Armani, a luxury Italian fashion house, has approached Colorzenith Milan, a wide-format printing house, to produce giant dimensional billboards promoting its latest fashion and accessories collection in Milan.
Colorzenith has produced two oversized eagle buckles for advertising on billboards using its Massivit 3D large format printer. The eagles are exact replicas of Armani accessories found on belts in its latest collection. These 3D printed elements bring the garments in the ads to life, highlighting this elegant feature and dramatically increasing the billboards’ effectiveness.
3D printed Amrani eagle
The first billboard features an eagle, 2.1 x 1.2 meters, finished with metallic silver paint, beveled plexiglass and glitter inserts. It was 3D printed in 29 hours. The 3D belt buckle, 1.8 x 1.3 meters, for the second billboard, was finished in chrome silver metallic paint and matt silver. It took 15 hours to print. “Top brands continue to adopt large format 3D printing in their new launches due to the unquestionable impact of dimensional signage and displays. Armani has the vision to develop new, crowd-stopping campaigns that leverage new technologies and concepts. The ability to implement precise branding, elegance and design combined with the impact of unexpected 3D features has generated a growing trend among brands to adopt large-format 3D printing into their OOH and in-store campaigns,” said Erez Zimerman, chief executive officer of Massivit 3D.
In 2024, we are looking at full recovery and growth-led investment in Indian printing
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India is a large and tough terrain and while its book publishing and commercial printing industry have recovered and are increasingly embracing digital print, the Indian newspaper industry continues to recover its credibility and circulation. The signage industry is also recovering and new technologies and audiences such as digital 3D additive printing, digital textiles, and industrial printing are coming onto our pages. Diversification is a fact of life for our readers and like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
India is one of the fastest growing economies in nominal and real terms – in a region poised for the highest change in year to year expenditure in printing equipment and consumables. Our 2024 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock – to emphasize your visibility and relevance to your customers and turn potential markets into conversations.
