Design

2020 Signshop Competition: Best Original Design and Fabrication, Illuminated, Large Shop of 2020

First Place

Fabricator: Wagner Electric Sign Company (Elyria, OH)
wagnersign.com
Designer: Eric E. Larsen
Client: Lexington Opera House

The design incorporated the local area, state flowers and architectural accents of the opera house. Twin 10 mm LED message centers had to be angled drastically due to the distance between the building and power lines for this project, which took four months to build.

Ion Art designed and fabricated this ice cream sign for NadaMoo.

Second Place

Fabricator: Ion Art (Austin, TX)
ionart.com
Designer: Brandon McCauley
Client: NadaMoo

Nagle Signs Inc. constructed this striking sign for the Northeast Iowa Dance Academy.

Third Place

Fabricator: Nagle Signs Inc. (Waterloo, IA)
naglesigns.com
Designer: Jessica Kaiser
Client: Northeast Iowa Dance Academy

Mark Kissling

Mark Kissling is Signs of the Times’ Editor-in-Chief. Contact him at mark.kissling@smartworkmedia.com.

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