Project Solutions
Detroit Institute of Arts Painted with Silk Exhibition
The Grigg Production Team worked for the talented exhibition designers and curators at the Detroit Institute of Arts on graphics for the "Painted with Silk" exhibition.
Grigg’s assignment included the fabrication and installation for major signs and wall text, gallery panels, object and rail labels, interactives, and response stations. We used a variety of substrates and materials including 3M ControlTak with matte laminate, flexible magnetic stock, mat board, acrylic with second-surface UV printing, customized wooden frames, clothes pins, steel composite material and rigid/expanded PVC board.
The DIA tasked Grigg to create frames for a "touchable" interactive. Visitors can feel and examine various types of embroidery stitches. We created custom frames with routed channels and a detachable side wall. The mounted fabric samples easily side in and out for maintenance. A dark stain on the wood molding matches framed pieces in the gallery.
Before producing the wall graphics, Grigg provided color swatches on substrate samples to coordinate with the custom-mixed wall colors specified by the DIA. Starting with the color values of the wall color, we printed multiple swatches on each type of substrate used in the exhibit. These were taken to the museum and compared to paint sample in gallery lighting. Adjustments were made and colors rechecked. The outcome was a custom suite of color specifications for each substrate used in the exhibit.
Three installers and our project manager worked in the exhibition galleries to install the graphics.
Grigg has more than 40 years of experience working for museums, galleries, and corporate collections on exhibition graphics and publications of all kinds. As the materials, tools and trends evolve, we update our solutions to meet client needs.
Grigg Puts the Pieces Together
Did you know the Grigg shop knows Photoshop? We get some interesting and exciting requests. Recently we were asked by the University of Michigan to take two images, work them together and add a front to a car that was cropped out.
We were able to retouch the images and put it all together into a mural that was produced on a vinyl film at a size of 15 feet by 4 feet and installed. Here are the original images and how it all came together including a photo of the finished, installed mural.
Grigg’s talented in-house team is ready to collaborate, create, and share your vision from concept to completion. Whether you have a traditional project or something “off the wall,” contact us today!
Emergency Department Nurses' Week T-shirts
Ascension Providence Foundation
Emergency Department Nurses' Week T-shirts
Our client had received a generous donation to support Emergency Department Nurses' Week and decided to order a nicely branded item for 100 frontline ED associates. They wanted a soft style t-shirt in navy with the donor’s logo as well as their own on the sleeve, and a custom
design on the front that would resonate as a nice gift to the recipient of the shirt.
Belle Isle Conservancy Aquarium Treasure Chest
Arrrr, when Belle Isle Conservancy was looking for a creative new way to take donations in the aquarium, we were on board! From concept to completion, this was a fun project. We worked with a company in Detroit that helped with fabrication and our friends at Belle Isle Conservancy were a true treasure to work with. The chest has a place for kids to put money in while it also allows for digital donations.
Detroit Institute of Arts
Grigg provides fabrication, installation and project management for graphics and signage initiatives. These include permanent collection and changing exhibitions at museums; exterior and interior signage systems for new and existing buildings; timelines and donor recognition systems. We understand the entire process, so can manage from concept through design and execution.
Website Management
The Grigg web development team can plan and build a web site from scratch. We can also take on the support, overhaul and operation of existing sites. Grigg can update, add functionality and features, and stabilize sites that may, well, have not realized their full potential in the original site-building process!
Grigg can also provide Search Engine Optimization, Google AdWords and content management, social media marketing, and ongoing support for clients who manage the day-to-day content management on their sites.
Here are just a few sites we have helped support:
Trinity Health Senior Living Communities Collateral Update
When Trinity Health Senior Living Communities updated their branding we were right there with them to help update their marketing collateral. We continue to design and produce pocket folders, step sheets, brochures, rack cards and other items keeping with their new graphic standards.
JFS Friends of the Family Campaign 2017
We partnered with Jewish Family Service to help manage the printing and mailing of this folded, personalized appeal card including remit envelope and outside 6” x 9” envelope. We then accompanied this by designing a philanthropy package including a folded card, note sheet and envelope for their board.
