Post on 22-Jan-2017
TOGETHERSIGNING SOLUTIONS
LET’S WORK
We really love signage.
I guess !
CONTENTS
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Farnborough Business Park(IWM) HMS BelfastCardiff University (Business School)Goldsmiths University LondonThales Group East Berkshire CollegeColumbia Pictures (Golden Square)Royal Shakespeare Company (Internal)Royal Shakespeare Company (External)Coulsdon Sixth Form CollegeSouthsea LibraryBrunel UniversityUniversity Hospital LewishamSouthern RailwayGreat Ormond Street HospitalLee Valley Regional Park AuthorityMonarch Aircraft EngineeringGlaxoSmithKline
Beacon Centre for HealthRoyal Welsh College of Music and DramaGuide Dogs for the BlindOne Chapel PlaceRegent HighschoolFarnham Road HospitalUniversity of BedfordshireThe Forum Southend On SeaEast and North Hertfordshire NHS TrustGuy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation TrustCity of WestminsterOxford Brookes UniversityMicrosoftBangor UniversityThe National GalleryMorgan StanleyNottingham Trent University
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TOGETHERLET’S WORK
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INTRO
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long time no hear. Apologies. We have been working on too many things, so we thought we would compile the last twelve months here for you.
It is a reflection of the enormous amount of work WE had done up till this point. It is also the first time we have looked back. The first quarter of the year was taken upwith a lot of tenders, sign design and specifying for a number of large signing projects. Some we won and some we lost... We also spent time investing in new technology, and more importantly becoming the only sign company to hold all three of the national signageframeworks; ESPO, YPO and NEUPC
welcome to our world
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The compilations have involved many hours of hard work in different locations around the Country. They are the our personal choices and were not intended for media use. It is as much our clients book as it is ours. It is also something that we feel is long overdue. We hope you agree that the wait was worth it !
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“A brief period of rejoicing”
I. decided to write, by hand, comments throughout the book to give the reader an insight of sorts.These comments are not gossip, they are at times informative and at times lightweight nonsense but you have to make your own way through it all.
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As the title suggests, this is a collection of signing projects taken over a period and that is unique in itself. The book contains all the signsyou'd expect to find (internal, external and illuminated for instance), but also
a lot of out-takes, private and random photos that are previously unseen.
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Farnborough business park
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each of these monolith totem signs required an anodised orange finish, with a router cut face detail to match the buildingarchitecture
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corporate
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(IWM) HMS BELFAST
The clients brief was simple, these signs need to look great and last forever....
No pressure then!!!Your brand is one of your most important business assets and WE work with you to make sure your signage meets corporate objectives and the needs of your premises.
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“The wrong method with the wrong technique!”Our first attempt was to match the signage to the buildings cladding, but soon discovered Zinc wasn't the most suitable sign making material...
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corporate
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cardiff university (Business School)
one project leads to another...we have now worked on a number of large projects for the University, from new
builds, to updates and refurbishment’s.
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education
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goldsmiths university London
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education
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Thales group
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corporate
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east berkshire college
Inspirational sign design is a key investment that shapes our schools, colleges and universities and enriches the lives of the students, residents and the local businesses which interact with them.
Our educational sign solutions are designed to enhance institutions and their landscapes and help students, teachers and visitors engage with their facilities and each other more instinctively.We have a passion for refining educational environments through tailored, exciting signage solutions and it’s underpinned by a commitment to invest in their capacity to inspire, connect and share with the wider communities these institutions serve.
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education
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Columbia pictures (Golden Square)
When we started this project the walls were not just blank, they were magnolia... “aaarrgghhh”Now, new bespoke designs cover the dormant wall space, with each meeting room
themed by a movie title... obviously! but the designs and their meanings are fairy subtle.
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We are increasingly involved with environmental graphics, as our clients’ requirementschange. Any sign company can produce digital wallpaper, but not all can craft bespokedesigns from scratch, unique to clients’ requirements needs.
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corporate
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royal Shakespeare company
We selected a few images of the internal elements.
including cast zinc benefactor walls, and large interchangeable graphic images.The signage was a real challenge, with so many different requirements, bespoke applications
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corporate
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royal Shakespeare company
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Tower rises 36 metres above the River Avon
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external
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corporate
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Theatre Square is the main signage location, with a cluster of six of the larger double-sided signs proposed to respond to the scale of the square.
The signs are sized to be visible above theheads of pedestrians from a distance whilst allowing detail to be presented at close range.
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corporate
sign locations (Theatre square)
The signs will have twelve interchangeable faces and gentle internal illumination is proposed for the six
faces orientated North. This will illuminate the spaces between the signs whilst minimising light pollution.
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day
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night
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Location E: Bridge Link
The signs are proposed as interior signs, to reduce the impact of the sign on the architecture. The main sign has been scaled to be legible for people walking along Waterside.
Daytime visualisation Low-light visualisation
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coulsdon sixth FORM college
As part of this new build project, all the signage incorporated a cut-out section of the
logo. The external monolith sign challenged conventional manufacturing techniques as the
clients vision was to see through the logo section..
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education
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southsea library
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government
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Brunel University
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education
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University hospital Lewisham
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healthcare
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sOUTHERN RAILWAY
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corporate
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
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healthcare
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Lee valley regional park authority
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the signs for Lee Valley were all manufactured
in-house. The construction method allows for
each face to be interchangeable, future proofing
the signs. Each sign was finished using ‘Durable-One’
anti-graffiti coating throughout.
The lockable noticeboards were also a bespoke design,
with hinged fronts and magnetic back boards.
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government
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thought you might like to seethe construction drawings
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Detail Of Panel Joints A & B
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This sign has a structural sub frame of rolled steel or similar which will be connected to appropriate foundations located below ground level. The nature of the sub frame and foundations of this sign are not detailed on this drawing.
The aluminium frame which surrounds the graphic panels on each side of the sign is 200mm wide and is formed to follow the contour of the graphic panels with 150mm radiused corners as indicated.
In terms of construction, the front and rear of the sign should be identical. Both sides feature graphic panels and depending on how the sign is articulated on a specific site, both sides may be used to communicate to visitors.
The aluminium frame and the 300mm skirt at the base, which is a visual continuation of the frame, have a powder coated paint finish to match : RAL 9006.
The graphic panels on each side of the sign are 5mm aluminium which is laser cut to the required shape and finished smooth on all visible edges.
Entrance signFreestanding : Vertical format
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The central support post of this sign is a 200mm x 100mm standard aluminium extrusion with a 6mm thick wall.
The extruded post can either extend beneath ground level and be concreted in place to create a secure footing for the sign or alternatively, a tight fitting spigot can be concereted in place and the extruded post can be offered over that and then secured in place.
Visible fixings should be avoided.
The aluminium frame which surrounds the hinged panels on each side of the sign is 100mm wide and is formed to follow the contour of the graphic panels with 80mm radiused corners as indicated.
The aluminium frame and the extruded post both have a powder coated paint finish to match : RAL 9006.
The hinged panels on each side of the sign are identical and are 3mm aluminium which is laser cut and backed up with clear acrylic to create a large vision panel.
The hinged panels have a powder coated paint finish to match : RAL 9005 Jet Black.
Both hinged panels are independently lockable to facilitate the changing out of the graphics / notices inside.
When closed, the display panels needs to be sealed against ingress of water and insects and a shadow gap of 3mm should be expressed between the rear face of each panel and the aluminium frame.
Graphics on the hinged panels are applied as cut and/or digitally printed vinyl.
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vision panel
framegraphicpanel
Information signPost mounted : square format
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monarch aircraft engineering
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Painted RAL 4008
each letter was over 6 metre’s tall, witha 300mm return depth, and manufacturedin sections!
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The vast building, covering around 2.5
acres, is big enough to house four
football pitches, 2,400 Minis
or 450 double decker buses and
can accommodate most aircraft
in its two bays.
It is one of the first to have
the capacity for Boeing 787
Dreamliner maintenance
me!
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corporate
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GLAXOSMITHKLINE
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corporate
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beacon centre for health
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healthcare
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royal welsh college of music and drama
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education
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guide dogs for the blind
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corporate
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one chapel place
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corporate
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REGENT highschool
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education
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Farnham road hospital
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Changing the face of healthcare was our brief!Working closely with the Trust, to develop a “sign family”that challenged the conventions of NHS signing.
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healthcare
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university of Bedfordshire
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full face LED illumination with solar cells andmotion seniors, finished with high-impact graphics, all set behind 10mm low-iron glass!!
glass totems
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education
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the forum Southend on sea
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government
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EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST
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after a lengthy competitive tendering process by the Trust,we were successfully awarded the contract to re-sign the entire hospital.
both internal and external signage
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healthcare
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guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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healthcare
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city of Westminster
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We have been working with the City of Westminster for longerthan I can remember...
The product we have developedwith them is unique to their needs, and has a tenyear anti-vandal, anti-graffiti coating, that’s bothscratch and flame proof, and UV stable... basically its ‘bullet proof’
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government
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oxford brookes university
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education
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microsoft
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full white low iron glass, with halo andface illumination throughout
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corporate
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Bangor University (Pontio)
We couldn't wait to install the wayfinding signage and branding to the most spectacular new building that Bangor has seen in decades. Pontio is the home of arts and innovation, so the signage had to reflect the creativity!!! Shaped directional signage following the corporate branding were designed to aid wayfinding around the new building.
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education
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
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located at Trafalgar Square, one of the busiestareas in the city. The hoarding therefore needed tobe installed out of hours and spanned a length of53 metres by 9metres high.
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corporate
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Morgan STANLEY
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corporate
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NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
To promote health and wellbeing 'Green Zones' were developedto demark smoking and motorised vehicle free area on campus.
The signs were entirely manufactured from Copper to reflect the accent materials used in the recent development of the Clifton Campus.
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corporate
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any questions
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
there are too many people involved in a photo book this size toenable us to remember all, and as WE wouldn’t like to leave anyone out bymistake, we rather say ‘ thank you ‘ to everyone who was ever involvedin the creation of any of the projects in this book.
We kind of know who you are!
Obviously an exception has to be made to our customers who we have listedthroughout the book. We cannot thank you enough for letting us into
your ”worlds”, thank you, THANK YOU
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now the storm has passed,
we wonder how long the break in the clouds would last
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COLOPHON
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