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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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
A design festival for people who use type. This two-day series of talks is the central event of the Typographics Festival, focused on the use of type across all design disciplines. Now in its eleventh year, this will be a hybrid conference.
Michael Twyman’s family and the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication would like you to join us to share and remember the extraordinary breadth and reach of Michael’s research, teaching, leadership and friendship.
This exhibition will chart Walker’s importance in the world of typography and printing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from his first private press involvement with the founding and operation of William Morris’s Kelmscott Press (1891–1898), his partnership with Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Press (1900–1917), through to his final printing collaboration with Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers.
An international conference organised by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design in September 2026 invites speakers, participants and delegates. 2026 sees the 40th anniversary of the original New Design for Old exhibition, which Lady Helen Hamlyn curated in the Boiler House at the V&A in 1986. To mark this momentous moment in time, INCLUDE 2026 takes place in September at the Royal College of Art in Battersea, London. INCLUDE 2026 will offer a space to pause, reflect and critically examine the ongoing evolution of inclusive design.
We will explore how design research and practice considers ageing, gender, diverse abilities, neurodiversity, economic status, culture and social identity.
More information to follow soon.