Best Outside Design/Shop Fabrication, Illuminated

FIRST TIE

This freestanding entrance sign for a Colorado town features 5-ft.-tall letters with halo letters, and the silhouettes of four burros and one miner with flood lighting. The ‘Established in 1859’ signage is mounted to a masonry wall.

Fabricators

• Schlosser Signs
• Loveland, CO
• schlossersigns.com
• Travis Hartman, Jesus Castillo, Nigel Hart, Sam Lucero, Kyle Pitchford, Chris Garms, Chance Preuit

Designer

• Matthew Whipple from DHM Design (Denver)

Client

• Town of Fairplay

FIRST TIE

Asked by the client to provide lighting options and pricing for this 27 ½-ft.-tall x 13-ft.-wide roof-mounted channel letter sign, Sign Art Studio decided that an LED alternative was appropriate. Aiming for a retro vibe, they produced a double-strike white outline with a horizontal-line pattern in the letter centers.

Fabricator

• Sign Art Studio
• Mount Horeb, WI
• makesignsnotwar.com

Designers

• Chris Socha from The Kubala Washatko Architects (Cedarburg, WI; sign size and placement)
• Sign Art Studio (LED neon pattern and lighting plan)

Client

• Hempel Companies

THIRD PLACE

Fabricator

• Signarama Redding
• Redding, CA
• signaramaredding.com

Designer

• Ryan Russell from RAD Studio (Redding, CA)

Client

• City of Redding