Category: News

Back in July, Festival of Place gifted the Society two tickets to their inaugural conference. The aim was to bring people that work in the built environment together to explore how to create places that thrive. The tickets were offered to two lucky members, on a first-come-first-served basis. First out of the blocks was Sapna…

Ian Whybrow and Heath Pedrola are partners of newly formed Whybrow Pedrola. Originating from different sides of the world – South East England and North East Australia respectively – Ian and Heath met at a Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) event in San Francisco. Whybrow has been an established agency in London for over…

September sees the launch of the Case Study Library offering paid up Sign Design Society members a platform to showcase their work to prospective clients and partners. The aim is also to develop a valuable reference resource for members that will inspire, promote good practice and enable us to share potential challenges and solutions. Many thanks to current…

The Department for Transport’s Traffic Signs Manual provides guidance to traffic authorities and sign designers on good practice in respect of the design and use of traffic signs, in order to provide appropriate and adequate information for road users. Revised discrete sections of the Manual recently published include chapters, 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. The…

The Sign Design Society, through our monthly talks and publication The Sign Design Guide, takes a keen interest in design to improve the lives of disabled people. For SDS members and other wayfinding industry professionals who wish to develop their understanding and design practice further,  you may be interested in the new MSc: Disability, Design…

Project Name: V&A Museum, Dundee Client: BAM Construction Sector: Museums Location: Dundee (UK) Role: Norsign worked closely with the main contractor, architect and council to supply and install all of the internal and external signage, ensuring that they not only kept to budget but that the signs were exactly as they had been specified. The Brief: The whole building, including…

The opportunity to promote your services and expertise to prospective clients and collaborators via the SDS website, is now available to all paid up members. More details are available here, but to take advantage of this benefit simply: Complete the directory application form. Select an image that best represents your work; (horizontal orientation, maximum size…

Well where did 2018 go? It’s been an interesting year – record-breaking summer temperatures and continuing uncertainty around Brexit (I promise that’s the first and last mention of the B word). It’s also been a pretty significant year for the SDS. Not only did we welcome a new administrator Kate, we also launched the long-awaited…

The DfT’s Traffic Signs Manual provides guidance to traffic authorities and sign designers on good practice in respect of the design and use of traffic signs, in order to provide appropriate and adequate information for road users. The Manual is published by TSO in discrete chapters, each of which deals with a specific signing topic. Chapter 1 provides…

Signbox has implemented the wayfinding and environmental graphics for the London offices of a world leading management consultant and professional services firm, serving clients in more than 120 countries across 40 industries. When the company, which occupies three floors of the landmark Plantation Place office development in the City, wanted to breathe new life into its…