Unless you’ve lived in seclusion for the past few years, you most-likely know what Amazon is. As Amazon expands their footprint in the Bay Area, they’ll need more office space and of course new signs. We recently completed a lobby sign project for one of their offices in the South Bay. This particular lobby wall was curved. So we used …
We’ve produced many signs for veterinary hospitals around the Bay Area over the years. We’ve manufactured both illuminated and non-illuminated signs. When Warm Springs approached us for a new monument sign for their new location, we jumped in to action with survey, design, and permit processes. These new monuments always require city permit procurement which Signs Unlimited offers at an …
When you are in the signs and graphics business, you come across variety of complex situations. Case and Point, Teavana in Stanford. The sign was initially installed by another company. But the client wanted to make the sign more visible. So this is where Signs Unlimited came in. We surveyed the sign and ultimately fabricated a custom platform (bracket) for …
A full service sign company means that you can do certain jobs that other companies can’t do. For example, working at an airport has many requirements. Besides the mandatory licensing and contractor’s bonds, you must also work overnight within the allowed hours. Tools must also be fully documented and tracked during the whole job. Signs Unlimited has been doing work …
Some apartment and condominium communities are very large and spread-out. So you’ll need help getting around and finding your way once you get there. That is where property maps come into play and can be very helpful. Accurate representation of the property with intuitively color coded areas is extremely important to help visitors, first responders, and service personal find their …
If you are a brand conscious company, you continuously want to re-enforce that brand. One effective way to accomplish this is through your signs and graphics. The first thing a potential new client or partner would see when they walk into your lobby is your lobby logo sign. Signs Unlimited has designed, fabricated, and installed thousands of lobby and interiors …
A fresh new face attracts more attention. That is why many businesses or properties choose to update and freshen up their signs instead of replacing them. Case and Point, Tradewinds Condos. Here is a clear example of how much better a refurbished sign could look. New graphics, lettering, and paint can do wonders to brighten up an old sign. Please …
So guess what? Another acquisition in the valley. Jupiter became InFocus. And yes we were chosen as the sign company to help them with the logo and sign changes. The scope involved replacing the building sign, monument faces, and several smaller signs around the property. The old monument had a curved surface. So we had to design and fabricate the …
Sign renovation is a continuous process. One of the considerations when renovating or refurbishing a sign is whether or not the original look and feel needs to be maintained. In some cases the property owner or manager may choose the keep the same color schemes and graphics. In other cases they may go a whole new route. Here is an …
Once again a corporate merger/acquisition results in a whole new logo change for a company in the valley. Pericom became Diodes. This project posed some unique technical challenges. The new logo had to be fabricated as individual letters and installed in a flat manner even though the main building fascia was curved with custom brushed aluminum paneling. We spent a …
We’ve talked about companies changing names due to mergers and acquisitions before. But occasionally business parks change names too. Instead of replacing the property’s monument signs completely due to the new name or logo, the owners may choose to simply refurbish or update the existing ones (if feasible). Case and point; Menlo Park Labs. Working with their property management company, …
Signs don’t always have to be fancy and colorful. Many signs are made to be practical or functional. Secondary doors and entrances in commercial and industrial properties need basic identification signs to guide employees, vendors, or service personnel to the right location. Through digital print technologies, we can create functional signs bearing the companies’ logos easily and cost-effectively. Here is …
We have been working with the Sage Veterinary Hospital for a while. After completing the Campbell office signage upgrades, we started on the Redwood City site. This location involved a much larger scope and included multiple LED illuminated building signs, an illuminated monument sign, as well as lobby and entry plaques. The project required full city permit processes and multiple …
Starbucks continues to expand and refresh its stores throughout the Bay Area, and as one of the region’s trusted commercial sign making companies, Signs Unlimited has supported many of these updates over the years. From the Starbucks Almaden, Los Altos Starbucks, and Starbucks in Saratoga, CA, to remodels in San Bruno, San Carlos, and Mountain View, we routinely partner with …
Larger companies and franchises around country typically use a national firm to manage their local branch needs such as signs and graphics. But many times local offices or branches go directly to local sign companies to get their signage due to the faster turn arounds and less bureaucracy. Additionally when a sign is located inside of a mall, there are …
As we know most structures, properties, and yes even signs need to be refreshed once in a while. This includes parking signs. Beside normal wear a tear, contents of parking or property signs may change. Perhaps new parking hours or new logos and color schemes. Here is a job we recently completed for The Pruneyard. Complete replacement of their existing …
Here we go again with another corporate name change. As you know, mergers and acquisitions are very common in the Bay Area and particularly in Silicon Valley. And of course they require name changes hence new signs and graphics. This is where Signs Unlimited comes in. Omron/STI was one of the recent exterior building signs we completed. This scope of …
As we’ve mentioned before, we like working with property management companies. Part of the reason is the predictability of and familiarity with the signage they need. We’ve produced thousands of signs ranging from detailed property maps, monuments, pool rules, to simple ‘No Parking’ signs. Some properties have very high-end signage needs that require customs work. Signs Unlimited can easily tackle …
There are many different solutions for dedicating a building, a park, or a conference room for that matter to a person. We can produce many types of dimensional lettering and high-end plaques to achieve any such special occasion. Case and point; Raytheon’s dedication of an internal museum. Sign Unlimited as the chosen partner was involved with design, fabrication, and installation …
Doing any type of construction work inside of a major mall requires several steps and documentation. So it is not for all contractors. We work with many national chains that have stores at various malls around the Bay Area. Besides being properly licensed and bonded as a contractor, you must also have substantial insurance coverage to be allowed in to …
One of the advantages of working with the same sign company for a long time is that all the special requirements, processes, colors, and material are well-known and documented. There is no need to start over by new trial and error methods to match existing signs or graphics. But we’ve also taken over projects and produced the clients’ desired signs …
We really like working with property management companies. We get the opportunity to work with many of their tenant companies and create unique signs based on their corporate logos and style guides. Recently we completed a project that involved several new company logos for the property’s campus monuments. A wide range of designs and colors. The signs had to meet …
Sage Veterinary has been renovating and expanding their footprint in the Bay Area. They approached us several months ago for a whole new design for their signage. This of course included monument and building signs. We got to work and created several design options, one of which they finally approved. The initial phase of the project was recently completed. This …
Although interest rates have been stable for a while, they occasionally get updated by different financial institutions for various loan types. Since promotions by definition are temporary, the advertising graphics needed for such promotions need be easily replaceable for the sake of efficiency if nothing else. We use different types of perforated media (perfs) for producing digital print graphics for …
Summer is generally a good time to update or replace old signs and graphics. In many cases wholesale replacement of the signs is not necessary. Sometimes a paint job and some new lettering (or graphics) will take care of it. Here is a case where the client wanted new custom cut monument panels to replace the old ones. We produced …
