Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions (Mentor, OH) announced the winning design in the company’s Design-a-Bus-Wrap student art contest earlier this month. Kaitlin Barninger, a senior at Mentor High School, won first prize for her design entry themed, “Live Green, Live in Lake County.” Barninger’s design will be displayed for one year on one of the propane-powered Dial-a-Ride buses in the fleet of the county’s public transit agency, Laketran. The contest was open to middle school and high school students living in or being schooled in Lake County, OH, during the 2022-23 school year, according to a press release from Avery Dennison.
The bus wrap material was donated for the third year in a row by Lake County-based Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions. Premium MPI 1105 Easy Apply RS wrapping film was used to wrap the bus with DOL 1360Z optically clear overlaminate. Avery Dennison also donated their MPI 2528 50/50 perforated film for the bus window graphics. Akron, OH-based Repros Color donated its services to print and install the graphics on the bus.
“Our Avery Dennison team enjoys being involved in such a rewarding project where we can connect with our local area leaders, schools and students. We also appreciate the opportunity to increase awareness of the creative possibilities of vinyl graphics among art students, arts programs and art instructors,” Amanda Stefanik, Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions senior marketing communications specialist, is quoted in the release. “As Kaitlin Barninger illustrates with this year’s wrapped bus, graphic vinyl film can be a powerful, creative canvas that is visually engaging, both commercially and artistically.” Stefanik said.
For more information, visit graphics.averydennison.com/fleet.