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Best Electric Monument Signs of 2017

DCL lights up this category

Published

8 years ago

March 28, 2017

Mark Kissling Signs of the Times April 2017 Issue

Electric Monument Signs

First Place
Fabricator/Installer
Design Communications Ltd. (DCL)
Boston
(617) 542-9620
designcommunicationsltd.com

Designer
RSM Design

Client
Simon Property Group / Sawgrass Mills

To entice passersby to a booming retail area, DCL partnered with RSM to create programmable electronic pylons that alternate colors throughout the day. Constructed of ½-in. laminated glass with a five-layer diffuser between the panes, the pylons use an RGB lattice lighting system from Bitro Group, color controlled to 3000K warm white. Each pylon consists of a system of individual glass panels, fine-tuned via an internal structure using brackets adjustable in five directions. DCL assembled the pylons in three sections using a low-profile Spydercrane and smaller machinery to avoid nearby power lines.

Second Place
Fabricator/Installer
Creative Sign Designs

Designer
sky design
Atlanta
(404) 688-4702
skydesigngraphics.com

Client
City of Newnan, GA

Third Place
Fabricator/Installer
Airpark Signs & Graphics
Tempe, AZ
(480) 966-6565
airparksigns.com

Designer
Kimley-Horn

Client
Mesa Community College

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