16 email: editor@signlink.co.uk Issue 263 - February | March 2026 printmonthly PrintMonthlyMagazine printmonthly_signlink Sign Trade Supplies has recently donated materials and given technical advice to a London-based artist looking to tackle the problem of litter in her local park. Corin Ashleigh Brown created the art mosaic with the hope of changing attitudes towards litter and bring the community together for a public project. With a small grant from WeLoveSE25, a local community group, as well as support from Sign Trade Supplies, Brown was able to create the mosaic sign and install it with the help of Croydon Council’s parks team. The sign is placed at South Norwood Recreation Grounds where Brown and a local volunteer group, Norwood Junkaction, got frustrated by the sight of rubbish strewn across the park. Brown created the mosaic free of charge and donated around ten days of her time to the assembly after consulting with local residents and gaining a grant for materials and installation from WeLoveSE25. Sign Trade Supplies helped Brown find the best mounting solution for the mosaic and supplied black aluminium sign channels to ensure the piece of art could be safely and securely installed. Brown hopes her belief – “if you can carry it here, you can carry it home”– will resonate with visitors and that the mosaic will make an impact at the park entrance. A recent creative out-of-home (OOH) campaign in London, complete with simulated flames, wowed passersby as part of the anniversary of an iconic classic rock album. Launched on December 12th, 2025, to coincide with the global release of the 50th-anniversary edition of Pink Floyd’s album, ‘Wish You Were Here’, the OOH campaign saw DIABOLICAL team up with media agency, the7Stars, to deliver a striking takeover at London’s Westminster Bridge. The album’s iconic artwork, consistent of two men shaking hands while one is on fire, was reimagined across a 96-sheet billboard display, complete with flames designed to look uncannily real at night. The men in the image were added as ‘cutout’ features that exceed the boundaries of the main billboard, creating a three-dimensional effect. As DIABOLICAL described it: “The album’s iconic artwork by Pink Floyd was brought to life in flames: two businessmen locked in a handshake, one engulfed in fire, cutting through the darkness of the night.” Describing the display in more detail, DIABOLICAL adds: “With an execution so uncannily realistic, passersby couldn’t help but stop for a double take – the build looking less like a billboard and more like a real fire burning against the city streets.” Two further 48-sheet posters flanking the main 96-sheet display notified passersby that the band’s 50th anniversary collection was now available to buy. A similar high-profile billboard was also installed in Los Angeles to mark the global launch of the 50th-anniversary edition. For the original album artwork image, taken in 1975 at Warner Brothers Studios in California, stuntman Danny Rogers actually set himself on fire while shaking hands with fellow stuntman, Ronnie Rondell. The original artwork image was created for real by setting a stuntman alight Sign Trade Supplies supports local recycling project Aura Brand Solutions has detailed its work creating a prototype train livery for Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM’s) upcoming ‘Bee Network’ rail service. The Bee Network is a planned integration of local rail lines into Greater Manchester's existing bus and tram network, a process that will begin in December 2026. The rail integration, headed by TfGM and Northern Trains, will be introduced in three phases, aiming to bring 64 stations into the network by January 2028. A first look at the new Bee Network rail service was unveiled in December 2025 at Manchester Piccadilly station with an eye-catching yellow train wrap designed and installed by Aura Brand Solutions. The design of the yellow-branded Northern Class 323 train included the slogan “say yellow”, alongside further lettering hinting that the Bee Network was "coming soon." Pink Floyd billboard wows passersby with “realistic flames” Aura Brand Solutions “says yellow” with Bee Network train livery Corin Ashleigh Brown with her wildlife themed mosaic By David Osgar APPLICATIONS | NEWS By Jonathan Pert The eye-catching train livery was unveiled at an event in December
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