New Vision signage hits the bright lights for Freeman Grattan Holdings
New Vision Signs & Graphics has installed illuminated signage – among the largest it has produced – at the 786,000 sq ft sq ft warehousing facility of multi-channel retail group Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH).
Lettering for the sign at the FGH gatehouse is 5m high and spans 6m between two vertical pillars. Tony Stead, business development manager of New Vision said: “The project was challenging due to the scale of the signage and its position on the gatehouse structure.
“The letters are fabricated in steel and house low energy LED light modules, creating a subtle ‘halo’ illumination at night. The sign is very imposing and forms an impressive welcome to FGH’s Listerhills site – both day and night. “LED technology is prevalent in a growing number of industries and the signage sector is no exception. Our clients are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of low energy consumption LEDs, coupled with reduced maintenance costs due to their long life and reliability.”
Ground-breaking project benefits acute elderly care patients in Bradford
New Vision Signs & Graphics has worked in partnership on a ground-breaking £450,000-plus healthcare project, the largest of its kind in England, at Bradford Royal Infirmary.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has redeveloped Wards 23 and 29 at BRI to improve the hospital environment for acute elderly care patients suffering from dementia.
The project brief was to look at the how design and artwork could influence patient behaviour and improve the environment for both patients and staff.
This has been achieved by providing special memory boxes by each patient’s bed, into which they place a personal object they can easily recognise and remember, along with a descriptive caption accompanying each object. It helps patients find their way back to their beds, also doubling up as an aid to nostalgia by helping them recall and reminisce about their past.
In addition, oversized Kodak-style slide frames, backlit with LED lighting and interchangeable images provided by The Yorkshire Film Archive, based at York University. They include bygone scenes of Bradford and Yorkshire folk, such as families at the seaside, to foster happy memories.
These are supplemented with wall-mounted Yorkshire image boards, also interchangeable and purpose-designed to enhance local recognition and awareness. The images came from entrants in a Yorkshire-themed photographic competition run by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
New Vision produce graphics for first major UK exhibition
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park recently presented the first major UK exhibition of sculpture by Joan Miró, one of Europe’s most important 20th century artists.
The exhibition describes the extraordinary wealth of Miró’s sculpture, much of which was made in the second half of his life. With key works set in the landscape, the exhibition fulfils the artist’s desire that “sculpture must stand in the open air, in the middle of nature”.
New Vision produced and installed digitally printed and vinyl graphics to support the exhibition working closely with YSP’s curators and designers under some extreme pressure and to very tight deadlines.
"Please thank John and Jonny for going above and beyond in setting up the exhibition with us – it’s already been described as a huge success, especially the Project Space which relies heavily on the text and image panels around the walls and which I know were not easy to install – so thank you!"
Helen Pheby PhD
Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
