Illuminated 3D letters
A building or company name in dimensional letters with LED lighting. The same sign has to work…
04 · Services
Graphic standards manual
The document that protects the building's appearance after we leave. It prescribes how the logotype is applied to every type of sign, so that later additions look as if they were made on the same day as the first one.
Buildings are not signed once. New tenants arrive after handover, rooms change use, signs get damaged and replaced. Without a written rule, every change is made by a different contractor in a different typeface and a different shade, and the system falls apart within a few years.
A standards manual prevents that by describing not only how a sign looks but how it is made: format, grid, typography with the full set of local diacritics, colours to standard, materials, finishing technique, mounting method and minimum clearances. We deliver it as a standalone service and as part of a complete signage system.
What this covers
Logotype application
Permitted and prohibited applications on every carrier and substrate.
Typography
Typeface selection and sizes by reading distance, with the full local character set.
Colour and materials
Colour values to standard and prescribed material finishes.
Sign catalogue
Type sheets for every sign, with dimensions and sections.
Installation rules
Heights, spacing and fixing methods by substrate.
Numbering rules
The logic for numbering floors, rooms and service zones.
Frequently asked questions
It is where changes are expected or where the building has multiple tenants. For a building signed once and left unchanged, an as-built sign catalogue is enough.
Yes, and that is its purpose. It is written so that any workshop can produce from it.
What we make for this
Totems and pylons
A free-standing carrier at the approach — the first thing a building says about itself from…
Façade signs and lettering
Name and logotype on the building, in a technique that suits the substrate. The façade…
Door and office signs
The last sign in the chain — a room number, an office name, a department label. There are more…
Directories and tenant boards
The board in the lobby that answers one question: which floor is the thing I am looking for…
Floor markings and directional signs
A sign that is not read but followed. When a corridor offers no landmark, a direction on the…
Braille and accessible signs
Signage that works when it cannot be seen. Tactile lettering and Braille at a height the hand…
Where we deliver this
Shopping centres
A shopper who cannot find a unit does not come back to try again. In a shopping centre…
Hotels
A guest arrives tired and carrying luggage. Between reception and the room there must be no…
Office buildings
An office building receives first-time visitors and staff who spend years there. The system…
Residential developments
In a multi-block development a visitor is looking for a specific entrance, not a building…
Healthcare facilities
Here it is not a shopper finding their way but a patient, often under stress and against an…
Have a building to sign?
Tell us the building type, its size and the stage it is at. These details help us prepare a more specific response.