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!
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Dan Vaughan looks into the history of Japanese film subtitle lettering, and how technology, the times, and Hideo Sato shaped what would become the contemporary ‘cinema moji’ style.
The programme brings together bold topics that matter, makes complex urban challenges tangible, and creates space for open, courageous discussion. Each session is designed to spark debate, challenge assumptions, and move better cities forward. The first day is reserved for Field Trips across the city and the next two days will be packed with sessions and workshops. We have poured all our heart and passion into shaping this programme, and we are excited to finally share it with you.
The changes we make to our streets today will be with us for decades. The Summit will focus on how we plan today for streets that are fit for the future. We will discuss how to ensure that people walking benefit from emerging technologies which are forging new ways for people to move around towns and cities. We’ll be considering how we put pedestrians first and create smarter streets for all. Showcasing work in the region which is putting walkers at the heart of change, we’ll also hear from trailblazers who are looking to make walking safer and easier as our streets change and evolve.
Join the Access Association this spring for a timely and essential seminar dedicated to advancing gender equity in our built environment, policies, and public services. In alignment with International Women’s Day, this event brings together experts, lived experience and advocates to explore critical, often-overlooked aspects of access and inclusion for women and girls.
Renaissance and Modernist approaches to letter design share a common reliance on geometry as a mediating structure between writing and architecture, though they deploy it with very different intentions. Revisiting Renaissance letter construction manuals and Modernist typographic and architectural models, this talk examines how geometry evolved from an idealizing analytical tool into a constructive language for shaping the modern world. These historical frameworks are distilled in the architectural lettering of Enric Miralles (1955–2000), whose drawings dissolve the distinction between writing, technical lettering, and architectural form. By examining Miralles’s plans and their later typographic interpretations, Manuel Sesma’s lecture reopens the question of lettering as an integral component of architectural design.