Whenever we invite our clients/ customers to enter our doors, we have the opportunity to make a strong  first impression. Let’s not waste this opportunity. Let’s use our space more creatively and effectively. Let’s create that ‘second look’.

Wall Murals for the Office

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There are three good reasons why Wall Murals should be implemented in an office environment. One, its level of prestige and sophistication which it brings to a business. If you are a business owner you will feel a sense of pride when clients are invited to your premises. Two, creating a magnificent space for your employees to carry out their working days in will be invaluable. Then thirdly, if for some reason your offices don’t have a lot of light or has a dreadful view, sunny landscapes will be very beneficial.

It is a fact that any human being is affected by their environment, so by implementing an inspiring display on your office walls will make the world of difference. No matter what kind of business you are, the ideas that you can use are endless.

Retail Shop Owners/ Restaurants/ Hotels

Atmosphere is especially crucial to any business in the lifestyle industry. If you own a  French Restaurant nowhere near Europe, you need an authentic setting so guests feel as if they are dining in a foreign country. This detail is a priceless enhancement for your restaurant and guests. If you’re in the hotel business and you’ve chosen to decorate with Wall Murals, then you will have undoubtedly increased the value of your rooms and your guests will compliment you on this.

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Once your Wall Murals are in place, every client that walks out your doors will have something to talk about, and you would have successfully made the difference that your competitors failed to do.

If you think it’s time to transform the environment of your business, we at Assignment3 look forward to hearing your ideas and also suggesting a few our selves.  Contact us today!

With high-end state of the art printers, you can create anything that you want. A photo mosaic process is used where your mural image is created by using specific photos and tiles. Before you know it, your entire mural will be created. The wall mural masterpiece will have people staring in wonder and fascination.

Wall murals are also a sensational way to decorate your home or create a memory that lasts forever. When it comes to children’s walls, nothing makes a bigger impression and a happier room for a child than a personalized wall mural.

Wall murals can be used just about anywhere. Some places where you can really maximize exposure and profit with wall murals is restaurants, bars, convenience stores, retail stores, offices, board rooms, waiting rooms and many more. When it comes to wall murals you can literally be as creative as you want to be. If you are not the creative type, then that is okay because with our excellent graphic designers we can assist you with creating designs that are guaranteed to visually stimulate every single person who sees it.

Walls murals are really one of those things that you need to see in order to experience. Once you see it you will totally understand the magnitude of how powerful they can be. You can literally take a dull room and transform it into an eye catching sensation.

There are thousands upon thousands of wall mural ideas that you can use. Wall murals are also an ideal way of creating the exact atmosphere which you desire for your business. If you want your clients to feel relaxed, you can choose any form or combination of nature settings. If you want to put your clients in a good mood you can create something which is fun and humorous.

Not only are we able to create your ideal wall mural that is guaranteed to attracting customers and business, but we also have wide range of capabilities in other areas. Check out hanging banners and canvas prints. Contact us today for a no obligation quote and individual assistance on wall murals.

The truth of the matter is that your return on investment and all the benefits which you acquire from billboards are far greater than the amount which you pay.

Some people perceive Cape Town as small and this is actually a good thing, because if you are considering billboards in Cape Town, you will soon realize that the chances of your billboard being seen is extremely high. When it comes to getting your product out there, nothing does it better than billboard advertising. It is a known fact that billboards capture attention extremely easily, which makes you almost assured that your product will get noticed. If you situate your billboard in an intelligent position at the right geographical location you can really make your billboard work for you in tremendous ways.

One of the best attributes of billboards is that they are available twenty four hours a day. They are not taken down at any point during the day and they have no time limitations. Once you have put up your billboard in your chosen location, you can just sit back and allow the billboard to speak for itself. There is no hard work involved as opposed to other forms of advertising.

When it comes to billboard advertising one of the major advantages is that you are dealing with customized placement, so you are able to choose absolutely anywhere within reason. You can strategically place your advertisement in such a manner that it creates increased visibility. If you are clever you will realize that you can reach your ideal target market if you strategically place your billboard in the correct location based on that specific target market.

This form of advertising is great because it helps to ensure that your messages are being delivered continuously. You can go to bed at night knowing that while you are sleeping you are advertising your business and sending your message out there.

Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark.  You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.  ~Steuart Henderson Britt

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In the sunshine, everything on the poster or sign can be seen without any problems, but at night, when it’s dark – it’s problematic to display your presence in the market using posters etc. After dark, all the banners, posters and graphics are simply unattractive and simply lighting up your shop with neon signage is not always enough.

Nearly all potential customers step out in the evening after work. Foot-traffic also tends to be more in the evening hours – particularly on weekends. In such profitable hours, you would not want to wait patiently for potential customers to see your poster or other displays. This is why more and more business owners are investing in Light Box advertising. Illuminate your shop exterior in order to entice customers to enter your shop. In the chaos of numerous posters and display boards, you can rise above your competition with Light Box advertising. Illuminate your graphics and post your business’s name in big, bold fonts. It’s not only the font size, but the font colour and style also holds great importance. Try to use eye-catching font style and lighten it up to make it prominent.

These days there are a massive range of light box styles available. There are various light box designs, layouts, colours and shapes on the market.  Choosing stylish, sleek outdoor designs, round shapes, boxes with curved frames, lustrous side designs are all up to your taste and the style you’re trying to convey to the public.

Mirror Light Box designs display the graphic/image from a distance, but as you get closer it converts into a mirror. These types of light box advertising can supply your shop with an extraordinary look and feel. Large format light boxes have always been an all-time smash hit.  By displaying striking images and posters in bright shades of colour, light box advertising can supply a new-look to old, dull looking shops.

Nevertheless, banner stands also have an important role to play. Elegant banner stands with a spot-light focused on it similarly looks very attractive. Tasteful banner stands with attractive images can give your business an exceedingly sophisticated look. One can also choose a classy Roll-Up Banner stand to use as a classy window dressing and illuminate the outdoor banner with a halogen light.  Another possible option is to illuminate a pop-up banner outside your business and put a round light-box displaying the business’s name in bright, attractive colours. One should choose the best design according to the space available. Well-lit banners can give prominence to even small-sized shops.

If high electricity bills give you the heebie-jeebies, calm down! LED light boxes save energy cost up to 90 per cent. Light box advertising is a one-time investment that will surely help to increase you business’s profits.

We’ve booked a table for one person and three lucky friends on Sunday the 11th of March to go see the show “Six of the Best” at the Barnyard Theatre- Willowbridge, with 2 pizzas and a bottle of wine included! This show is not to be missed!

The Barnyard Theatre Productions presents a tribute to surpass all tributes, as they celebrate the music of the 6 greatest pop icons of all time.  Imagine a concert featuring Freddie Mercury, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Billy Joel, Pink and Cher all on one stage in one show singing number one hits from the last four decades of pop music.

These artists have dominated the charts to such a degree and made such an impact on the music industry that it is essential to stage a special tribute!

The show features an 11- piece cast who make their way through a repertoire that was made in Rock and Roll Heaven. Just imagine Meat Loaf challenging the vocal ability of Freddie who in turn has to compete with Bon Jovi! Then we have the power and beauty of Pink, and the soulfulness of Billy, and of course let’s not forget the flamboyance and decadence of Cher!”

To enter all you have to do is visit our Facebook Fan Page, ‘Like’ it and then answer the golden question which you will find on our wall and then drop us an email with your answer.

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Good luck!

Terms and conditions:

This prize is not refundable for cash. The ticket dates can’t be changed and the day, date, show and prizes are final. The prize draw will take place on the 29th February 2012 and the winner will be contacted telephonically. The winner must have 1. Added us and liked us on Facebook 2.Answered the question on Facebook and emailed the answer to eben@assignment3.co.za. All participants need to be over 18 years of age. The draw will be done on random and each participant will have an equal chance of winning, the winner is final.

1. QR code integration
Quick Response (QR) codes hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2011 with more and more brands incorporating them into print ads. Building them into signage provides a really effective way of delivering maximum information while preserving the visual integrity of your sign.
Printing QR codes onto anything ranging from store front vinyls to A frame signs – and even onto vehicle wraps and billboards – is a simple process. Once the code’s in place, all the customer has to do to point and click with his smart phone and he’s instantly taken to your website. At Assignment3, we believe that QR codes will be instrumental in bridging the gap between traditional and digital signage. In doing so, they’ll help organisations maximise their return on investment.

2. Taking the outside inside and the inside outside
The world’s turned strange in the last few years and no more so than in the space of interior design and landscape architecture. The former seem set on taking the stuff we’d normally expect to find outside inside (i.e. having fountains and fake grass carpets inside offices), while the outdoor people seem hell bent on shifting indoor stuff into the great outdoors. The reason they’re doing it is because retail psychologists have told them that creating a seamless transition from one space to the other will boost sales.
In the signage game, we’re seeing the trend manifest itself in the use of massive scale digital printing and wallpaper graphics in retail and office space.

3. Saving the environment
COP17 came and went last December, but in its wake it left many of us thinking more deeply about our environmental footprint.
In the last few weeks we’ve had enquiries for LED bulbs in lightbox signs – if you have illuminate your outdoor signs for eight hours a day, 365 days a year, replacing your traditional fluorescent or incandescent lights with LEDs will save serious money in power costs as well as giving you a much greater life expectancy before globes need to be replaced.

4. Revitalising existing signs

Last year was tough. And the world’s economic woes don’t look like they’ll be over any time soon, so it’s no surprise that we’ve had plenty calls from people looking to extend the lifecycle of their existing signage. In South Africa’s harsh climate it’s inevitable that even the best quality signs will deteriorate over time, but by performing regular maintenance on a sign to keep it in tip top condition it is possible to prolong its life significantly. At Assignment3 we offer a signage maintenance programme, so give us a call on 021552 8400, complete the contact form or drop us a mail if you’d like to discuss.

Roller banners consist of three main parts, a base cassette, support pole and a sheet. The cassette houses the sheet which has the display graphic attached to it. When not in use the banner is stored safely inside the cassette, which prevents unwanted damage and ensures that the banner will last for a longer period of time.

All businesses aim to minimize overheads wherever possible and advertising is always a big one. Roller banners are fairly inexpensive when compared to other types of display advertising. So for those businesses with smaller budgets, roller banners provide a budget friendly way to advertise.
Retractable banners are interchangeable or non-interchangeable. With non-interchangeable models the banner is permanently fixed and can’t be changed. Interchangeable stands allow users to change the advert that’s displayed.

Interchangeable roller banners are usually the better option, unless you’re planning to advertise once off. They are more expensive than non-interchangeable versions but save money in the long run, as only the actual banner will be changed and not the entire unit.

Some retractable banners are also double sided. This means that adverts can be placed on both sides of the retractable display allowing more people to see it. For an even more effective utilization of resources different adverts can be placed on each side, to further increase exposure of the product and ultimately the brand. Depending on your needs you may want smaller or larger displays. Retractable banners are customizable in this regard. They are available in various different sizes and designs to suit different business applications and needs.

Many Business Signage companies now stock environmentally friendly options i.e. banners stands with graphics that are printed on, or attached to recyclable sheet materials and fabrics and base cassettes that contain bamboo, which is both durable and sustainable.
So if you’re looking for a way to advertise your business that is both affordable and convenient, look no further than a well-designed and eye-catching roller banner. Complete a contact form, drop us an email or give us a call on 021 552 8400 if you’d like more information on how a Roller Banner from Assignment3 can help promote your business today!

Vehicle branding is the easiest answer to advertising. The amounts of cars on the road on any given day are astronomical which creates immediate exposure. Simply going for dinner on a weekend and parking your car can result in your phone ringing on Monday morning with a business enquiry. When it comes to vehicle branding in Cape Town the opportunity for gaining exposure is massive. You will not need to hire companies and advertising experts in order to promote your brand or product; all you need to do is continue driving your car like you normally do.

In terms of vehicle branding companies, there are few companies out there who are able to produce ideas for you. At Assignment3 we are able to sit down with you and create ideas. We have an in-house team of experienced graphics designers who are able to take your logo and turn it into an eye catching phenomenon.

Not only will you have high exposure that is visible around the clock, but you will also have increased levels of security. It has been proven that vehicles which are customized with strong graphics reduce the risks of car theft and hi-jackings. This is besides the fact that once your car is branded, it is extremely easy to identify it if the vehicle should get stolen.

The size, shape, brand or colour of your car is never a issue, as we can work with any vehicle regardless of what it looks like. We offer customized vehicle branding solutions which cater to your individual industry and unique business goals and objectives. Sitting in the traffic no longer has to be an irritation, because think of it this way, each moment in the traffic is another moment that your business is getting noticed.

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”-Henry Ford

Contact us today for advice or guidance on how vehicle signage can help promote your brand in South Africa’s streets.

How do you create a successful advert? With innovation!

All the great adverts that have ever been made have innovation. The advent of technology has given us the means to take good ideas and turn them into great ideas. This simple formula can be applied to many advertising mediums.

Consider for example, the light box: This is a perfect example of what technology can do to an already well-designed advertisement.

A light box is a very effective advertising medium, particularly for retail and point of sale promotions. A light box consists of a frame, a light source and the desired promotional graphic or design. The panel can be either backlit or edge lit. Edge lighting provides a more even distribution of light across the panel than backlighting.

Light boxes provide an innovative way to promote and breathe new life into any advertisement display. Illuminated boxes are a great way to grab customer’s attention and make a lasting impression.

The panels are made with convenience in mind. Easy to use snap frames mean that graphics can be changed with minimal effort.

Display panel advertising has numerous applications and light boxes can be found in movie theatres (the promotional posters for upcoming movies are backlit), fast food outlets, airports and point- of -sale displays to name a few.

Illuminated panels are made from aluminum, PVC or acrylic. Most signage businesses will offer frames in standard poster sizes (A1, A2, A3) and some will even offer a custom design service if needed.

Light boxes can be illuminated by either fluorescent bulbs or LED lighting strips.

Which one is better?

Which option you choose will depend entirely on your specific needs and the particular application for the panel. Efficiency of light boxes increased drastically with the introduction of LED technology. Some of the advantages of LED lighting include:

Energy consumption will not be affected this way with LEDs as they consume the same amount of energy regardless of size. When using traditional fluorescent lighting, the size of the bulb will affect the amount of energy consumed – bigger bulb = more energy

LEDs have a longer lifetime than fluorescent lighting.  LEDs have an expected lifespan of up to 100,000 hours. Fluorescent lights have a lifespan of around 10,000 hours.  LEDs are also durable and are resistant to shock and temperature fluctuations.

The disadvantage

Initially LED lighting may be more expensive than traditional fluorescent lighting but that’s because of its advantages. This greater initial cost will however pay itself off over time with energy savings.

If you’re looking for a new way to promote your brand, light boxes are a great type of business signage that will allow you to promote your products and services in a creative and eye-catching manner.

Vehicle branding can undoubtedly transform the looks of a vehicle and prove to be a great advertising medium – seeing that it costs much less than billboard advertising and advertises, and since the vehicle keeps moving it advertises to people all around. Be it a truck, a bus, a car or a van – vehicle signage can truly invigorate the personality of any vehicle. From a fairly modest and elegant design to “crazy” impersonations – the possibilities are endless and limited only by your creativity.

If your business owns a fleet of vehicles, you might have given vehicle signage a thought at some point. It is strongly recommended that you put your thoughts to action, since this could bring you a lot of extra business from your local surrounding areas. Vehicle signage has the ability of literally turning your fleet into travelling billboards without costing you an arm or a leg.

Vehicle signage is also popular amongst individuals who want to individualize their vehicles with custom themes, murals, graphics and even pictures to suit their preferences.  Vehicle wraps have become very popular for business promotion, and the main reasons according to industry experts are their effectiveness and affordability. The process of printing and wrapping has become simpler and cheaper.  Vinyl-types and technology have significantly improved, and the striking graphic designs are a distinguishing, attractive way to efficiently advertise and endorse a business.

Vehicle wraps/signs are most commonly printed on long-term adhesive vinyl and finished with either a matt or gloss laminate to extend the life of the signage. Most of the vehicle signage companies have the facilities to cut vinyl graphics to desired shapes and sizes in accordance with the prerequisites of the clients.

Additionally, most signage companies offer wide-ranging vehicle signage services that involve cleaning the vehicle, preparing graphics for installation and finally the application of the signage/graphics to the vehicle. Vehicle signage can genuinely transform your vehicle and make it stand out while delivering your message insistently!

Contact us today for advice or guidance on how vehicle signage can help promote your brand in South Africa’s streets.