MYA: Small Tables That Make a Big Statement

Part of Consort Display Groups Abstracta line of furniture is the Mya. Mya is a collection of "personal" sized drink tables designed for arm's reach convenience. Mya tables are perfect for serving anywhere or for accenting smaller spaces. Mya models come in varying heights from 19" to 28" to perfectly suit your taste. Choose from indoor-outdoor finishes of black or silver powder coat.

All Mya tables offer 5.75" square interchangeable tops including familiar and exotic hardwoods, tile, acrylic and a unique cigar ash urn. Mya can be accessorized with a number of tops from traditional tile to exotic wood species. With additional tops you can coordinate with the decor of any room. Of course you don't have to simply accessorize for the home. Tile and acrylic tops are well suited for outdoor use as is the durable powder-coated finish available on any table. All table tops fit the I-Series, J-Series, and the L-Series Mya Tables. The Mya tops measure 5-3/4" square.

The Mya Cigar Table offers a new level of style for the discerning cigar enthusiast. Praised by "Cigar Aficionado", Mya is perfect for the den or patio and is designed for tapping within an arm's reach. The ash tray top can be replaced with any of our other interchangeable tops when the cigar is extinguished and a table is desired.

Residential Application of the Dori Pole Pennant System

Many homeowners have been using Dori Poles in a wide variety of ways. Thats right, Dori Poles aren't only the perfect addition to an event, festival, or business; they are also a great for residential use. 

The pennant system is being used to define a sense of space and place for the homeowner. Gardeners truly enjoy using the Dori Poles to draw attention to their gardens. The pennants blow and flail in the wind, and keep unwanted birds away from gardens better than even the most realistic of scarecrows.

Show support for your favorite local sports teams by flying their team colors in your front-yard.   If the 19'-22' poles are too tall for your yard, don't worry, we've got you covered. Our Dori Pole Jr. is a two piece 12' fiberglass pole with a Dori Pole Jr. rotating yoke and 8' colorful pennant. This smaller scale is perfect as an eye-catcher for home parties, the beach, or to make your favorite teams colors fly in the wind! 

Dori Poles are a fantastic way to decorate for celebrations or birthday parties. With so many colors and pole lengths to choose from, Consort Display Group offers Dori Poles that would enhance any special occasion at www.consort.com.  So get yours for that next big celebration today!

Abstracta Furniture Featured in New Fall 2010 Design Quest Catalogue

Design Quest, one of America's leading Scandinavian furniture stores, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is featuring Abstracta furniture in their current catalogue. The title of our page is “Danish-American Innovation” and features some of our favorite Abstracta pieces. 

  

Our unique  little “Mya®” personal-sized beverage tables are designed for arm’s reach convenience and are easily moved around as needed. The multifunctional design is also useful as pedestals for sculptures, vases or plants, speaker stands, bedside tables, or outdoor patio tables. The wood, tile and acrylic tops are interchangeable to fit the décor and location.

Abstracta's Nesting Tables are shown and described as a way to “add a striking expression to your home with this modern version of a classic Danish design”. The nested tables give you plenty of surface space and provide attractive storage when all not in use. 

The Design Quest catalogue also features Abstracta's Bunch Tables. “These beautifully functional cubes are expressions of the simplest of forms. The minimalistic, sturdy construction is appropriate in any setting. Bunch Cubes are elegant as stand-alone singles, or group several in your own configuration for a eye-catching 'bunch'.” 

Please check out Design Quest's fall catalogue to see Abstracta in print! Or, visit Consort's Abstracta Furniture Page to view the full line of Abstracta furniture. 

Dori Poles and the Marina: The Perfect Combination

Dori Poles can attract attention to any business. The high flying fifteen foot pennants, on our non-tangling, swiveling “Yoke” bracket would catch the eye of even the most inattentive potential customer.   Not only does the Dori Pole grab people's attention, it is a great, green, eco-friendly bird deterrent. It is for these two reasons that Marina's love to use the Dori Pole pennant display system; they are the perfect match.

MarineMax Marina, located in Wilmington, NC, has heavily implemented the use of Dori Poles within their company. They have found the pennant display system to be extremely versatile, using it for several different applications.

The marina docks host several red, white and blue pennants flying up to twenty-two feet in the air. The bright, eye-catching colors attract plenty of attention, and serve as a great welcome back to marina members. Pesky birds are deterred by the flailing pennants, keeping the dock, and boats, clean and sanitary. 

While on outings and cruises, MarineMax uses a Dori Pole on the lead boat as they cruise down the river, making it easy for all following boats to distinguish where they are headed. They also mark their stops at various islands and beaches with Dori Poles, not only to serve as markers for stop points, but to create a sense of festivity and fun as well. Outing participants truly enjoy seeing the pennants flying in the air, and are able to see that MarineMax has a special eye for detail, and a commitment to making their time off-shore as enjoyable as possible. 

What You Need to Know About Wall-Mounting Exterior Vertical Banners

Increasingly, our outdoor street light banner bracket sales folks receive questions regarding wall mounting vertical banners on exterior walls. Because there is much to know before you install this type of banner, KBW/Consort does have dependable and creative solutions to accomplish this.

The challenges in selecting the proper mounting methods include several factors such as the width and length of the banners, how high off the ground the mounting will be, what construction the wall surface material is and what surrounding environmental conditions exist that would either increase or reduce potential wind load on the banner.

What most new-comers to the wall-mounted banner world don't realize is that wind force is a formidable and relentless force with which to be reckoned and typically the higher off the ground the more intense the wind force. The wind seems to want to remove what man puts up. And, the constant breezes and resulting vibrations on banners tend to slowly eat away at the wall at the edges of the Main Casting with banner installations that are not properly planned and executed. For this reason, we almost always recommend the use of an intermediate steel or aluminum mounting plate between the Main Casting of the Banner Bracket and the wall. This plate spreads the wind force vibrations onto a much wider surface area. And, subsequently will keep the banner bracket's Main Casting from wearing away at the wall surface material. Even if the wall is concrete a plate is recommended to disperse the force and to provide extra fastening points. With our plates, we provide four (4) mounting holes as shown on the photo. Note that our plates are provided with two threaded studs welded onto the front to secure the Main Casting. Also, custom powdercoat colors and ornamental shapes are available.

With weaker wall materials, we will often suggest that through-bolts be used, if possible, where the bolts would go all the way through the wall to a second plate or large washers on the interior of the wall. As for whether to use lag bolts, anchor bolts, screws or through-bolts - if you have questions about which to use - we suggest you contact a local architect, engineer or contractor to assist with those decisions. That person can inspect the site if necessary and determine what sort of fastening is appropriate for the construction and materials involved. In some cases the location of an intended exterior wall banner may be significantly protected from excessive wind force due to neighboring buildings or trees or, the opposite effect is possible, where certain conditions will intensify wind force in a sort of wind tunnel effect. A professional can assist with that determination. They will need to know the size and height of the banner to determine wind load.

This particular blog is meant as a primer for this topic and may raise more questions than it answers. But, they are very important questions and we encourage all of this be taken very seriously. For more complete information, please see these links: our BannerFlex Banner Bracket Wall-Mount website and our Wind Force Calculator as well as the KBW BannerFlex Banner Bracket options including the new more flexible Airow bracket.

Questions? Email or call us today!  info@consort.com and 800.525.6424, ext 0
Roger Lepley