Herschel Pop-Up Stores at The Bay

August 22, 2022July 30, 2020 by mgadmin

Custom Retail Signage at The Bay

Herschel store is back once again with its summer pop-up stores located within The Hudson’s Bay across Canada. This time the 5 stores included were Vancouver, Montreal, Sherway, Queens, and Yorkdale. Each location had a constant theme with identical graphics.

The project started with reviewing the pop-up stores’ rendering and the required graphics. While majority of the graphics were standard retail signage, there was one exception – custom fabricated cubes. A first for Multigraphics, these cubes were produced from 4mm thick Palboards that were printed on a flat sheet, cut to custom shape (designed by our R&D team), and then assembled together to form a cube.

The final count for all the graphics were as follow.

10x Freestanding Upright Signs, each supplied with a black metal base
51x Custom Printed Boxes
22x Poster Prints
128x Double Sided Graphics
216x Shelf Inserts
54x Floor Decals

Behind the Scenes

The project required design testing and color matching to ensure the colors are consistent across different media for all graphics at each location. We made sure each sign was identical and on brand.

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Capital Park Expansion in Victoria, BC | Phase 3 of 3

August 22, 2022June 24, 2020 by mgadmin

Environmental Graphics in Victoria, BC (Phase 3 of 3)

One of our largest environmental graphics projects has finally concluded after two years. The project which started in late 2018 was completed in three phases, each covering different floors with their own unique design and theme. You can see more details and pictures of the previous two phases using the links below:

Phase 1
Phase 2

Similar to the previous phases, this installation also included Wall Murals, Wayfinding Signs, Window Covering, and Cut Lettering. The creative design and layout flow through the various sections of the office space beautifully. Check out the finished results in the picture gallery below.

Our Work

Wall Murals

Printed Window Graphics & Privacy Film

Wayfinding Signs & Custom Graphics

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Interior & Exterior Wayfinding Signs at Meadowridge School

August 22, 2022May 14, 2020 by mgadmin

Interior & Exterior Wayfinding Sings at Meadowridge School

The private school in Maple Ridge recently expanded its campus with an addition of a new classroom complex named, Audacity. The new building includes two science labs, seven classrooms, a student lounge, and a student loft for grade 9 to 12 students.

With the addition of a new location on campus, the entire school’s wayfinding system needed while an update. To help achieve that, Multigraphics was asked to print, fabricate, and install of all their interior and exterior signage. The massive undertaking resulted in some of the most unique and chic wayfinding signage we have ever produced that we are proud to showcase in our project feature of the month.

Our Work

Interior Wayfinding Signs

Room IDs – 3/4″ Russian Birch Pegboard, engraved with school crest and cut vinyl
Messenger Panel – 3/4″ Russian Birch Pegboard, with dry-erase board
Large room names – 1″ thick painted acrylic letters mounted onto wall
Custom-built donor wall
Floor decals
Wall decals
Indoor banners, hung from ceiling
Pull-up banners

Exterior Wayfinding Signs

Dimensional letters of their school name – 1″ tall acrylic letters
School map – 4×6 cedar posts with aluminum post toppers
Directional fins – 4×4 cedar posts, engraved with 6mm aluminum blades
Building IDs – 6ft tall painted aluminum signs with 1/4″ acrylic dimensional letters
Room IDs = 5 x 1/4″ aluminum panels wrapped with 3M wood grain Dinoc vinyl + brailed room numbers
Flag pole banners
Outdoor wall banners
Pillar Wraps

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Environmental Graphics in Victoria, BC | Phase 2 of 3

August 22, 2022April 15, 2020 by mgadmin

Environmental Graphics in Victoria, BC (Phase 2 of 3)

One of our largest projects for environmental graphics continues in Victoria, BC as we install the graphics for phase 2. Unlike the previous, this project spanned over three floors and took a full week to install. Graphics consisted of wall murals, wayfinding signs, window covering, cut lettering and custom wood signs.

See completed pictures of the other two phases by clicking the links below:

Phase 1
Phase 3

Our Work

3M Vinyl + Sintra + MDF + Wood Veneer Graphics

Printed, finished, and installed various multi-layered graphics
- Element 1 – Digitally printed 3M Vinyl with Matte Lamination
- Element 2 – 1/4″ Grey Sintra
- Element 3 – White Oak Rift wood veneer
- Element 4 – 3/4″ MDFs panels
- Element 5 – White cut lettering
The whole job was divided into multiple items which were then installed together onsite to achieve the finished results you see below. Printed vinyl was mounted onto the grey sintra, while the wood veneer was applied to the MDF panels. On site, the sintra pieces were mounted onto the MDF panels along with cut lettering to finish each sign.

Wall Murals

Over 1600+ square feet of printed wall graphics on 3M Vinyl with Matte Lamination
Installation was spread over 19 locations throughout the office space

Printed Window Graphics & Privacy Film

Over 200 square feet of printed graphics on 3M Clear Vinyl with a clear laminate
Over 2400 square feet of printed 3M Dusted Crystal privacy film
All installed over various location on three different floors.

Wayfinding Signs & Kiss Cut Letters

Wayfinding signs at 24 different locations
Three water station signs
Three first aid room signs
Over 200 room name/identifiers

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Carbon60 Office Wall Mural and Decals

August 22, 2022March 25, 2020 by mgadmin

Carbon60 Office Wall Mural and Decals

Carbon60 helps businesses to maximize the performance and security of their core application infrastructure on private and public clouds. Established in 1999 in Toronto as an infrastructure and security consulting company then evolved into a managed hosting service provider a few years later with a footprint in Toronto and Kelowna.

They recently joined forces with GT.net in Vancouver and as a result, required some environmental graphics to brand their office. The graphics consisted of wall murals and decals only. However, due to their location and obstacles on the wall, alignment and overlapping were one of the major challenges.

Our Work

Two wall murals at approximately 20ft x 11ft each
10 wall decals covering a two walls at approximately 30ft x 11ft
One cutout logo
One stand alone decal of a cube

The biggest challenge throughout the job was to align the individual decals such that they cover two walls precisely, while overlapping each other perfectly. We are very proud of the results and the carefully planned process by our sales, design, and installation team.

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Custom Floor Graphics at BC Children’s Hospital

August 22, 2022February 13, 2020 by mgadmin

Slip-resistant Floor Graphics at BC Children's Hospital

This beautiful project was a collaboration between Live 5210 and BC Children’s Hospital to bring about a creative way of encouraging kids to adapt healthy lifestyle. Through the use of playful graphics such as animal foot prints, hopscotches, and islands, the project seeks to make the hospital environment fun, while also serving as a tool to teach. Although, it is not unusual to see floor graphics at Hospitals (usually in the form of wayfinding), the opportunity to use them as a teaching tool was definitely the right fit in this context.

In the past, schools, community centers, and libraries have all used floor graphics to educate children. However, this was a first for Multigraphics where the blank canvas of the Hospital’s windows and floor were used as a medium to create a learning experience. Needless to say, we are very proud and excited to show the result of this wonderful initiative and how beautifully it all came together.

What is Live 5-2-1-0?

Live 5-2-1-0 provides four simple guidelines to help kids make healthy choices every day.

Image credit: https://www.live5210.ca/about-live-5-2-1-0/

How was Live 5-2-1-0 incorporated into the floor graphics at BC Children’s Hospital?

Floor decals are an easy addition to a passive environment to add vibrant color and help promote a healthy lifestyle by encouraging children to hop, skip & jump as they travel down the hallway. They were used in conjunction with a scavenger hunt to promote children to follow the path and interact with the various graphic elements.

The graphics were placed in a part of the hospital which sees many families throughout the day. It is meant to capture attention, generate excitement and inform children and their parents of the benefits of following a Live 5-2-1-0 lifestyle. Graphics were also added to the staircase railings to create excitement and act as a path leading up to the 2^nd floor where the floor graphics were installed. Spirit Bear graphics were applied to the glass railing allowing viewability from both sides.

For more details on the project, visit https://www.live5210.ca/bcch/.

Our Work

The project started with a couple of test prints to finalize the material, color, and finishing.
Both 3M Clear Adhesive Vinyl and Anti-Slip Floor Laminate were chosen for the full job.
The prints consisted of:
- A 54 feet long by 8 feet wide river graphic
- A 12′ x 4′ Hopscotch
- A 8′ x 4′ Frog Jump and an Island
- 95 bear claws
- 105 duck feet
- 165 frog feet
- 50 Moose hooves
- Various fruits and shapes
Each graphic was printed, laminated, and cut to shape individually which were then installed on site piece by piece.
The project also required covering a small section of windows with clear vinyl graphics and a glass handrail with spirit bears.

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Kelp Forest Graphics at Vancouver International Airport

August 22, 2022January 16, 2020 by mgadmin

Kelp Forest Window Graphics at the Vancouver International Airport

After successfully creating a unique and innovative underwater experience for its Wild Pacific Exhibit, Vancouver Aquarium teamed up with Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to create an experiential art exhibit using the same process. The purpose of the collaboration was to demonstrate that respecting the ocean is everyone’s responsibility. As a community-based, not-for-profit organization, YVR donates more than $1 million annually to its partners who contribute to the community. This was one of the ways YVR showed its support to Vancouver Aquarium. The installation was also an effort to delight passengers with unique and exciting visual experience as they walk between the Domestic Terminal and Skytrain station.

Kelp Forest graphics at Vancouver Aquarium

The unique experience of feeling like you are under water comes from the creative design and printing process. Solid elements such as text, icons, and kelp forest are all printed in three layers, while the water (gaps between the plantation) is printed with one layer of ink. When light passes through (whether natural or artificial), it gets blocked through the three layered areas while passing through the single layer. This lights the whole image up, while allowing you to see through the windows to create an illusion of walking under water.

If you wish to experience it in person, then head out to YVR and see it for yourself. It is located on the crossway between the Domestic Terminal Building and Vancouver Airport Skytrain Station.

Our Work

As with all large-scale projects, it all started with a pre-production meeting to go over the process, site measurements, timeline, and testing.
The first step was to conduct a thorough site-check to ensure we have accurate window measurements as it will be used to create the artwork.
Once we had the artwork, we ran a few internal tests at various ink densities to ensure product quality matches the previous job we did at Vancouver Aquarium, all in all, while ensuring the additional elements of text and icons remain vivid.
After the tests were approved, we produced the prints in three phases (22 windows in each phase). This was to ensure the best efficiency as we could print and install side-by-side to reduce the turnaround time.
The whole project spanned over 3 weeks with over 1600+ sqft of windows covered. The completed project can be seen below.

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Dichroic Film Christmas Tree at John Fluevog

August 22, 2022December 10, 2019 by mgadmin

One-of-a-kind Dichroic Film Christmas Tree at John Fluevog

It’s that magical time of year again when streets are lined with decorations, people are joyous, and the smell of Christmas is in the air. People are rushing to get gifts for their loved ones, while retailers are focusing on creating an enchanting experience for them in return.

Each year, retail stores push themselves to create the most eye-catching displays for their holiday season, with creative decorations utilizing lights, colors, props, and signage. This year was no exception, with many stores outdoing themselves. However, one brand went above and beyond, and created something truly unique.

Nestled in a quaint area of Water Street in downtown Vancouver, John Fluevog’s flagship store has an undeniably spectacular holiday display this year. If you visit, you will find a giant 25-foot-tall Christmas tree made up of dozens of Acrylic panels, covered with 3M™ Dichroic Film all assembled on a metal frame. This head-turning reflective design is the brainchild of John Fluevog’s creative marketing team, and it is certainly a sight to behold. It has already created a huge buzz around the city, with many flocking to the store to get a chance to capture that perfect holiday Instagram post.

You can see some of the finished work below, but we recommend making a trip to the store yourself, so you can see the most magical Christmas tree in town this year.

Our Work – Creating the 25 Foot Tall Dichroic Christmas tree

Conducted multiple tests to ensure the Dichroic film, cut acrylic pieces, and drill holes all align with the client’s vision.
Produced 202 cut-to-shape acrylic pieces.
- Each covered with 3M™ Dichroic Film that gives it the dynamic effect of color shifting when viewed from different angles.
- Half the pieces were covered in Blaze (Gold-Blue) Dichroic Film, while the other half was covered with Chill (Copper-Bronze) Dichroic Film.
Each piece was carefully cut to shape with drilled holes for assembly.
Throughout production, pre-mask was applied as a precaution to prevent scratches, dust, and hand prints on the finished pieces.
All individual pieces were then supplied to John Fluevog who then assembled them together to complete the project.
The whole project spanned over 2 months.

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Informational Graphics at Flyover Canada

August 22, 2022August 9, 2019 by mgadmin

Informational Wayfinding Graphics at Flyover Canada

As one of the most popular attractions in Vancouver, Flyover Canada has been seeing a steady rise in its visitor numbers. To meet the rising demand, Flyover Canada has been continuing to expand and update its current infrastructure – providing more information and features of the beautiful country it so gorgeously displays. In fact, Flyover Canada has been such a sensation among tourists that they have announced a second location that would be going up in Toronto in 2022.

But until then, the focus remains on the expansion of its current location where Multigraphics was once again ecstatic to help bring the creative vision of Flyover Canada’s team to life. The most recent addition includes:

Informational Wall Mural and Podiums

A 10ft x 8 ft wall mural
20 pins permanently installed in the form of standoffs with strings attached to them
4 informational podiums, custom fabricated from maple wood
4 printed acrylic graphics applied to the top section of the podiums
Digitally printed and cut letters applied to the front of the podiums

New Backlit Panels for the Exterior Pillar Sign

Fabricated and installed two backlit blade signs made out of 6mm alupanel, edge wrapped with printed vinyl

And more…

An exiting/deboarding wall consisting of cut vinyl letters
Three wayfinding signs for washrooms and entrance
Two elevator hallway wayfinding signs showing the timecards of the upcoming shows
A single bagdrop blade sign
“Oh Canada” dimensional lettering with an authentic Maple Wood face and returns painted red
The Flying Whale Cafe Graphics
- Two cafe menus made out of 6mm alupanel, wrapped in printed graphics. Each menu has two 3M Di-Noc Birch Wood wrapped caps that were pre-installed onto the menu boards
- Printed and cut letters, installed directly on the wall

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Totem Prints for University of British Columbia

August 22, 2022July 25, 2019 by mgadmin

Beautiful Totem Prints for the University of British Columbia

The Commons Block of the Totem Park Student Residence at UBC serves six residential houses, with food services and other student amenities. Recently, it went through a major revamp of its Commons Block area with an upgrade to its environmental graphics in the lounge. This upgrade includes 5 pillar graphics and a custom printed wall section.

Taking advantage of the dynamic column height and long view perspective, the interior and exhibition design by PUBLIC Architecture + Communication (publicdesign.ca) incorporates Musqueam history, culture, language, and teachings. Colors are derived from the Musqueam traditional color palette and woven into graphics, wall, floor and furnishings. Large-scale, direct print on wood illustrations by artists Diamond Point and Suzanne Guerin draw visitors and residents around the columns motivation an exploration of stories written by the Musqueam community.

While a simple feat on paper, the steps involved in completing this project were anything but. From designing to testing, and installing – each step required careful planning and precise measurement to put all the pieces together. Here’s how the whole job panned out:

The first stage was to verify and create a PDF proof showcasing the print design, sizes, and layout.
Next, we had to match the dimension of the final print with the physical pieces to ensure the dimensions provided are accurate.
Since we only had one chance to get the print right, we did some pre-testing (by printing on paper) to ensure the print aligns properly.

During the printing stage, each panel was matched to its adjacent panels to ensure the image overflow lined up properly.
Along with 20 printed wooden slabs, we also produced 21 acrylic prints that were backed with black-painted MDFs.
Once all the printing was done, we did a test to confirm that the acrylic prints fit within the wooden slabs (as the acrylic needed to add up to same thickness).

The last step was to install the graphics. Wooden slabs were put up first, followed by acrylic panels and dimensional elements. In the end, the whole job consisted of:

22 precut and polished 1/8″ Acrylic
22 painted 0.5″ MDF panels
Various 3D Letters and Numbers on 1/2″ Acrylic wrapped in Gold Vinyl
15 prefabricated wood panels (each at 10′ length)

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Custom Retail Signage at The Bay

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Environmental Graphics in Victoria, BC (Phase 3 of 3)

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Wall Murals

Printed Window Graphics & Privacy Film

Wayfinding Signs & Custom Graphics

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Interior & Exterior Wayfinding Sings at Meadowridge School

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Interior Wayfinding Signs

Exterior Wayfinding Signs

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Environmental Graphics in Victoria, BC (Phase 2 of 3)

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3M Vinyl + Sintra + MDF + Wood Veneer Graphics

Wall Murals

Printed Window Graphics & Privacy Film

Wayfinding Signs & Kiss Cut Letters

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Carbon60 Office Wall Mural and Decals

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Slip-resistant Floor Graphics at BC Children's Hospital

What is Live 5-2-1-0?

How was Live 5-2-1-0 incorporated into the floor graphics at BC Children’s Hospital?

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Kelp Forest Window Graphics at the Vancouver International Airport

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One-of-a-kind Dichroic Film Christmas Tree at John Fluevog

Our Work – Creating the 25 Foot Tall Dichroic Christmas tree

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Informational Wayfinding Graphics at Flyover Canada

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Beautiful Totem Prints for the University of British Columbia

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