Corporate signage
A visitor who finds their way without thinking about it will never notice your signage.
One who gets lost will remember it, and will mention it.
The whole trade sits in that gap.
What we cover
Signage is not a collection of panels, it is a coherent system.
Treating the families separately creates rework: two typefaces,
two mounting heights, two colour ranges to reconcile after the fact.
The system that takes a visitor from the entrance gate to the right door, without ever having to ask the way. Orientation totems, route markers, floor plans, directional arrows along circulation routes.
What names the places and the people. It is the most visible part day to day, the part that changes most often, and therefore the part to design from the outset as something that will keep changing.
Standardised pictograms for evacuation, first aid, fire and hazard. This is not a decorative item: safety signage that does not comply puts the operator's liability on the line.
Mounting height, character size, contrast, tactile lettering and braille. In a building to which the public has access this is not an option but an obligation, and it is settled at the drawing stage: correcting a contrast or adding relief after installation means remaking the plates.
The part that needs consent. The rules that apply are local, and what is accepted in one town is refused in the next.
Films on glazing, wall graphics, floor graphics. The line with the fit-out is a thin one, and it is often the same project.
Exterior signs
The dimensions allowed and the consents required are a matter of local
rules, and they change from one authority to the next.
We check them before we draw, never after.
« Signs fixed flat against a wall or parallel to a wall must not extend beyond the limits of that wall, nor project more than 0.25 metres from it, nor, where applicable, extend beyond the limits of the eaves of the roof. »
These 25 centimetres apply to the flush-mounted sign alone, and only to projects in France: the projecting sign falls under a different article, R.581-61, and a local rule may tighten the national limit, never relax it. In the United Kingdom the question is settled through planning consent, and what is permitted is checked with the local authority project by project.
Materials
An interior material installed outdoors lasts two winters: foamed PVC yellows under UV, and cut vinyl lifts at the edge of the panel.
Powder coated or anodised. Exterior totems, frames, large-format letters. Stands up to the weather without flinching.
Brushed or polished. Executive door signs, hospitality, head offices. It ages into a patina, which is precisely the effect wanted.
Cast for quality pieces, extruded for everyday volumes. It diffuses light, which makes it essential in a light box.
Two aluminium skins over a polyethylene core. Perfectly flat, light, ideal on a facade and in large-format panels.
Cut or printed self-adhesive vinyl. One-way vision film to see out without being seen, frosted film for privacy.
Solid or veneered. Back in force in office spaces looking to warm up their signage.
Brushed, sometimes mirror polished. Built-up letters, thresholds, technical and food-industry environments.
Light and inexpensive, for interior use. Built-up letters, panels, packers. It does not hold up to UV over time.
Techniques
Straight onto rigid material, with no lamination. Hard-wearing, and no drying time.
Routed, laser cut or waterjet cut, depending on the material and its thickness.
Powder cured in an oven. A durable finish in any RAL colour, and it outlasts liquid paint outdoors.
Permanent marking, essential for braille and for technical plates.
Illuminated face, indirect lighting or halo. Low consumption, maintenance at long intervals.
Spacers that hold the letter off the wall. It casts a shadow and gives depth.
The site survey takes around forty-five minutes.
We measure, we photograph, we identify the access and fixing constraints.
You then receive a detailed quotation, item by item.
