We know we need them; but nobody wants to do them – take responsibility for them – or really have the added expense of paying for them.

How often have you done a perfect print job, perfectly colour matched and laminated, trimmed, packaged and shipped in record time just to discover upon install that you’re a few inches short or forgot to account for the mullions?  We’ve all been there, and now that small extra charge for a site inspection is nothing compared to a reprint and possibly removal and re-install charge.

AIPmedia can help you with this – we will of course measure the space and give you an accurate template to format your graphics, but we can also advise best material to use, indicate any visual obstructions and also check for any obstacles that could hinder install.

Also, we guarantee the site check, if it off, then we are responsible for the added costs of reprint and re-install. We also offer a tiered site check package – from simple measurements for rush jobs to accurate 1:10 scale PDF’s for your art department can use – all with excellent photo reference.

We view spaces from a unique installation perspective and will advise you on the best possible substrates and warn of any pitfalls. We can also audit entire locations and provide a binder of all graphic surfaces to help your sales team explore selling possibilities.

Site inspections are the 1^st step of a successful graphic installation. They are valuable long after the 1^st graphic install is completed, in most cases used for years for additional campaigns.

Call AIPmedia to expertly measure and evaluate any site – interior or exterior – before commencing with a major graphics campaign.

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When we build relationships with clients, suppliers and employees, they are personal relationships. They are based on a guarantee that we will be honest, follow the rules and be respectful. A business relationship is similar to a personal one; it grows, changes or sometimes fails, but a business relationship should always be treated with the same respect as you would treat a personal one.

In 1993 when I first started my business, one of my 1^st jobs was for a company called Tactics Advertising, and they didn’t pay me. Although I sued them and won, collecting the settlement was impossible as they had declared bankruptcy. Afterwards I visited their office and discovered all the same owners, employees, equipment etc.; they had simply bankrupted one company, changed name and started up again under a new name; quite the “Tactic”.

When this type of thing happens in business, or when someone does something equally immoral, of course we take it personally – it simply means we care; if we didn’t care we couldn’t do our jobs well. Infusing your work with your personality makes it better and makes you excel at you career. If you didn’t care then neither would your clients or your suppliers.

How many times have we heard sales people say “it’s all about the relationship”? That’s what business is really about, the personal relationships – the trust clients and suppliers place in us should not be abused under the banner of “It’s just business”.

The truth is it is all personal. If it wasn’t it wouldn’t be anything at all.

– Tony Iacobelli – AIPmedia INC.

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AIPmedia was proud to be the company to install all the graphics elements at Sick Kids Hospital, from various self-adhesive graphics to exterior signs and a huge 24’ x 80’ banner in the main atrium.

This is truly an amazing campaign, from a strong valuable message, amazing art direction and flawless delivery on all media fronts.

The fight metaphor at core is not meant to claim that every kid should be a fighter, but rather that at SickKids they’re fighting for every kid.

“It’s not a way that we’re used to seeing charities speak to their audience and yet it is so fundamentally true and authentic,” Lori Davidson, vice president of branding strategy and communications for SickKids, “We need it to be a new message, a new voice, in order to jolt the people that are sitting on the sidelines, and bring them in to fight with us.”

Let’s not stand by the sidelines, let’s help these kids win the fight!
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On October 1st 2016 – The City of Toronto and the Urban Arts Centre unveiled 3 murals at the Falstaff Community Centre.

The murals were the culmination by UrbanArts, a non-profit Community Arts Council focused on enhancing neighborhoods by engaging youth in community development through the arts. UrbanArts initiates arts activities that bring people together in central-west Toronto and city wide. Their mission is to enhance neighborhoods by engaging youth in community development through the arts.

AIPmedia was honored to be invited by 3M Canada to train the youth, print and supervise the installation of this great project. These young artists learned how it install vinyl and successfully applied over 1900 sq.ft. of 3M ij480 by the Oct 1st deadline, working tirelessly and long hours.

Some of these youth were between 15 – 18 years old and worked as hard as installers twice their age! It was fantastic to see what young creative minds could do to these brick wall canvases. We are so busy in the graphics industry we sometimes forget how it is driven by creative people, and their unique way of looking at the world.

This was a great project by great community organizers.

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