Best of the Rest: Security Signs

Coordinating ST’s International Sign Contest annually provides one of my most enjoyable job duties. The opportunity to review hundreds of top-flight projects that arrive through the transom –mostly on our FTP server and via email – always delivers an exhilarating experience.

Given the quality of entries we receive, it’s always unfortunate that some very worthwhile signage doesn’t make the winners’ circle. But, just because an entry doesn’t earn recognition in the contest gallery, it may still appear on our pages. This month, we’ve culled through several submissions left in the field and compiled this gallery.

As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe you’ll like some of the signage presented here more than those that earned glory in last month’s issue. In any event, ST proudly offers the “best of the rest.”
 

The Clackamas County Event Center needed a messageboard to help create a contemporary image. Security Signs (Portland, OR) fabricated the 35 x 26-ft. sign with aluminum columns painted with Akzo Nobel’s Grip-Gard paint with a Tex-Cote® finish. Service Steel produced the fir-tree and river graphics using laser-cut, ¼-in.-thick, Corten patina-finish steel. The main sign panel comprises a 4 ft. 3-in. x 12-ft. custom, aluminum cabinet painted with Matthews dark-bronze acrylic-polyurethane paint. The lettering entails 5-in.-deep, pan channel letters covered with Acrylite acrylic and illuminated with EGL CL 83 white neon. Daktronics furnished the 5 ft. 9-in. x 12-ft. message center.