An Easel without Legs: The Footprintless® Easel

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Easel without Legs – That is exactly right. Our company offers the Footprintless Easel. It corrects the main flaws of traditional easels. It… Occupies no floor space Never has to be stored in a closet Never gets misplaced You can’t trip on it It expands and contracts as needed Let’s take these points a “step” farther … The Footprintless Easel is suspended by cables, and mounted to a wall. Without the legs of a traditional standing easel, there is no … Read more >

AIA 2012 – National Convention and Design Exposition

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Calling all architects and designers! Will you be attending the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Show? We will! And we’d love to see you there. Be sure to stop by our booth to say hello and learn how AS Hanging Systems can provide solutions to your next design project. Here’s where you’ll find us: AIA 2012 Booth # 1149 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC Expo Hours May 17, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 18, 10:00 am – … Read more >

Contempo® System Brings Classy Design Solutions to Front Office Makeover

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We love receiving stories of your successful hanging projects using AS Hanging Systems’ architectural hardware. Here is one we’ve recently received from Architects West, Inc. This week we installed the AS Hanging Systems Contempo® Series in the front entry of our corporate office. The transformation of the space has been remarkable!! For the last 4 years we have had a piece of art hung in celebration of our 35th anniversary. It was outdated, with employees who no longer worked for … Read more >

Track Selection to Properly Fit Your Project

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When you realize that a hanging system track is likely to survive the life of the building in which it is installed, track selection is worthy of a little extra consideration. A review of various attributes can ensure versatile functionality for years to come, and ultimate satisfaction. Let’s review the four main factors related to hanging system track selection. The four primary factors to consider: 1. Discreet 2. Strength 3. Convenience 4. Versatility The primary attribute that affects the relative … Read more >

Lisa Goulet Design Features AS Hanging Systems!

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We’re excited to share a recent article presented by Lisa Goulet Design, featuring AS Hanging Systems, titled, “Hanging Artwork in Lofts and Commercial Spaces: Hang In There With Confidence and Flair” . Thanks! We appreciate it!

Using Frame Stabilizers to Create a Professional Wall Display

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We would like to introduce you to one of our specialty fittings – Frame Stabilizer. Stabilizers correct two common challenging situations: Where the top of a frame hangs away from the wall Where a frame teeter-totters on a lower corner of the frame.   A Frame Stabilizer becomes a useful tool when the top of a frame hangs away from the wall, and the bottom of the frame tilts inward towards the wall. This is caused by the way in … Read more >

Basic System Elements

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Understanding our basic system elements and their most advantageous applications can play an important part in your design solution. By knowing your options, and how they behave, you will be able to create the hanging system that can also become a design feature, allowing you to best show off your brag wall, art display, or creative showcase display. There are three basic elements to consider. In this entry we will explore each element in more detail. These include: 1) the … Read more >

Introducing Merit

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When we first introduced our new blog, we shared with you that each of us here at AS Hanging Systems, our Customer Service, Sales, Administration, and Executive Teams will all be taking turns to bring you customer’s stories, how-to articles, updates in the industry, tips we’ve learned along the way, and informative features on specific hardware applications. While all of our staff contributes to the content development of our Hang with the Best™ Blog, we will be writing and presenting … Read more >

Difficult Walls, Part 3: Protecting Specialty Finishes

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If you’ve been following our series, Difficult Walls, welcome back to the third, and final, entry, “Difficult Walls, Part 3: Protecting Specialty Finishes”, of this three-part series. Here, we are focusing on walls with an out-of-the-ordinary finish, i.e. expensive wood paneling, designer wallpaper, or perhaps custom, or faux, painted walls. Damage by nail holes, or other hanging devices, to these types of surfaces may result in impossible, or extremely costly, repairs. Here, we show how others have used our products … Read more >

Inexpensive Youth Art Displays

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This entry is the result of a question that came to us via our Customer Service Call Center. A prospective customer asked about using Casso™ Display Rail with mated or mounted prints. How thick of a board will Casso Rail support? The answer is that Casso Rail is compatible with materials up to 2mm thick, a little more than 1/16 inch. This is a great idea that we want to share with you. Our Casso art display rail is wonderful … Read more >