As national name brands expand and open new locations, they’ll need locally licensed sign companies to help them with their signage. This partnership includes providing site surveys, permitting, fabrication, and installation services. Here is a recent project we completed for Sprint. The scope included surveys, permit work with the city, installation, and final inspection. Please see some completion photos below. …
Building signs typically come in two or three major elements. The company name, tag line, and the logo piece. Some logos are more challenging to fabricate than others. This is mainly because the logo designers sometime do not consider creating a three-dimensional object from what they draw on the screen. So this require some fine contour cut elements. Here is …
Lobby signs have always been one of our favorite projects to work on. So many logos and so many ways to produce them. What’s more is that you don’t have to worry about weather since these are interior signs. Here is a recent example of a lobby sign we fabricated and installed for a company in the peninsula. These dimensional …
Some signs require a bit more background work than others. When designing and fabricating a sign, we need to make sure that the platform it goes on can withstand the weight and also the wind load in appropriate conditions. So for that reason, we go through a structural engineering process. Here is an example of a sign project we recently …
Hope Services is one of our long term valued clients. We have produced signage for many of their locations around the bay area. We recently completed a project in Seaside that involved several different types of sign. The building sign has to be designed to use an existing mesh frame that was pre-installed by the owner. The full scope of …
There are many multi-tenant office buildings around the area. Shared resources (i.e. lobby, maintenance etc.) allow companies to save on overhead. From a signage standpoint, there needs to be consistency and uniformity relative to lobby, monument, and office name plates. Here is an example of a sign project we recently completed for one of our clients. The scope of work …
One of the more common finishes used for lobby sign lettering and logo is brushed silver or brushed aluminum. This particular finish tends to work very well with different wall colors. Here is a recent project we completed for a local company that utilized a brushed silver finish on their logo symbol and lettering. As you can see from the …
So we’ve talked about companies changing their logos before. These changes directly impact various signs and graphics that the company may have previously installed. Part of this process requires that a full survey of the existing signage be done for sizing so that new designs can be created to fit the new logo in. Here is a recent example of …
Exterior building signs may require city permits. Getting a city permit could be tricky and requires the sign company to know that particular city’s sign ordnances and procurement processes. Of course these processes widely range as you go from one city to the next. Here is an example of an exterior building sign that we designed, fabricated, and installed, for …
Interior signs have many purposes. They are generally intended to identify and reinforce your brand once you come into the business lobby. They can also cover a large unused wall area as a secondary purpose. Perhaps an employee lobby or access area. Here is an example of lobby sign we designed, fabricated, and installed for a local business. The sign …
Lobby signs are always fun projects for us. There are so many options and ways one can design and implement these interior signs. Additionally, one of the advantages Signs Unlimited has is its membership with Signworld, a North American signage cooperative. This affiliation allows us to provide a one stop shop for our clients that have offices outside of the …
Producing corporate logos and lobby signs is a key part of the sign business. Logos come in various shapes, sizes, material, and colors. So it is critical that they are produced using the corporate style guide (if any), proportions, and exact colors. Here is a recent example of a dimensional lobby sign project we completed for Cardinal Health. In this …
Hope Services is well known in the Bay Area. They have many locations and of course different signs and graphics requirements. We’ve been working with them on a recent logo update for many of their sites all the way south to Salinas. Here is another set of signs we recently completed for the Mountain View office. This particular project involved …
Most interior lobby signs are not illuminated. But occasionally a client has a requirement or desire for illumination. We can always accommodate such requests. We had initially done the exterior sign for this client. With some feedback from their architect we were able to produce their logo with LED lighting for the interior lobby. This project had some unique challenges …
We tell many of our clients that a sign needs to identify what their business does as oppose to what the owner’s name is for example. Unless you have a brand that is recognized nationally, what the business does is much more important than random name that people can’t associate with. Here is an example of a recent sign we …
Auto Dealerships have some very elaborate signs reflecting the logos of the vehicles they sell or service. The signs used for their service departments don’t always need to be as elaborate since they serve a more practical purpose. Here is an example of a recent sign we produced for McLaren of San Francisco. This custom dimensional letter sign was great …
We like helping new businesses get the visibility they need by designing signs that reflect the image they would like to communicate. There are many ways to design exterior building signs. They can also be illuminated or non-illuminated. In this particular case, we used a combination of non-illuminated prismatic dimensional lettering and an LED illuminated logo shield. The result was …
When you’ve been in the business long enough, you see existing clients go through logo or name changes over time. This could be due to an acquisition or simply an update to their image. In either case, they’ll need new signage produced to reflect their new logo. Here is a an example of an existing client updating their lobby, suite, …
There are no limits to the variation in styles and color schemes when it comes to corporate logos. Some logos are better suited for printing. But others can be made into three dimensional objects or lettering. As tenants move in and out of business parks, we get involved in creating new logo signage for them. Here is a recent sign …
We are affiliated with a nationwide sign company association which allows us to perform work in other states especially for large corporation with multiple locations. One of the other advantages is that we can perform work for out of area sign companies locally here in the Bay Area. Here is an example of a sign project we recently completed in …
A new business tenant moves in? No problem. We got you covered. This is the advantage of working with and knowing commercial property’s sign standards or requirements. Signs Unlimited works with many commercial and residential property management firms in the Bay Area to create specific signage solutions for each site. The scope of work generally ranges from monument signs to …
We live in the Silicon Valley. So you expect to see high-tech stuff all around. Occasionally that also means high-tech looking signs. We recently produced some attractive looking door signs for Radius Product Development. We blended the lettering and the background to achieve the desired look. The scope included custom fabricated dimensional lettering and a painted rowmark substrate. Here are …
Lobby signs are generally one of our favorite types of signs to design and produce. Since there is no weather to worry about in a lobby, there are more options in terms of material and construction. When Ricoh Innovations approached us for a lobby sign, we discussed many options and showed them several samples in our office. They finally locked …
Sometimes a business needs simple practical or functional signs that serve a specific purpose for their clients. You don’t need colorful or extravagant signs when all you need to do is to inform your customers where to go or where certain things are. Case and point, Precision Auto and Tune Repair shop. They needed their drive bays identified with the …
Small cozy offices can benefit from high quality signs too. Brushed or mirrored finished sign lettering extenuates most types of offices. Here is an example of a letter sign we just completed for AIG Financial here in the south bay. This client had a bilingual sign. Any type of font or graphic can be produced using today’s CNC router technologies. …
