Inspiration

Roland DG customers are some of the most imaginative and creative people we've ever met. To support your creativity and need for inspiration,we have created a selection of blog entries to help you get inspired and excited about creating your next vehicle wrap, sign, custom graphic or prototype. The following content ranges from fun articles and infographics to customer interviews and print news.

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print and begin to build.

How Small Business Entrepreneurs Can Become a Magnet for Luck

13 March 2015 Ben Fellowes Inspiration , Featured famous business quotes , good luck in business , make luck in business , small business tips

Don’t wait for good things to happen- go out there and make luck work for you! The old adage that success can be achieved by simply outworking the other guy definitely has validity to it. However, it’s widely accepted that “luck” also plays a major role in any business success. As super entrepreneur and multi-billionaire Richard Branson confessed in a recent online interview:

Celebrating the Year of the Goat with 10 Facts About Goats You Never Knew

23 February 2015 Ben Fellowes Inspiration , Featured goat facts , goat information , goat trivia , year of the goat 2015

February 19th marked the beginning of the year of the goat in the Chinese calendar. To join in the New Year celebrations, we’re presenting 10 super-interesting facts about goats. Use these facts to impress your friends and to avoid looking sheepish during the New Year festivities!

monoFab™ Interview Series – Part I: Two tools in concert with purpose and form

11 November 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Milling & 3D Printing , Inspiration arm-10 , monofab , srm-20

Interview with product designer Hiroshi Yasutomi

$2-Million-A-Year with a Roland DG SOLJET.

27 October 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Inkjet Printers & Printers/Cutters , Inspiration pro 4 , soljet , xr-640

What do you get when you cross a Roland DG SOLJET with a businessman passionate about printing wall decals? A $2-million-a-year business on the rise. That’s the story of WallMonkeys CEO Jason Weisenthal, who transformed his home basement into a lean, mean, decal-printing machine in just under five years.

2014 Roland DG Creative Awards: We’re Sending 3 Lucky Users to imagiNATION!

22 August 2014 Amber Costa Tradeshows & Events , Inspiration

Our 2014 Roland DG Creative Awards contest kicked off last week and we asked our users to submit photos of their best work produced on a Roland DG device. One weekly winner will be selected for a total of 3 weeks, based on creativity, innovation and execution. Each winner will receive a trip to Roland DG imagiNATION, our first inkjet user conference, including event admission, airfare and 4 nights at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. To enter the contest or view more detailed information, click here or visit the Roland DGA corporate Facebook page.

Workspace Matters

11 July 2014 Rick Scrimger Inspiration , Featured

We’ve recently expanded our offices, built out a full demo room, and revamped many of our workspaces here at Roland DGA. Our local magazine, OC Metro picked it up and featured us in a article.

VersaUV Technology Earns an A+ from Top Packaging Schools

17 December 2013 Roland DGA Public Relations Inkjet Printers & Printers/Cutters , Inspiration package design , packaging , prototyping , versauv

In a retail environment flooded with competing advertising messages, how does one package cut through the clutter?

Congratulations, Iconography And Maxwell Dickson, Named “Application Of The Year” Award Winners By Readers Of Digital Output!

26 August 2013 Roland DGA Public Relations Inspiration accordian , clock , iconography , maxwell dickson , wrap

In this post, we’d like to highlight the most recent award-winning Roland DG businesses, Iconography and Maxwell Dickson, who took first and second place titles respectively in the 2013 Digital Output Magazine “Application of the Year” awards!

Did You Know Our Founder is a Rock Star?

18 June 2013 Romie Aromin Inspiration 808 , awards , brian wilson , grammy award , hollywood , ikutaro , kakehashi , midi , music , rock , smokey robinson , stevie wonder

It’s true. Roland DG technology has deep roots in the music industry. In fact, our founder, Ikutaro Kakehashi, is a brilliant inventor that changed the face of music forever by developing MIDI technology. And last year, he was honored, along with his colleagues, with a Technical GRAMMY® Award.

And the Oscar Goes to...

15 February 2013 Laurie Weller Marketing Expertise , Inspiration inkjet , large format , movies , printer , printing

Yes, it’s Oscar season, and though the Academy has missed the boat on this one, we have NOT! Roland DG customers are out there on YouTube and we are here to applaud the effort. In our first ever Academy Awards of sorts, we’d like to showcase the Roland DG community as you have never seen it – with the cameras rolling.