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Steal, er, um, ‘borrow’ from these projects when designing your next illuminated sign

Published

18 years ago

March 14, 2006

Jennifer Flinchpaugh Signs of the Times March 2006 Issue

Kreme of the Crop

Superior Electrical Advertising Inc. (Long Beach, CA) was hired to create a special sign program for this Krispy Kreme flagship restaurant. In addition to Krispy Kreme’s standard, bow-tie-style, internally illuminated, vacuum-formed wall signs, Superior fabricated aluminum-radius architectural elements for the store. Internally illuminated, vacuum-formed donut shapes accent the perimeter of the building, while red neon accents the building columns, cove molding and soffit edges. Freestanding drive-through signs and directionals, and large, internally illuminated, sepia-tone, digital prints complete the sweet system.

Featured Attraction

Lights, camera, action! Designers Development Design Group (Baltimore) and Sharks Assoc. (Boulder, CO) collaborated with fabricators Dimensional Innovations (Overland Park, KS) and Cicogna Electric Sign Co. (Ashtabula, OH) on this $142,000 project. The 68 x 12-ft. display incorporates metal cabinets, metal channel letters, |2446| lights and acrylic details. We give it two thumbs up — waaay up.

The Hill Is Alive…

…thanks to this sign program. Designed by Charlie Stroud, Arrow Sign Co. (Oakland, CA), and Field Paoli (San Francisco) and fabricated by Arrow, this system makes an attractive addition to the Pleasant Hill retail district. Powder-coat-finished, cast-iron poles; 5-in., rolled-steel, horizontal bars; closed-back aluminum letters and an extruded-aluminum raceway with clear lamps 8 in. on-center are used in Pleasant Hill’s main gateway sign. Tivoli LLC

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