Aluminium

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It is safe to say that is the standard for the industry today, it is a versatile and pliant metal that when combined with heavy-duty plastics, create a great signage composite.

As well as the flexibility of the material, are a great substrate to place onto, as you can see here in the picture.

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Business School Polished Acrylic Signs

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Acrylic Sign 6

Although this kind of acrylic sign is usually reserved for smaller pieces, prestige signs for the outside of an office, they can be scaled up for something like this.

These large polished acrylic signs are clearly for the University of Wolverhampton Business School. The lettering is achieved by using , attached permanently to the polished acrylic.

Impressive and elegant, they are unusual and eyecatching.

This style of sign belongs to the bespoke signs,cut out letters,polished acrylic signs,profile signs categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Meridian Leisure Centre Modular Sign

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Modular Sign 31

This sign is one with many different kinds of input: it is more than anything a modular sign because of the main components that go into its menufacture.

With a graceful curved top this sign has elements of the nature of our industry.

The design is created using .

This style of sign belongs to the bespoke signs,modular signs,wide format printing categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Fleet Vehicle Livery

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Vehicle Livery 65

It’s not often we get to take a picture like this showing several cars getting done at once. This courtesy fleet is for Thompson and Smith, and had three vehicle livery jobs on at once.

The vinyl is a perfect graphite colour for the lime green cars, and although large enough to show the message isn’t too large to drown the vehicle.

This style of sign belongs to the vehicle livery category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Bespoke Lockable Cabinet

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Bespoke Sign 53

Not all signs can be glamorous or shiny, many signs are straightforward and functional and here is one bespoke sign that fits that last bill. It’s a lockable cabinet which contains valuable information to those who use the Meridian Leisure Centre.

The backing for the lockable cabinet is achieved using with a on top (for the swish pattern among other things).

The blank areas are for the customer to put their own pictures and titles into.

It is usable and easy to clean, functional and not obtrusive, perfect for the job.

This style of sign belongs to the aluminium signs,bespoke signs,wide format printing categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

A Safety Sign at Work

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Safety Sign 42

Many of the symbols we see today on safety signs are ones we’ve grown up with, or know from our own work premises (such as this one here). They are ubiquitous in today’s society, but without safety signs there might be a lot more people injured or killed.

They’re not all the same of course, and come in a bewildering array of sizes, styles, types, colours and so on. This one is made from a non-rigid material which then has all of the added for the writing and design.

A great thing about this material is that it can be fixed almost anywhere, and the safety sign needs to do just that, go almost anywhere (we go).

This style of sign belongs to the safety signs,vinyl signs categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Vertical Banner Sign

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Banner Sign 7

Banners are not just pieces of canvas that are hung across a street for a party, or to advertise something the local charity organisation is doing. They come in a wide variety of forms, methods of manufacture, and materials.

This banner sign you can see here is clearly a pop-up banner, held in position by a lightweight high-strength aluminium frame. They could theoretically go much larger than this, but then the effect of the banner might be lost.

This type of banner is used for advertising and promotional purposes.

The pattern is achieved through wide format printing directly onto the banner material.

This style of sign belongs to the banners,wide format printing categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Compact and Concise Wayfinding Sign

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Wayfinding Sign 44

Like many kinds of signs, wayfinding signs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are plain and simple with just one or two directions, others like this one are complex and compact, holding a lot of information.

The aim of course is to make it clear to someone who is lost, how to find where they are going. That’s not always easy, but with directories like this, with clearly defined floors, it makes it a little easier.

You can also see that in this case, text is enhanced with symbols.

This sign is created using and .

This style of sign belongs to the aluminium signs,vinyl signs,wayfinding signs categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Islip Manor Children’s Centre Banner

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Banner 6

Banners are generally viewed as temporary signs, there for a week or two, perhaps to advertise an upcoming event, or for seasonal events. But with today’s materials that isn’t always true, and banner material can last for a very long time.

This banner has been tied securely to iron railings and the design is printed directly onto the material itself using . With the ink technology today the banner can be expected to last a long time.

This style of sign belongs to the banners category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.