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 …
As a longtime partner of Foothill College, we’ve fabricated and installed hundreds of signs at the campus over the years. But as with anything in life, the signs age and require updating once in a while. Foothill College has very custom graphics, background colors, and special fabrication requirements that need to be factored in the designs. Signs Unlimited has perfected …
The Seattle-based MOD pizza is expanding in the Bay Area. This Pizza-on-Demand franchise recently added a new store in Cupertino. And of course they crossed paths with Signs Unlimited. We initially helped with the temporary banner installations as the main signs were in fabrication. Once the main LED illuminated signs were ready, the team at Signs Unlimited professionally installed them …
Atelier is a high-end salon with two locations in San Jose’s Santana Row. Recently they acquired and launched a new salon in Willow Glen which is another upscale neighborhood in San Jose. As with the previous stores which Signs Unlimited (their longtime partner) had also produced the signs for, they approached us for the new signage at the Willow Glen …
A new business in an office building means that various signs have to be updated to reflect the new tenant. In most cases, there are at least one suite sign for the main entry and also one directory strip sign in the lobby. But based on the size of the building, there could also be additions to the directory monument(s) …
You may be familiar with Dinah’s Garden Boutique hotel in Palo Alto. We had previously worked with them and their corporate design firm to produce various signs for the entire property a couple of years ago. Recently they realized that additional signage was needed to further enhance visibility and access for their guests. These new signs were intended to complement …
After more than a decade of studies, research, and community discussion, improvements at Cooley Landing Park in East Palo Alto are underway. When the park was opened to the public in 2012, Cooley Landing added nine acres to the amount of public open space in the area. As part of the improvements Signs Unlimited, a long time supplier of signs …
San Jose Conservation Corps (SJCC) has provided thousands of “at-risk” disadvantaged young men and women with academic education, hands-on learning, and development of basic skills. So we were very pleased when they came to us to produce their new large promotional site signs. These large signs were made with high resolution digital print graphics and high quality graffiti proof lamination. …
As an established, licensed, and bonded sign company in the Bay Area, Signs Unlimited provides services to many national companies with branches in the area. As these companies expand, they require new signage or changes to their existing signs. Case and point; Starbucks. We’ve been installing or repairing Starbucks signs for many years. Here is an example of a recent …
One of the advantages of being a sign company that fully licensed, insured, and bonded, is that national companies feel comfortable and trust your expertise with their projects. These sign projects are generally highly visible and require attention to details. Here is an example of a job we recently completed for Nordstrom at the Stanford shopping center. The project consisted …
Imagine this scenario. Your business has changed names, suite numbers, or have something else that requires your directory monuments to be updated. A new directory monument takes several weeks to complete especially if a city permit is required. So a great temporary solution would be to cover the existing directories with the new information while the new signs are being …
Wear and tear is very common in the world of signs and graphics. Especially for the signs that are outdoors and exposed to the elements 24/7. Omron / STI recently approached us with a request for a new monument sign to replace their existing one that had been ravaged by the weather over the years. But there was a twist. …
