Projects

2021 Sign Contest: 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

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

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THIRD PLACE

Fabricator

Designer

  • Ryan Russell from RAD Studio (Redding, CA)

Client

  • City of Redding

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