The Wounded Warrior Project's vision is "to create the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded warriors in this nation's history." What started out as a non-profit organization sending out care packages to wounded U.S. soldiers has grown into a comprehensive rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they recover and transition back to civilian life.

We recently made a parade banner for the New York Chapter of International Front Runners, an LGBT walking/running club. Here's a group photo at one of their most recent runs. Banners are a great way to create a focus for your group, as you can see.

These appliqued banners were made for Barnes & Noble's Manhattan flagship store. You will notice that the top of the banner is angled to match the angle the pole. This differentiates the banner from a flag. A custom flag installed on the pole in this photo would be rectangular in shape (no angle on top) because flags are expected to wave in the breeze; whereas a banner is expected to move somewhat, but remain open and readable. This is why most flag designs are very simple -- a logo or seal of some kind, a simple bold message.

These indoor banners were part of an overall marketing campaign. These seven separate banners combined to form a single message. In related images below there's a second view and an image of an outdoor banner that promoted the event.

These signs were produced in order to showcase a new event. Some signs produced on posterboard and placed in wayfinding displays. Others were produced as laminated prints and mounted to walls. Others were mounted to foamcore.

These series of vertical banners were made for Advent Church. These are nice examples of advertising banners in that they announce the location of the church, and they make a great use of color. The contrast here is excellent. These are also examples of kind of banner install called 'top-bottom' poles. Banners installed in this way don't move in the breeze, so they tend to last longer. These sorts of banners tend to be narrow.

In order to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new building project in Manhattan, Fordham University installed a huge banner proclaiming the new project on one of their existing buildings. Please see the additional image below to see the banner from a distance, to get a sense of scale.

Fordham University hosted a groundbreaking event for its new campus in Manhattan. To decorate the wooden barricade that surrounded the site Ace Banner manufactured vinyl construction banners. The images alternated between inspirational quotations, the Fordham logo, and artists' renderings of the future site.

These banners are a great example of how banners can turn barriers into something inviting and exciting -- something that really engages the surrounding community.