Transforming Public Spaces with Immersive Installations

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In today’s digital age, static signs and basic screens simply aren’t enough to capture attention and deliver meaningful engagement. That’s where Solutions by Design, a Fresno‑based technology firm, shines…combining creativity, cutting‑edge hardware, and intuitive interactivity to transform how people experience information and environments.

Solutions by Design specializes in interactive display solutions that go far beyond traditional digital signage. These systems are thoughtfully engineered with the end user in mind, creating experiences that educate, entertain, guide, and inform across a wide range of industries.

At the heart of many Solutions by Design installations are custom interactive touch walls and kiosks. These come in a variety of configurations, from wall‑mounted touch displays to freestanding floor kiosks. Whether telling rich historical stories or presenting athlete profiles, these displays invite users to tap, swipe, explore, and learn.

Interactive displays are more than flashy tech…they create meaningful engagement, invite exploration, and provide memorable experiences. Whether it’s guiding visitors through a city hall, engaging patients in a clinic, or celebrating local heroes in a hall of fame, Solutions by Design’s interactive solutions deliver impact at every touchpoint.

Our systems are designed to be engaging and intuitive, helping businesses communicate more effectively with their audiences and making wait times feel shorter and more enjoyable. That blend of utility and entertainment exemplifies how interactive displays can serve both educational and practical needs.

For organizations looking to elevate communication and engagement, interactive displays are no longer optional…they’re essential. And Solutions by Design is leading the way in creating dynamic, user‑centered digital environments that captivate and inform.

 

Space Planning for Business Success

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When setting up a new business environment, whether it’s an office, retail space, or industrial facility, proper space planning and space design are essential components of success. These elements don’t just impact the aesthetics of a space but also influence productivity, employee well-being, customer experience, and overall operational efficiency.

In customer-facing businesses, the design and layout of a space play a crucial role in shaping first impressions. A well-thought-out space can project professionalism, competence, and trust. A welcoming, well-organized space can set a positive tone and evoke specific emotions or guide customer behavior in ways that encourage engagement.

The needs of a business are not static. They evolve with growth, technological advancements, and changes in the market. Proper space planning allows for flexibility and adaptability. Designing a space that can be easily reconfigured or expanded ensures that the business can accommodate future changes without costly renovations or disruptions.

Sustainable design is not only good for the environment but also for business efficiency. Efficient space planning can reduce energy consumption by optimizing the use of natural light, heating, and cooling systems. Using sustainable materials and energy-efficient fixtures can also lower operating costs in the long run. Moreover, a well-organized and clutter-free environment reduces the likelihood of excess inventory or wasted resources.

Space planning and design are critical factors that impact every aspect of a business, from daily operations to long-term growth. By investing time and thought into creating an efficient, adaptable, and welcoming space, businesses can create positive customer experiences and support sustainable growth. Whether launching a startup or expanding an established business, prioritizing space design is essential for success.

Solutions by Design is the total solution from concept to installation. We integrate interactive design and multimedia content with the physical environment to produce immersive experiences that engage, entertain, and create impact. We bring a three-dimensional approach to every project from business, financial and operations planning to interpretive planning, exhibition design, and media production.

Our experience in space planning and space design coupled with decades of experience in construction management with a unique proven artistic sensibility allow us to offer our clients meaningful solutions that maximize both client value and audience experience.

We transition empty or dated spaces into exciting environments harnessing our design, content and construction skills and services. A single point of contact…a single point of responsibility.

 

 

 

Montage Interactive Display: Montage Overview

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Technology is inundated into everything we do on a daily basis and has consumed multiple points of interactions in our daily life.

Touch screens are part of this component of technology and has become a staple in our daily lives. With a durable surface, touch screen devices are more protected than other technological devices, because of their everyday use. The resilient and easy to use nature of touch screens make them suitable for users of all ages and skill levels, point being, touch screen technology is here to stay.

Montage Interactive is the ultimate client engagement, entertainment, product and service education available for your practice. It provides an enhanced clinical case presentation for your patients and becomes a social media powerhouse with your clients.

Ranging from various industries, Montage Interactive is available for veterinarians, orthodontists, sports, museums and so much more. Take a look at all the displays available in Montage. Let your imagination run wild and think how any of them may apply to your business. Visit our new stand-alone website for Montage.

3 Benefits of Touch Screen Technology

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Technology is always evolving, changing and creating new trends across different industries and business markets. At Solutions by Design, we have first hand seen this evolvement. Since its inception in 1985, Solutions by Design began with offering advertising, marketing, and graphic design services. As technology and times have changed, Solutions by Design has positioned itself with technological services that are state of the art, while providing excellent marketing services to our clients.

As a technology company, one of our areas of expertise is the use of touch screen technology in museums, veterinarian hospitals, orthodontic practices, sports hall of fame spaces and other industries. Within the last few years, Montage has generated thousands of touches, provided education to various patients and has enhanced case presentations to various doctors in the veterinary and orthodontic space. Montage now is trending over 2.2 Million trivia interactions per year.

Touch screens are part of this component of technology and have become a staple in technology. From professional to personal use to wearable technology to even how we drive. With a durable surface, touch screen devices are more protected than other technological devices because of their everyday use. The resilient and easy to use nature of touch screens make them suitable for users of all ages and skill levels, point being, touch screen technology isn’t going anywhere. Here are three benefits to touch screen technology.

1. Engaging and Interactive - Touch screen technology is interactive by nature and can bridge the gap between your customers or patients and the information you are trying to get to them. Touch screen technology brings natural ease because more often than not, they are easy and simple to navigate. It is also direct in engagement because it is intuitive, instinctive and users can pick up on it quickly.

By using touch screens, you put the experience of your customer or patient, as a top priority. A defined set of menus is easy to navigate through when all the user has to do is touch the desired option. The user-friendly nature of the touch screen also helps save time, giving the user (customer/ patients) what they want in one place, information, education, resources, and entertainment.

2. Time-Saving - The navigational ease allows for customers/users to save time weather it is looking for information or going through an on-boarding process. A touch-screen interface can empower customers to look up information. Touch screen technology also can save doctors and staff time on tasks as well. Our veterinarians and orthodontists have used touch screen technology in Montage, as a way to enhance their clinical case presentations with their patients.

3. Accessibility to Every Customer - The opportunity to reach every customer and their needs are as important and integral to your customer service. Touch screens have the potential to inform, educate and entertain individuals at their level, in accommodating users with physical issues that might make a traditional mouse and keyboard setup difficult to use.

Touch screens can be customized  customized and organized with content and information in a clear, simple way so anyone can operate them. People who have difficulty speaking or standing in lines can take advantage of touch-screen technology to access information easily and at their own pace. Touch screen technology is easy to use for any skill level and anyone of any age. The user experience and interfaces of touch screens are easy to use that anyone with little or no experience using computers can utilize them.

Learn more about how touch screen technology can help you in achieving your goals.

 

 

See How Waterhouse Animal Hospital uses Montage

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Waterhouse Animal Hospital is an 8 doctor animal hospital that believes in treating every patient as if they were our own pet, and giving them the same loving attention and care. Serving Fresno and Clovis California, Waterhouse uses Montage to deliver a unique patient experience, using technology and attentive care to each pet and pet owner.

Waterhouse Animal Hospital uses Montage to educate patients using the digital brochures that pet owners can directly share to their phone. The Chocolate Toxicity Meter, also helps educate on the danger of chocolate consumption in dogs. The DICOM widget is a popular tool that displays any DICOM file captured from your radiography equipment. Many systems on the market including TigerView and Neo have built-in utilities to distribute any captured Xray to a defined location.

Montage Interactive is the ultimate client engagement, entertainment, product and service education available for your practice. It provides an enhanced clinical case presentation for your patients and becomes a social media powerhouse with your clients.

With over 2.2 Million interactions per year on trivia alone, Montage has enhanced veterinary practices throughout the U.S. Montage features over 35 veterinary specific widgets designed for your practice, reception area and exam room. These specific widgets range from the chocolate toxicity meter to the toxins widget, which allows your clients to dig in and learn more about the toxicity of plants, household items, food items, etc. Each display page is also supported by text and email features, so any and all information can be sent home in a touch.

Montage: Toxins Widget for Veterinary Practices

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Have you learned about our Toxins Widget yet? The Toxins Widget for veterinary practices is similar in style to the Dog and Cat Breeds widget, which will allow your clients to dig in and learn more about the toxicity of plants, household items, food items, etc. Each display page is also supported by a text and email features, so any and all information can be sent home in a touch.

Montage Interactive is the ultimate client engagement, entertainment, product and service education available for your practice. It provides an enhanced clinical case presentation for your patients and becomes a social media powerhouse with your clients.

See how Shuler Veterinary Clinic uses Montage to give an interactive experience with each vet visit. Solutions by Design has been working on widgets that are impactful and allow veterinary offices and doctors to streamline their work.

We are continually adding new content to Montage for our Veterinary Clinics, If you would like to see more contact our office to schedule a demonstration at (800) 888-4084.

Montage: Free Digital Educational Brochures for Your Practice

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Solutions by Design has been working on widgets that allow veterinary offices and doctors to streamline their work. Offering the best educational experience for your vet visitor is crucial in getting them to understand how to care for their pet. One of Veterinarian's favorite features on Montage is the free digital education brochures that patients can email or text directly to themselves.

Each brochure has the ability to be shared. Each display page is also supported by text and email features, so any and all information can be sent home in a touch. Each brochure is written by veterinarians, breaking down crucial information for your pet.

Client Engagement, Entertainment, Product and Service Education, Clinical Case Presentation, and a Social Media Powerhouse...and more. Montage continues to grow to become a multi-purpose system. Montage Interactive Displays have changed the way veterinary practices operate by combining client engagement, patient education, clinical case presentations, entertainment, and social media.

Over 35 Veterinary specific widgets designed for your practice reception area and exam room.  

Learn more about Montage: https://www.montageinteractivedisplays.com/

4 Reasons Why Touch Screen Technology is Important

Technology is inundated into everything we do daily. From our phones to how we gather and receive information, to how we order our meals to how we access entertainment, technology has consumed multiple points of interactions in our daily life.

Touch screens are part of this component of technology and have become a staple in technology. From professional to personal use to wearable technology to even how we drive. With a durable surface, touch screen devices are more protected than other technological devices, because of their everyday use. The resilient and easy to use nature of touch screens make them suitable for users of all ages and skill levels, point being, touch screen technology is here to stay.

1. Easy User Experience:

The main benefit of touch screens is the overall simplicity of using them. It is one of the many reasons why we are all still loving our devices, personally. We interact with multiple things on a daily by the simple act of touch, your business/practice should be no exception. By using touch screens, you put the experience of your customer or patient, as a top priority. A defined set of menus is easy to navigate through when all the user has to do is touch the desired option. The user-friendly nature of the touch screen also helps save time, giving the user (customer/ patients) what they want in one place, information, education, resources, and entertainment.

2. Accessibility to All

The opportunity to reach a wide range of customers is important to any business or practice, of any size. With a wide reach of potential customers, your services should be tailored to meet anyone. Touch screens have the potential to be comfortable for any user to be informed, educated and entertained. Impaired individuals can use touch-screen technology, especially if using a mouse or keyboard is difficult. Touch screens can be customized and organized with content and information in a clear, simple way so anyone can operate them. People who have difficulty speaking or standing in lines can take advantage of touch-screen technology to access information easily and at their own pace. Touch screen technology is easy to use for any skill level and anyone of any age. The user experience and interfaces of touch screens are easy to use that anyone with little or no experience using computers can utilize them.

3. Efficiency to Your Business

Running an efficient business is one key to success. Several businesses use touch-screen technology to accelerate their speed of service, allowing customers to find information or serve themselves at touch-screen boards. From simple services, such as purchasing movie tickets, paying bills or accessing account information quickly, touch screen boards (kiosks) are beneficial for both customers and business owners. As a result, businesses can offer shorter lines, fast services, and excellent customer service.

4. Trustworthy and a Clean Look

To stand above your competitors, your business/practice has to be a place where customers can trust and be comfortable. Touch screen devices are smooth, flat screens, which bring your place of business to feel more modern, professional and clean. With accessible information, you are perceived as trustworthy, which is invaluable for any business. The wireless nature of the touch screen also eliminates the mess of tangled power cords behind the desk.

Technology is inundated into everything we do and how we interact. Touch screens are part of this component of technology and have become a staple in technology. To learn more or to request more information on how touch screen boards can change your practice, contact us today.

Photo Booth Fun with Montage

Everyone loves a fun photo!

The Montage Photo Booth Widget captures hundreds of patient images all upon the patient approval. You can place them anywhere in your office. The Montage board seamlessly integrates from the Montage board to a website. This can greatly enhance website optimization and grow your social media following. It creates user-generated content and an interactive experience for your patients. 

Patients can also send these photos to themselves and post on their social media platforms. These fun images were captured by the Montage Photo Booth at Waterhouse Animal Hospital.  For more information on Montage or our other products, call our office at (800) 888-4084.

Still smiling after two shots and finding out he has a double ear infection😄 #ourhappyboy #bento

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We love this! Don't forget to use the photo booth in our office and share your photos with us of you and your furry family member. 🐾

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Montage Interactive: New Features

We now feature 123 dog breeds in our dog selector.  You can replace the traditional posted that most practices have hanging on the wall with the Montage Interactive Dog Breed Widget. Each of the 123 have been divided into small, medium and large categories to make access easy.  Each contains data on care, grooming, AKC statistics, and a list of “Problems and Diseases” that that breed would be susceptible to. 

The Dog and Cat Breed Selector now includes a list of Problem and Disease for each breed. Each listed problem or disease is linked to a pop-up that explains the Problem, the Diagnosis and the probable Treatment. Each includes a generic body map and 2 images specific to the problem or disease. Each can be customized and edited to your practice preference.

Montage Update: 2.2 - Solutions By Design

We are thrilled to announce that Montage 2.2 is complete and installed in most of our users sites. We have added a ton of functional features but most of the energy was focused upon rebuilding 2.2 on our new platform. This allows 2.2 users the same flexibility and control of 3.2. Enhanced design throughout and added email and text distribution throughout make Montage 2.2 a must.

More On Montage

What is Montage Pro?

Solutions by Design has created a powerful interactive digital bulletin board that is flexible for any business. We’ve taken the sleek look of modern technology and paired it with our specialization in software and programming to create the ultimate digital communications solution. Equipped with a touch screen, custom widgets, photo booth, whiteboard, and more, our Montage board delivers relevant information and technology to your internal audience at your location.

What are widgets?

Our Montage software interface is comprised of Widgets; an application that enables a user to perform a function, similar to an app on a smartphone. Each widget is designed by Solutions by Design for specific vertical markets, our most popular being orthodontics, veterinary, and home building markets. Though we specialize in these fields, we do have several other business markets we work with and can customize widgets for any area of business. 

Take a look at some of the widgets available to our Montage users by visiting the Montage page of our website. Click here to view that page now.

Exam Room Features Of Montage

Our veterinary clients utilize the Montage wall mount hardware for their exam rooms. This interface is more streamlined for case presentation; fundamentally the same functionality as the reception area version, however, the look and layout is different. The exam room version includes our amazing interactive whiteboard, featuring clinical illustrations and a 3D animation library. With some management software applications, you can actually import patient radiographs, diagram and email each as desired.

OTHER FEATURES OF MONTAGE FOR THE EXAM ROOM

• Digital Brochure Dispenser: our treatment and informational sheets about pets can be printed and/or emailed. Each is branded with your business logo and contact information.

• 3D Animation Series: demonstrates how injuries occur and how treatment is provided.

• Educational Video Library: provides multimedia information on various topics ranging from ACL Surgery to Preparing for your New Puppy.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PROVIDED 

Interactive Touch Hardware is available as a wall mount, free-standing kiosk, and jumbo smartphone.  Questions about how Montage can benefit your office or regarding hardware? Call us at 800-888-4084 and let us recommend the optimum configuration and size for your needs.