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:

As well as raising the profile of our disciplines, we offer members a programme of events, resources and initiatives to help them:

To join choose a membership plan that suits you and sign up!

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Head & shoulders shot of speaker Helena van Vliet (smiling into the camera)

Join Helena van Vliet for an engaging discussion on reducing stress through salutogenic design—an approach that focuses on creating environments that promote wellness at their core. In her talk, Helena will shed light on how our surroundings influence our physiology and share empowering, science-based strategies to design spaces that foster balance and resilience.

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Aerial overhead shot of densely-built urban space

Join us to discover the how UCL urban design graduates have contributed to shaping cities over the last decade. This event is open to all, and especially relevant to Urban Design and City Planning MSc alumni, current students and members of the public who are interested in the evolving landscape of cities and urban practice. Through a series of engaging presentations, speakers will share insights from their work across the urban design and planning field and reflect on the past decade of their career.

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Examples of different typefaces from various magazines, newspapers and journals, spread across a flat, wooden surface.

s 2026 the year print makes its comeback? At Newspaper Club, we’ve been hearing a similar question every couple of years. Print has never really gone away, but its purpose and value continues to evolve. Print once ruled mass communication, but in a digital-first world it’s being considered in a new light – something that […]

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Type moving across a page

Who knew making type move could be a full time job?! Well following no set plan and utterly winging it has been type designer & animator Mat Voyce’s scrappy path so far. From animating for brands all over the globe to standing on stages across multiple continents, attempting to explain how this ‘thing’ he does works has taken him further than he could have dreamed.

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LSE Festival 2026: How to Save the Planet

Start date: 15 June 2026
End date: 20 June 2026
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Existential threats including the climate crisis, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of the world, transforming the way and where we live, and how our societies function. What can we be doing to save the Earth, its people and environment? LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet explores the impact of these global challenges, and how individuals, communities, organisations, corporations, and those with political power should be tackling them.

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