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Best Murals/Banners/Supergraphics of 2010

Winners from the 2010 International Sign Contest’s Murals/Banners/Supergraphics Category

Published

14 years ago

March 24, 2010

Steve Aust Signs of the Times April 2010 Issue

FIRST PLACE

Fabricator/Designer
Tony Segale
Segale Fine Art & Gold Leaf
Lodi, CA
(209) 368-7461

Client
City of Lodi Art in Public Places

Segale painted this 16 x 54-ft. mural on a building on Sacramento St., the birthplace of Lodi’s commercial district. He began with a pencil sketch before he created a pen-and-ink sketch that he transferred onto high-density, watercolor paper. Segale measured the text and structure forms using the grid method, directly on the wall. He projected his pictorials onto 4 x 8-ft. paper panels, then used charcoal and an Electro-Pounce machine to form the pattern on the stucco wall. Working atop a boom lift, he completed the mural with Benjamin Moore’s Aura self-priming, exterior acrylic-latex paint.

SECOND PLACE

Fabricator
Digital Imaging Services
Wolverhampton, England
(019) 02-406-000
www.digital-is.co.uk

Designer
Craig Oldham
Music
Manchester, England
(0161) 203-6405
www.craigoldham.co.uk

Client
Manchester City FC

Although Manchester United has more worldwide renown, the Manchester City Football Club has gained cache with its underdog status as it gradually rises in the Barclays Premier League standings to compete with its more well-known rival. To promote a marquee game against top Premier League team Chelsea (which, incidentally, Manchester’s “Citizens” won 2-1), the team hired Music to design an edgy wall graphic that resonates with younger fans. Digital Imaging Services fabricated the 2,400 sq. ft. of graphics on its EFI-VUTEk QS 3200 UV-cure-ink, flatbed printer with Hexis VCSR100WG1 vinyl, which is designed for direct application to brick or concrete walls.

THIRD PLACE

Fabricator
Ferrari Color
Salt Lake City
(801) 355-4124
www.ferraricolor.com

Designer
U.S. Ski & Snowboarding
Assn. (USSA)
Park City, UT
(435) 649-9090
www.ussa.org

Client
USSA

Seeking to inspire its aspiring Olympic athletes and visitors, the USSA hired Ferrari Color to produce this series of 160 x 72-in. and 96 x 72-in. banners. The shop printed the graphics on transfer paper and transferred them to fire-retardant material with a Roland Hi-Fi Express dye-sublimation printer.

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