Tag Archives: Dimensional Print

Structural Graphics wins 6 awards at Ad Club show

Structural Graphics won six awards at the 60th Annual Ad Club Award Show held on Wednesday, May 21 at Farmington Gardens, including a total of four awards (a gold and three bronze) in the Dimensional Mail category, a bronze award in the Packaging category, and one silver award in the show’s Point of Sale category. Continue reading

7 tips for highlighting your message with sound

Thinking about incorporating sound technology into your direct marketing campaign, but not sure where to start? Leverage within invitations, product launches, lead generation, loyalty campaigns, and more! Continue reading

3 ways brands are using LED tech in print

Last week we introduced LED-enhanced direct mail to marketers (jog your memory here) looking to make an impact on major brands and companies. This week, we’re taking another look at how light technology is enhancing direct marketing campaigns with mailers that incorporate LEDs, fiber optics and electroluminescence to highlight features, enhance people’s interaction with products and leave lasting impressions on consumers. Continue reading

Shining some light on your direct mail

Big name companies are using highly targeted direct mail to create big impressions with consumers, and LEDs are helping them do it. Continue reading

Marketing ideas for your next campaign: Scrolling images

You know that saying, “a picture’s worth a thousand words?”

Structural Graphics is blowing that old idiom out of the water with a new marketing mechanism created specifically for brand storytelling. Now, SG can help marketers in any industry create compelling visual landscapes with its new See Scroll dimensional design. Continue reading

New Magic X-ray Viewer: 12 IDEAS for Your Marketing Needs

Our NEW Magic X-ray mechanism is a great format to bring to life various types of messaging! Display before and after imagery, old to new restoration, a positive transition, hidden messages, what’s “behind the curtain”… the possibilities are endless!

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Invented in late 2013 by our designer, Rob Kelly, this concept was inspired by his son’s preschool show & tell for the letter “X.” He gave his son paper X-ray specs to wear which were [of course] pretend. He wondered if there was a way he could bring the x-ray effect to life in paper. Energized by the idea, Rob made a working prototype that weekend!

Check out our Structural Graphics 2014 New Year’s card. This card featured a snowy forest scene with some woodland creatures hiding. A fox? The abominable snowman? An owl in a tree? Birds chirping? The only way you can tell who is hiding, is to move the wand around to find them!

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Other clients, in addition to Whirlpool, have used this design to bring their messaging to life! See some ideas below to get the creativity flowing…

1)  An x-ray of a body part including the benefits of a new medical device produced

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2)  A “discover and find” for kids, similar to “Where’s Waldo?”

3)  What is in your wallet? For financial, credit card, insurance card companies, etc.

4)  Before and after restoration, a new car, or feature a car that changes colors with a movement of the “wand” to reveal

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5)  Curious what’s in your food? Take a sneak peek into what it is made of, including the vitamins and benefits

6)  X-ray luggage on an airport conveyor

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7)  Motivating customers to travel – a black and white snowy scene transforming into a tropical, colorful beach somewhere exotic!

8)  New building design layout, interior views of a building, or everything going on behind the scenes in a home

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9)  Sneak peek “magic reveal” for a new TV or movie premiere!

10)  The magic of a new makeover, anti-aging treatments or simply skin cleansing solutions

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11)  Your brand logo as the showcased image with your services and products magically revealed underneath

12)  A look inside of a gift package – revealing jewelry or an engagement ring, keys to a car, a brand new smartphone, etc.

This Magic X-ray Viewer is new and PATENT PENDING, thus only found through your friends at Structural Graphics!

 

Incorporating Technology into Print Marketing

Hello, friends! This week we’re talking tech.  We’ll take a quick look at some cool ideas that you can easily incorporate into your printed campaign. By incorporating these cost-effective elements into your strategy, your customers are able to interact with your brand in another dimension. Let’s start with the basics:

Video, Lights, and Sound: You can marry full motion video with the printed page. Video is available in a variety of screen sizes, video lengths, and is fully rechargeable and re-usable. It’s also 100% customizable. Think audio and LED panel lights are more suited to your marketing needs?  Connect with your customers by inserting this technology in unique magazine inserts, direct mail, point of purchase displays, and premiums. Check out a video player that we produced for Qutenza:

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 Augmented Reality (AR) is not new, but has steadily been gaining traction in recent years. The aim of AR is to simulate an environment in real-time via your mobile device or desktop computer.

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A printed “tag” lives on your print piece and this acts as the trigger to launch the animation, the video, or the 3D rendering that responds to the context of your environment. Check out more about how our partner Taggar, is revolutionizing the industry:

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Near Field Communication: (NFC) has also been a player for several years but is still considered cutting-edge. The basic premise of this technology utilizes wireless radio communications. NFC tags are small, thin discs that can be inserted into print pieces or stickers and are read via your smartphone or other NFC-enabled device. There are multiple vendors who are already building this capability into the hardware of their mobile devices – including Samsung, Nokia, and LG.

Here are some potential creative uses for NFC tags in everyday life. (Imagine what you could do to promote your brand and increase customer interaction!)

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All of these unique mediums are totally customizable. The only limits are what we can imagine together!

 

Structural Graphics wins three American Package Design Awards

We are very happy to announce that we have taken home not one, but THREE American Package Design Awards from GD USA! The winners include a table tent for Chick-Fil-A (complete with a fire-breathing cow) and a POP window display for GAP Athleta stores – both created with Sandy Alexander. We also won for the packaging campaign that we did for Samsung in conjunction with TracyLocke. We couldn’t be more thrilled!APDA2014_SG_ChickFilA   APDA2014_SG_Athleta_display

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