting your
Collins advertising dollars, by Mark E
104. Golde again, by George R. Golde Reveling in his smallness — MSG Battersby
108 A double shot of Cusic, by Del member Dave Fraser, by Jobn
Freeman Fischer The bottom line: Selling out —
August Loving the life he lives, living the with an eye on taxes, by Mark E
106 A magical history tour — signs on life he loves — MSG member Battersby
the Dixie Highway, by Jobn Fischer Steven Jackson, by John Fischer
October ADA news: Hiring the best person,
56 Nuts and bolts: Movieland’s signa- The lyrical layout master — MSG by David Moody
ture sign, by Paul R. Davis member Ike Derksen, by Jobn The bottom line: When your
100 The performance of a lifetime, by Fischer spouse is your partner, by Mark E
Jobn Fischer Earning his wings — MSG member Battersby
118 Signs of Hurricane Andrew John Henry Friesen, by Jobn Neon techniques: Quoting neon, by
November Fischer Wayne Strattman
48 The electric sign: A trip down August The 1992 state-of-the-industry
memory lane, by Peter Perszyk 70B Signs of your times: Artists with report
Signs of your times: Detroit land- attitudes Signs as advertising, by Bert Guinee
mark resigned 84 Attitude "92 — a Letterhead suc- Editorially speaking: Brave new
December cess, by Wade Swormstedt world, by Wade Swormstedt
76 The evolution of the sign sketch, September August
by Merv Mcintyre 70 ~=Signs of your times: Signfest in 20 The bottom line: Successfully slash-
Ontario ing unemployment taxes, by Mark
October E. Battersby
52 Discovery '92: July 24-26; New- September
market, ON, Canada 18 The bottom line: The business plan
January
54 Brush Harvest "93 preview: June — roadmap to success, by Mark E.
76 Dealing with the ADA, by Gail
18-20; Waco, TX Battersby
Deibler Finke
November 248 = Editorially speaking: A brighter
April
Rat Fink Reunion: Sept. 12; San tomorrow?, by Wade Swormstedt
172. Why fight city hall?, by Bill Collins
Francisco, CA November
June Nor-Cal 7th annual Letterheads ex 30 The bottom line: Profiting from
18 ADA news: Common ADA misun-
change: Sept. 12-13; San Jose, CA fringe benefits, by Mark E
derstandings, by Don R. Dozier, Jr.
Moose Meet: Sept. 5-7; Winnipeg, Battersby
24 The bottom line: Selling out —
MB, Canada Financial management: Hints to
with an eye on taxes, by Mark E
Von Dutch dead at 63 healthier statements, part one, by
Battersby Brush and Splash Bash 7 preview Bert Guinee
July
Jan. 30-Feb. 6; Bonaire, North December
42 Nuts and bolts: Improving neonized
Antilles 24 The bottom line: Swaps for the
channel letters, by Paul R. Davis
Graphic Arts Guild (GAG) Revival ‘90s, by Mark E. Battersby
August
Sept. 25; Portland, OR 118 Identity Management Conference
240 = Editorially speaking: ESSC’s call to
December attracts record attendance, by Wade
action, by Andrew Bertucci
Sign Bash "92: Oct. 23-25; Pensa- Swormstedt
September
cola, FL Financial management: Hints to
50 Legal issues: Amortization ex-
Letterheads meet: Oct.3; Lexington, healthier statements, part two, by
plained, by David K. Jones
KY Bert Guinee
October
Pinhead Summit and Panel Jam A hands-on year-end tax planner, by
24 The bottom line: Lessen your lease,
preview: Feb. 12-14; New Middle- Louis Hobenstein
by Mark E. Battersby
town, OH
28 The electric sign: The name game,
by Peter Perszyk
November
18 Legal issues: Exhausting administra- February
tive remedies, by Robert M. Aran January 66 = Solving the plastics puzzle
32 ~=Tax talk: Accounts-receivable financ- 70 ~=—~Plastics — a user’s guide
ing, by Mark E. Battersby 74 Plastics: The user’s perspective
February (sampling of major plastics users)
40 ‘Tax talk: Income-tax planning, by 78 Plastic “surgery,’ by Wade
February
Mark E. Battersby Swormstedt
80 Golden oldies, by Edward 78 Plastic ‘surgery,’ by Wade March
Raventon Swormstedt 110 _— Plastics tests — part one, by Paul
R. Davis
148 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993
102 Colorful forecasts for the future, by Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
Plastics, part two: The formability Georgina Kajganic material — part two, by Paul R.
tests, by Paul R. Davis Davis
Signs of your times: Chuck Biddle
The electric sign: Happy landings,
by Peter Perszyk
February OUT-OF-HOME
Survey: Vehicle graphics in the
commercial sign industry, by Lori 25 Neon techniques: Glossary of neon
terminology, by Mark Snyder January
E. Jareo
Survey snapshots: John Arnott, Bob March 80 Built by cooperation, by Jobn
Behounek, Bob Bond, John Hannu- 42 Neon techniques: Rubber and glass Fischer
kaine, Gary Steele and Bob Taylor connections, by Wayne Strattman February
94 An interview with Michael Murray, 128 Using light largely, by Christian 102 Billboard bungalows, by Jobn
by Wade Swormstedt Schiess Fischer
August 112 Air wars, by John Tymeski
30 Nuts and bolts: Sign nuggets in the Neon techniques: Illuminating May
Northwest, by Paul R. Davis answers, by Wayne Strattman 58 Read his billboards — no new taxes
The electric sign: The case of the 88 Finegood’s follies, by John Fischer
40 The electric sign: Don’t over do it,
by Peter Perszyk hissing neon, by Peter Perszyk 98 Rejecting the norm, by Gregory
73 Top 50 Products Review, by Lori Sharpless
The eclectic sign: The 1992 eclectic Removing litter for fun and profit,
Jareo; Georgina Kajganic
sign awards, by Peter Perszyk by Bill Collins
September
130 The basics of goldleaf, by Peter and Duel over the Delaware, by Bill
Neon techniques: The hows of Collins
Ines Sepp
November bending, the whys of coating, by Shhh .. this sign has ears, by Lori
Wayne Strattman E. Jareo
22 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
The electric sign: Happy landings, June
material, by Paul R. Davis
by Peter Perszyk 83 What the traffic will bear, by Lori
112. =Specialty plastics for creative sign-
age, by Sean O'Leary Nuts and bolts: Is the neon sky E. Jareo
really falling?, by Paul R. Davis November
December
74 Signs of your times: Detroit land-
46 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
36 ~=Neon techniques: Quoting neon, by mark revisited
material — part two, by Paul R
Wayne Strattman 136 Fourteenth annual Billi awards
Davis
42 Nuts and bolts: Improving neonized
channel letters, by Paul R. Davis
PROF/II NLTEERVISEW S
62 Signs of your times: Neon in
Miami, by Paul R. Davis
February
January August
75 The user’s perspective (sampling of
80 Built by cooperation, by John 88 Executing the return bend in neon,
major plastics users), by Merv
Fischer by Tony Ralph
McIntyre
133 Editorial index 1991 114 A harmonious labor of light, by
Golden oldies, by Edward
February Christian Schiess
Raventon
100 Israel's sign language, by Bert September
86 The secrets to their success (Dove
Rosenkrantz 44 The electric sign: Neat neon is no
Signs), by Jobn P. Withers
May accident, by Peter Perszyk
96 The Cusic dynasty, by Del Freeman
36s“ Final signs, by Dick O'Donnell 62 Neon techniques: Answering the
106 __— Interview: Peter Freeman, by Chris-
Nuts and dolts: Signs of Cascade color question, by Wayne
tian Schiess
Range — exposed!, by Paul R Strattman
March
Davis October
106 _—P ainting signs of the past, by Merv
Read his billboards — no new taxes 40 Neon techniques: A burning ques-
McIntyre
A sign crossword, by Don Jobnson tion, by Wayne Strattman
128 Using light largely, by Christian
“S” is for signage, by Jobn P. 88 Tubebenders in tinseltown, by Lori
Schiess
Withers E. Jareo
The dark sucker theory, by Walter 112 Bright ideas for the big picture, by
Signs of your times: Billboards
Hartlauer Christian Schiess
turning heads
Mural memorial, by Eleanor B. November
Not joust another signshop, by Jobn
Feltser 48 The electric sign: A trip down
P. Withers
High-octane signage, by Otto P memory lane, by Peter Perszyk
You got the left one baby, uh huh,
Kramer Neon techniques: Oven pumping
neon tubes, by Wayne Strattman by Wade Swormstedt
Signs of your times: Vehicle graph- A neon topping for emerald city, by
Survey: Vehicle graphics in the
ics from around the US Bill Collins
commercial sign industry, by Lori
September 122 Burning man: Neon in the after-
70 ‘Signs of your times: Signfest in glow, by Louis M. Brill E. Jareo
Survey snapshots: John Arnott, Bob
Ontario 132 Moonlight, neon and time
Behounek, Bob Bond, John Hannu-
November December
kaine, Gary Steele and Bob Taylor
76 Signs of your times: Avoiding a 40 Neon techniques: Metal cylinders,
An interview with Michael Murray,
windfall by Wayne Strattman
by Wade Swormstedt
SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993 141
Grand opportunity at the Grand July July
Prix, by Wade Swormstedt 86 Photorealism — another dimension, 80 Wall-to-wall signage, by Eleanor B
Reveling in his smallness — MSG by Poppy Evans Feltser
member Dave Fraser, by Jobn 102 Signs as advertising, by Bert Guinee August
Fischer October 70B Signs of your times: Artists with
Loving the life he lives, living the 28 =‘T he electric sign: The name game, attitudes
life he loves — MSG member by Peter Perszyk 84 Attitude "92 — a Letterhead suc-
Steven Jackson, by Jobn Fischer Sign-makers making it in show biz, cess, by Wade Swormstedt
by Georgina Kajganic Signs from the wood: Bill Blum-
Photorealism — another dimension, A league of his own, by Jobn berg, by Wade Swormstedt
by Poppy Evans Fischer lll Signs of mutual growth: TW Signs,
The lyrical layout master — MSG Tubebenders in tinseltown, by Lori by Barbara Dinerman
member Ike Derksen, by Jobn E. Jareo 138 Sign Ideas opens in Connecticut
Fischer Cincinnati's screen test, by Jobn September
Earning his wings — MSG member Fischer 70 Signs of your times: Artists with
John Henry Friesen, by Jobn attitudes
Fischer 130 +The basics of goldleaf, by Peter and
224 _ ~=Editorially speaking: Brave new Ines Sepp
world, by Wade Swormstedt October
August January 82 A league of his own, by Jobn
88 Commercial Sign Design Contest
92 Signs from the wood, by Wade Fischer
Swormstedt February 92 Cincinnati’s screen test, by John
80 Golden oldies, by Edward
Signs of mutual growth, by Fischer
Barbara Dinerman Raventon 98 The franchise perspective, by Wade
A captive signshop, by Kay 96 The Cusic dynasty, by Del Freeman Swormstedt
March
Danielson November
October 79 Your complete source for CAS: In- 94 Superfrog’s vinyl tricks, by Butch
troduction, by Bill Collins
82. A league of his own, by Jobn Anton
80 Your complete source for CAS: The
Fischer Vinyl alterations, by Renata and
companies and their products
112. _—B right ideas for the big picture, by Ray Guzman
82 Your complete source for CAS: Cut-
Christian Schiess 118 Delicious dimensional carving, by
November ting plotters David Garman
88 Your complete source for CAS:
126 Water gilding on boats, by Kay 126 “Water” gilding on Florida boats,
Routing systems
Danielson by Kay Danielson
92 Your complete source for CAS:
December December
Engraving systems
68 Signs of your times: Chuck Biddle 102. Sign designer profiles: Gerry
84 Sign designer profiles: Mike 94 DOS/UNIX software Lutters, Graphics Co.
Mac software
Johnson 104 Sign designer profiles: Steve Mahler,
88 Sign designer profiles: Vernon Town S&S Sign
Golde again, by George R. Golde
91 Sign designer profiles: Tom Wilson 114 The mother of all sandblasted signs,
94 Sign designer profiles: Janine Page A double shot of Cusic, by Del by Brother Zank
Freeman
Sign designer profiles: Cynthia Hart
Not joust another signshop, by Jobn
Sign designer profiles: Steve
P. Withers
Sherington
Mural memorial, by Eleanor B.
Sign designer profiles: Daniel R January
Feltser
Mocny Commercial sign design contest
You got the left one baby, uh-huh,
Sign designer profiles: Gerry Lutters February
by Wade Swormstedt
Sign designer profiles: Steve Mahler Plastics
Designing for the times: Gart March
Signs of your times: Vehicle graph-
Urban, by Barbara Dinerman CAS equipment
ics from around the US
April
Survey: Vehicle graphics in the
International Sign Expo ‘92
commercial sign industry, by Lori
May
E. Jareo Bizarre issue
Survey snapshots: John Arnott, Bob
June
The bottom line: Budgeting your Behounek, Bob Bond, John Hannu-
Vehicle graphics
advertising dollars, by Mark E kaine, Gary Steele and Bob Taylor July
Battersby An interview with Michael Murray,
State of the industry
Why fight city hall?, by Bill Collins by Wade Swormstedt
August
Accounting for quantity, by Wade Take the lead in vehicle-graphic
Products Review
Swormstedt pricing, by Larry S. Mitchell
September
A breath of fresh air, by Bill Jonas
Electric Sign Design "92
Take the lead in vehicle-graphic Grand opportunity at the Grand
October
pricing, by Larry S. Mitchell Prix, by Wade Swormstedt
ST goes to the movies
Grand opportunity at the Grand Open new markets with a router,
November
Prix, by Wade Swormstedt by Will Strobel
Vinyl
Open new markets with a router, Editorially speaking: Other voices
December
by Will Strobel — the question of CAS
Sign sketches
142 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993
VINYL
Airbrush Business Identity Council of America
Airbrushing temporary signage/ Editorially speaking: BICA’s awesome
January MAR 100 potential/DEC 248
36 ~—~Vinyl graphics: Working with vinyl A breath of fresh air/JUN 102 Campbell, Dennis
in hot weather, by Larry S. Mitchell Allen Displays, Inc. Stately signs/FEB 92
February Sign designer profiles: Mike Johnson/ Central Sign Council
10 ‘Vinyl graphics: Specialty Equipment DEC 84 Convention update: St. Louis to host
Market Assn./Auto Intl. Assn. show, American Sign & Marketing NESA regional show/NOV 140
Las Vegas, by Larry S. Mitchell Editorially speaking: Brave new world/ Chaszeyka, Steve
March JUL 224 Letterhead news preview: Feb. 12-14
34 Vinyl graphics, by Larry S. Mitchell Amortization (1993); New Middletown, OH/DEC 66
April Legal issues: Amortization explained/ Classic Sign & Mirror
48 Vinyl graphics: The straight and SEP 50 Letterhead news: Oct. 23-25,
flat, by Larry S. Mitchell Arlon, Adhesives and Films Div. Pensacola, FL/DEC 66
May Choosing the right vinyl/NOV 82 Claus, Jim
20 ~=—~-Vinyl graffiti: Different, bizarre or Arnott, John Why fight city hall?/APR 172
bad?, by Larry S. Mitchell Vehicle graphics in the commercial Cle Elum, WA
June sign industry: Survey snapshots/ Nuts and bolts: Sign nuggets in the
460 Vinyl graphics: Nobody said it JUN 88 Northwest/AUG 30
would be easy, by Larry S. Mitchell The Artkraft Strauss Sign Corp. Collier, Charles
July Broadway’s three-act display/APR 168 The secrets to their success (Dove
28 ~=Vinyl graphics: Repairing and (Art)n Laboratory Signs)/FEB 86
restyling, by Larry S. Mitchell Phscolograms jettison signs into the Collopy, Kelley
August future/AUG 100 Cincinnati's screen test/OCT 92
44 Vinyl graphics: Vinyl-installation Autographics Color
shortcuts, by Larry S. Mitchell Vehicle graphics in the commercial Neon techniques: Answering the color
September sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 88 question/SEP 62
70 ~=Vinyl graphics: Warranties and Beckner, Bill and Peggy Colorful forecasts for the future/
guarantees, by Larry S. Mitchell Attitude "92 — a Letterhead success/ NOV 102
October AUG 84 Color Association of the United States
34 ~Vinyl graphics: Quality accepts no Behounck, Bob (CAUS)
substitutes, by Larry S. Mitchell Vehicle graphics in the commercial Colorful forecasts for the future/
98 The franchise perspective, by Wade sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 89 NOV 102
Swormstedt Belle-Fosh Signs Ltd. Concannon, Bill
November The lyrical layout master — MSG Tubebenders in tinseltown/OCT 88
42 Vinyl graphics: Mixed media, by member Ike Derksen/JUL 94 Connecticut Sign Assn. (CSA)
Larry S. Mitchell Letterhead news: Sept. 5-7; Winnipeg, Signs of your times/MAR 72
80 Introduction: The vinyl source list MB Canada/NOV 71 Contra Vision North America
82 Choosing the right vinyl, by Ted Betsy Ross Bridge What the traffic will bear/JUN 83
Jolly Duel over the Delaware/MAY 112 Costner, Kevin and Dan
Vivid vinyl, by Gail Deibler Finke Biddle, Chuck Golden oldies/FEB 80
Superfrog’s vinyl tricks, by Butch Signs of your times: Chuck Biddle/ Craycraft Signs
Anton DEC 68 Letterhead news: Oct. 3, Lexington,
Vinyl alterations, by Renata and Blimps KY/DEC 67
Ray Guzman Air wars/FEB 112 Creative Signs & Graphic Design
Blumberg, Bill A league of his own/OCT 82
You got the left one baby, uh huh/ Cusic family
MAY 124 The Cusic dynasty/FEB 96
Subject index Signs from the wood/AUG 92 A double shot of Cusic/MAY 108
Bob Bond’s Artistry Custom Auto Body
Vehicle graphics in the commercial What the traffic will bear/JUN 83
sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 90 Custom Craftsman
3-D software packages
Bob Taylor’s House of Color The mother of all sandblasted signs/
Photorealism — another dimension/
Vehicle graphics in the commercial DEC 114
JUL 86 sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 93 DOS software
3M Bognar, Steven DOS/UNIX software/MAR 94
Signs of your times: Avoiding a wind-
Sign-makers making it in show Dave’s Signspot Ltd.
fall/NOV 76 biz/OCT 76 Reveling in his smallness — MSG
Aargon Neon Brilliant Electric Sign member Dave Fraser/JUN 118
Tubebenders in tinseltown/OCT 88
Sign designer profiles: Daniel R. Davis, Kelly
Adopt-a-highway programs Mocny/DEC 100 Water gilding on boats/NOV 126
Removing litter for fun and profit/
British School of Neon Deerfield Beach, FL
MAY 110
Executing the return bend in neon/ Signs of mutual growth/AUG II11
Advertising
AUG 88 Derksen, Ike
Air wars/FEB 112
Bugrov, Valerij The lyrical layout master — MSG
The bottom line: Budgeting your Bright ideas for the big picture/ member Ike Derksen/JUL 94
advertising dollars/APR 24
OCT 112
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Discovery '92 Goldleaf Ontario/SEP 70
Letterhead news: July 24-26; The basics of goldleaf/SEP 130 Letterhead news: July 24-26;
Newmarket, ON Canada/OCT 52 Goodyear Newmarket, ON Canada/OCT 52
Signs of your times: Signfest in Signs of your times: Detroit landmark Kuykendoll, Scott
Ontario/SEP 70 resigned/NOV 74 Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80
Dixie Highway Graphic Arts Guild (GAG) Larry Albright & Assoc.
A magical history tour — signs on the Letterhead news: Sept. 25; Portland, Tubebenders in tinseltown/OCT 88
Dixie Highway/AUG 106 OR/NOV 71 Las Vegas
Donaldson, Arthur Graphics Co. Sign ideas in Las Vegas/MAR 139
Read his billboards — no new taxes/ Sign designer profiles: Gerry Lutters Law, John
MAY 58 DEC 102 Burning man: Neon in the afterglow
Dove Signs Hannukaine Signs & Graphics NOV 122
The secrets to their success/FEB 86 Vehicle graphics in the commercial Lexan
Eades, Mike sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 91 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
A league of his own/OCT 82 Harrison, Jim material — part one/NOV 22
Eastern States Sign Council (ESSC) Painting signs of the past/MAR 106 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
Convention update: ESSC hosts two- Hart, Cynthia material — part two/DEC 46
day educational conference/NOV 144 Sign designer profiles: Cynthia Hart Lighting
Editorially speaking: ESSC’s call to DEC 96 Nuts and bolts: New products in
action AUG 240 Heckman, Mark Atlantic City; problems with HID light-
Edwards, Don and Kim Signs of your times: Billboards turning ing/JAN 14
Signs of your times: Signfest in heads/MAY 68 The electric sign: Lighting’s meta-
Ontario/SEP 70 Highway signs morphosis, part one/JAN 40
Letterhead news: July 24-26; Stately signs/FEB 92 The electric sign: Lighting’s meta-
Newmarket, ON Canada/OCT 52 Hodgins, John J. morphosis, part two/FEB 50
Everbrite, Inc. Letterhead news: Jan. 25; Batavia, Nuts and bolts: Fluorescents need a
Sign designer profiles: Cynthia Hart NY/APR 74 boost/APR 34b
DEC 96 Hollywood The electric sign: Don’t over do it
Fastsigns Nuts and bolts: Movieland’s signature AUG 40
Grand opportunity at the Grand Prix/ sign/OCT 56 Lutters, Gerry
JUN 110 Howard, Kenneth Sign designer profiles: Gerry Lutters
The franchise perspective/OCT 98 Letterhead news: Von Dutch dead at DEC 102
Federal Signs 63/NOV 71 Mac software
Sign designer profiles: Vernon Town/ Hurricane Andrew Mac software/MAR 98
DEC 88 Signs of Hurricane Andrew/OCT 118 Mack Awards (New Hampshire)
Fiber optics IBM software Signs of your times: New Hampshire's
Broadway's three-act display/APR 168 DOS/UNIX software/MAR 94 Mack Awards/FEB 60
Finegood, Danny Identity Management Conference Mackay, Shaun
Finegood’s follies/MAY 88 Identity Management Conference Not joust another signshop/MAY 114
Forsyth, Carol attracts record attendance/DEC 118 Mahler, Steve
Cincinnati's screen test/OCT 92 Illinois Sign Assn. (ISA) Sign designer profiles: Steve Mahler/
Fraser, Dave ISA sign contest/MAR 125 DEC 104
Reveling in his smallness — MSG Internal Revenue Service Manitoba Signwriters Group
member Dave Fraser/JUN 118 The bottom line: Swaps for the Affirming the spirit of signmaking/
Freeman, Peter "90s/DEC 24 APR 154
Interview: Peter Freeman/FEB 106 Interstate Highway Sign Co. Reveling in his smallness — MSG
Friesen, John Henry Stately signs/FEB 92 member Dave Fraser/JUN 118
Earning his wings — MSG member lowa State Reformatory Loving the life he lives, living the life
John Henry Friesen/JUL 98 A captive signshop/AUG 120 he loves — MSG member Steven
G* cups Israel Jackson/JUN 122
Nuts and bolts: Is the neon sky really Israel’s sign language/FEB 100 The lyrical layout master — MSG
falling?/JUN 50B J. Oldham Sign & Design member Ike Derksen/JUL 94
Gart Urban Assoc. Inc. Letterhead news: Nov. 8-10 (1991); Earning his wings — MSG member
Designing for the times/DEC 108 Waco, TX/APR 76 John Henry Friesen/JUL 98
General Electric Letterhead news preview: June 18-20 Letterhead news: Sept. 5-7; Winnipeg,
Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure (1993); Waco, TX/OCT 54 MB/NOV 71
material — part one/NOV 22 Jackson, Steven Mediacom/Poster Network outdoor
Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure Loving the life he lives, living the life awards
material — part two/DEC 46 he loves — MSG member Steven Fourteenth annual Billi awards/
Gerber Scientific Products Jackson/JUN 122 NOV 136
Head northeast for some new ideas in John’s Studio Miami
signage/SEP 138 Letterhead news: Jan. 25; Batavia, NY/ Signs of your times/JUL 62
Goffe, Jerry APR 74 Mid-South Sign Council
Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80 Johnson, Mike Convention update: NESA and the Mid-
Goins, Rich “‘G-Man”’ Sign designer profiles: Mike Johnson/ South Sign Council/DEC 130
Billboard bungalows/FEB 102 DEC 84 Mocny, Daniel R.
Golde, George R. Knightworks Sign & Design Sign designer profiles: Daniel R
Golde again/MAY 104 Signs of your times: Signfest in Mocny/DEC 100
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Mooney, John David Pinheads Sign Expo ’92
Using light largely/MAR 128 Letterhead news preview: Feb. 12-14 International sign expo hits the beach/
Moore, Mike (1993); New Middletown, OH/DEC 67 APR 84
Golden oldies/FEB 80 Plastics Sign Ideas
Moore, Steve Solving the plastics puzzle/FEB 66 Sign ideas in Las Vegas/MAR 139
The franchise perspective/OCT 98 Plastics — a user’s guide/FEB 70 Head northeast for some new ideas in
Murals The user’s perspective (sampling of signage/SEP 138
Mural memorial/MAY 122 major plastics users)/FEB 74 Sign World East
Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80 Plastic “‘surgery’’/FEB 78 Nuts and bolts: new products in
Murray, Michael The electric sign: Plastics and elec- Atlantic City; problems with HID
An interview with Michael Murray tricity/MAR 18 lighting/JAN 14
JUN 94 Plastics tests — part one/MAR 110 Sign World East sets new attendance
National Electric Code (NEC) Plastics, part two : The formability record/FEB 38
The electric sign: The name game tests/APR 162 Signcrafters Outdoor Displays, Inc.
OCT 28 Specialty plastics for creative signage/ The performance of a lifetime/OCT 100
National Electric Sign Assn. (NESA) NOV 112 Signtech Electrical Adv., Inc.
Signs in the sun (NESA Intl.)/MAR 134 Porcelain enamel A neon topping for emerald city/
International sign expo hits the beach/ The electric sign: A trip down memory NOV 104
APR 84 lane/NOV 48 Sina, Alejandro and Moira
ESSC declares independence/JUN 112 Probus, Steve A harmonious labor of light/AUG 114
Designing for the times — the 1992 Sign-makers making it in show Society for Creative Anachronism
NESA design competition/JUL 106 biz/OCT 76 (SCA)
Convention update: NESA’s off to Product Sign Supplies Not joust another signshop/MAY 114
Denver for the Southwest sign Letterhead news: Sept. 12-13; San Jose, Southpaw Signs
show/JUL 116 CA/NOV 70 You got the left one baby, uh huh/
Golden opportunities await in Denver/ Publik Informadores MAY 124
AUG 122 Shhh . this sign has ears/MAY 121 Sparkle Sign Co., Inc.
Convention update: St. Louis to host Rat Fink reunion Sign designer profiles: Tom Wilson/
Midwest sign show/OCT 120 Letterhead news: Sept. 12, San Fran- DEC 91
Editorially speaking: NESA: “You are cisco, CA/NOV 68 State Theater of Minneapolis
not alone’/OCT 232 Renfroe, Pamela The performance of a lifetime/OCT 100
Convention update: St. Louis to host Painting signs of the past/MAR 106 Steele Design
NESA regional sign show/NOV 140 Rivera, Francis Vehicle graphics in the commercial
Convention update: NESA and the Mid- Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80 sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 92
South Sign Council/DEC 130 Romero, Leopold Steven Jackson Sign Design
Nesper Sign Adv. Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80 Loving the life he lives, living the life
Delicious dimensional carving/NOV 118 Routing systems he loves — MSG member Steven
Nettlefold Signs Pty. Ltd. Open new markets with a router/ Jackson/JUN 122
Sign designer profiles: Steve Shering JUN 126 Stevenson, Joe
ton/DEC 98 S&S Sign Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80
New Hampshire Sign designer profiles: Steve Mahler/ Suba Neon
Signs of your times: New Hampshire's DEC 104 Tubebenders in tinseltown/OCT 88
Mack Awards/FEB 60 Sandblasting Suffolk Co. Vietnam Veterans
Nor-Cal Letterheads The mother of all sandblasted signs/ Memorial
Letterhead news: Sept. 12-13; San Jose, DEC 114 Built by cooperation/JAN 80
CA/NOV 70 Screen Printing Assn. Intl. (SPAI) TW Signs
Northern Exposure Convention update: Indianapolis to Signs of mutual growth/AUG 111
Nuts and dolts: Signs of Cascade Range host Screen Print '92/OCT 124 Tacony/Palmyra Bridge
— exposed!/MAY 40 Sheehan, Mike Duel over the Delaware/MAY 112
Oldham, John Letterhead news: Oct. 23-25, Pensa- Taxes
Letterhead news: Nov. 8-10 (1991); cola, FL/DEC 66 Tax talk: Income-tax planning/FEB 40
Waco, TX/APR 76 Sherington, Steve Tax talk: Tradeshow deductions/
Letterhead news preview: June 18-20 Sign designer profiles: Steve Shering- MAR 36
(1993); Waco, TX/OCT 54 ton/DEC 98 The bottom line: Successfully slashing
Orlando Showcards unemployment taxes/AUG 20
The eclectic sign: The 1992 eclectic The lyrical layout master — MSG A hands-on year-end tax planner/
sign awards/MAY 24 member Ike Derksen/JUL 94 DEC 126
Page, Janine Shutt, Gail Taylor, Bob
Sign designer profiles: Janine Page/ Sign-makers making it in show Vehicle graphics in the commercial
DEC 94 biz/OCT 76 sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 93
Parkette Drive In Sign Assn. of Canada (SAC) Texas Sign Manufacturers Assn. (TSMA)
A magical history tour — signs on the Toronto Hosts CONSAC '92/SEP 134 Signs of your times: Lone-Star signing/
Dixie Highway/AUG 106 Sign Europe OCT 68
Phscolograms Sign industry is ready for business in “Time and Light’’ neon clock
Phscolograms jettison signs into the Europe/JAN 70 exhibition
future/AUG 100 Convention update: Sign Europe '92 Moonlight, neon and time/NOV 132
Piene, Otto returns to Germany/OCT 122
A harmonious labor of light/AUG 114
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Toronto Battersby, Mark E. Signs of your times: Tropic of neon
Toronto Hosts CONSAC '92/SEP 134 Tax talk: Accounts-receivable JUL 62
Town, Vernon financing/JAN 32 Nuts and bolts: Sign nuggets in the
Sign designer profiles: Vernon Town/ Tax talk: Income-tax planning/FEB 40 Northwest/AUG 30
DEC 88 Tax talk: Tradeshow deductions/ Nuts and bolts: Space it out/SEP 32
Tranchida, Denis MAR 36 Nuts and bolts: Movieland’s signature
Signs of mutual growth/AUG III The bottom line: Budgeting your sign/OCT 56
Ugly sign contest advertising dollars/APR 24 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
The ugly sign contest IV/MAY 77 The bottom line: Selling out — with material — part one/NOV 22
United Laboratories an eye on taxes/JUN 24 Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure
Nuts and bolts: Improving neonized The bottom line: When your spouse is material — part two/DEC 46
channel letters/JUL 42 your partner/JUL 22 Dinerman, Barbara
Nuts and bolts: A new enclosure The bottom line: Successfully slashing Signs of mutual growth/AUG III
material/NOV 22 unemployment taxes/AUG 20 Designing for the times/DEC 108
Urban, Gart The bottom line: The business plan — Dozier, Don
Designing for the times/DEC 108 roadmap to success/SEP 18 ADA news: Common ADA misunder-
Van Bruggen Signs, Inc. The bottom line: Lessen your lease/ standings/JUN 18
Vehicle graphics in the commercial OCT 24 Evans, Poppy
sign industry: Survey snapshots/JUN 89 The bottom line: Profiting from fringe Photorealism — another dimension
Vietnam Memorial benefits/NOV 30 JUL 86
Built by cooperation/JAN 80 The bottom line: Swaps for the ‘90s. Feltser, Eleanor B.
Vivid Signs DEC 24 Mural memorial/MAY 122
Read his billboards no new Bertucci, Andrew Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80
taxes/MAY 58 Editorially speaking: ESSC’s call to Finke, Gail Deibler
Von Dutch action/AUG 240 Dealing with the ADA/JAN 76
Letterhead news: Von Dutch dead at Brill, Louis Vivid vinyl/NOV 86
643/NOV 71 Phscolograms jettison signs into the Fischer, John
Vulcan Service Co. future/AUG 100 Built by cooperation/JAN 80
Not joust another signshop/MAY 114 Burning man: Neon in the afterglow Billboard bungalows/FEB 102
Walker, Dennis ‘‘Wildman”’ NOV 122 Affirming the spirit of signmaking,
Billboard bungalows/FEB 102 Brimley, Kirk APR 154
Warnock, J.W. — signpainter of old Editorially speaking: NESA You are Finegood’s follies/MAY 88
For $20,000 it’s yours/MAY 54 not alone’ /OCT 232 Reveling in his smallness — MSG
Weber, Noel Collins, Bill member Dave Fraser/JUN 118
Golden oldies/FEB 80 Your complete source for CAS: Intro Loving the life he lives, living the life
Whiteway Neon Pty. Ltd. duction/MAR 79 he loves — MSG member Steven
Sign designer profiles: Janine Page Editorially speaking: CAS fallout Jackson/JUN 122
DEC 94 shelter/MAR 248 The lyrical layout master — MSG
Wilson, Tom Why fight city hall?/APR 172 member Ike Derksen/JUL 94
Sign designer profiles: Tom Wilson For $20,000 it's yours/MAY 54 Earning his wings MSG member
DEC 91 Removing litter for fun and profit John Henry Friesen/JUL 98
Wizard Graphics MAY 110 A magical history tour signs on the
Letterhead news preview: Feb. 12-14 Duel over the Delaware/MAY 112 Dixie Highway/AUG 106
(1993), New Middletown, OH/DEC 67 Update on business-related soft A league of his own/OCT 82
Wolverton, Ken ware/OCT 106 Cincinnati's screen test/OCT 92
Mural memorial/MAY 122 A neon topping for emerald city The performance of a lifetime/OCT 100
Wall-to-wall signage/JUL 80 NOV 104 Freeman, Del
World Sign Assoc. Danielson, Kay The Cusic dynasty/FEB 96
Editorially speaking: a brighter Stately signs/FEB 92 A double shot of Cusic/MAY 108
tomorrow?/SEP 248 A captive signshop/AUG 120 Garman, David
Yarger, Noel Water gilding on boats/NOV 126 Delicious dimensional carving/NOV 118
Why fight city hall?/APR 172 Davis, Paul R. Golde, George
Zank, Brother Nuts and bolts: New products in Golde again/MAY 104
The mother of all sandblasted Atlantic City; problems with HID Green, Justin
signs/DEC 114 lighting/JAN 14 Sign game: Artistic brother-in-law
Nuts and bolts: Facelifts for signs signage/JAN 8
FEB 18 Sign game: The seven deadly sins of
Plastics tests — part one/MAR 110 plexiglass/FEB 8
Authors Index Nuts and bolts: Fluorescents need a Sign game: Flamboyant self-promotion
boost/APR 34B schemes/APR 8
Plastics, part two: The formability Sign game: A signman is born/MAY 8
tests/APR 162 Sign game: Great moments in adver
Anton, Butch
Nuts and dolts: Signs of Cascade Range tising/JUN 8
The ugly sign contest IV/MAY 77
~ exposed!/MAY 40 Sign game: The stack/JUL 8
Superfrog’s vinyl tricks/NOV 94
Nuts and bolts: Is the neon sky really Sign game: The signpainter blues/
Aran, Robert
Legal issues: Exhausting administrative falling?/JUN 5OB AUG 10
Nuts and bolts: Improving neonized Sign game: Environmentally correct
remedies/NOV 18
channel letters/JUL 42 brush-cleaning/SEP 10
148 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 1993