Welcome to the Sign Design Society
The Sign Design Society (SDS) is for anyone interested in information and graphic communication within buildings and public spaces, including:
- Wayfinding
- Interpretative graphics
- Brand and experiential/environmental graphics
- Statutory and health & safety signs
As well as raising the profile of our disciplines, we offer members a programme of events, resources and initiatives to help them:
- Keep up to date and improve their practice
- Find potential consultants, collaborators & employees
- Promote their work and capabilities
To join choose a membership plan that suits you and sign up!
Our events
Wayfinding projects are not constrained by creativity, they are constrained by coordination. This talk with Alex Siniukov and Vladimir Siniukov explores how smarter ways of working can unlock greater freedom of design. The talk includes a live walkthrough of a typical workflow, from building a path network to generating and refining sign messages, showing how system-driven thinking enables a more agile and design-led process.
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News
2nd edition Sign design guide now available to buy!
The new edition of the guide continues to provide practical guidance to experts and non-specialists alike, based on both best practice in inclusive design and the latest research.
Third party events
Join us to celebrate all things letterpress at the annual St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose. Explore numerous stalls selling letterpress supplies, type and ornaments, paper, printed items, second-hand books and type specimens and lots more inky goodness. And there will of course be cake!
A packed programme of live demos, CPD-accredited seminars, cutting-edge product launches, feature areas and networking events across every corner of the built environment. From sustainability and digital construction to materials, roofing, HVAC, offsite and more, this overview of the innovations, insights and opportunities waiting for you at the UK’s biggest construction event.
This one-day course is suitable for absolute beginners, as well as printmakers from other fields who would like to add wood engraving to their portfolio. Wood engraving is a relief printing process where an image is engraved into the end grain of a hard wood (traditionally Box wood) with specialist engraving tools. The relief surface created is then inked and an impression taken onto paper by hand or by printing press. You will be introduced to the materials, tools and processes with reference throughout the day to historic and contemporary wood engraving. On the day you will cut and print one practice block then cut another block from which you will print a small limited edition (5-10 prints).
Unifying community and opportunity for creatives in the North of England. Centred on the theme of ‘heritage’, the festival includes speakers from Sea, Wolff Olins, Studio Sana, Baxter & Bailey, plus CR’s editor Eliza Williams. From design workshops and talks to art installations, we aim to foster a creative community for creatives from different backgrounds to flourish in.
The theme of WUF13 will shine a global spotlight on the urgent need to address the global housing crisis and position housing as a driver of inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development. The six Dialogues at WUF13 will look at housing through different dimensions: how it can be recognized and advanced as a human right; how it can be placed at the centre of policy and practice across levels of governance and global agendas; and how ensuring adequate and equitable housing for all can unlock broader progress towards more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities.