The United States Sign Council (USSC) recently announced the winners of the 2009 Sign Design Competition. USSC annually conducts the membership-wide competition to showcase its members’ outstanding projects in varied categories of sign usage.
This year, the judges were Charles Kelly of Clarke Systems (Allentown, PA); Susan Martisofski of Effective SignWorks (Burlington, NJ); and Bill Riedel of Riedel Sign Co. (Little Ferry, NJ).
A sign system for St. Augustine at the Lake, designed by Herb Young of River City Advertising of Jacksonville (FL), won the Best of Show award.
Award plaques will be presented at the 2009 Sign World USA in Atlantic City on Saturday, December 5, starting at 8:30 a.m.
Although the competition attracted 265 entries, categories 6 (Hand-Painted Vehicles), 7 (Digitally Printed Signs) and 8 (Hand-Painted Signs) weren’t judged categorically, and their entries were, instead, placed in other categories appropriate to their design.
Best of Show: Sign System Category
Designer: Herb Young
Sign Company: River City Advertising of Jacksonville (FL)
Client: St. Augustine at the Lake
Ground Signs – Internally Illuminated (Tie)
Designer: Tom Polzin
Sign Company: Sign Products Inc. (Billings, MT)
Client: High Tech Construction
Ground Signs – Internally Illuminated (Tie)
Designer: Steve Roupe
Sign Company: Gable Signs & Graphics (Baltimore, MD)
Client: Catons Crossing
Ground Signs – External or No Illumination (Tie)
Designer: Nancy Kaiser
Sign Company: Danthonia (Inverell, NSW, Australia)
Client: Glen Innes Severn Council
Ground Signs – External or No Illumination (Tie)
Designer: Curtis Arbaugh
Sign Company: Gable Signs & Graphics (Baltimore, MD)
Client: Brinkley Towns
Building Signs – Internal Illumination
Designer: Joe Ballew
Sign Company: Denyse Signs (Douglasville, GA)
Client: Goodwynn Town Brookhaven
Building Signs – External or No Illumination
Designers: Donal McKernan and Joe McKernan
Sign Company: Danthonia (Inverell, NSW, Australia)
Client: Pappy’s Lighthouse
Vehicles – Applied Graphics or Wraps
Designer: Stoner Graphix
Sign Company: Stoner Graphix (Hummelstown, PA)
Client: Stoner Graphix
Hand Carved Signs (Tie)
Designer: Francis S. Lestingi
Sign Company: Signs of Gold (Williamsville, NY)
Client: Maria Giglia Pieri, DDS – Family Dentistry
Hand Carved Signs (Tie)
Designers: Nancy Kaiser and Joe McKernan
Sign Company: Danthonia, (Inverell, NSW Australia)
Client: The Clog Barn
Dimensional Signs
Designer: Kate Holliday
Sign Company: Windwood Signs & Graphics (Camrose, Canada)
Client: Sole City Shoes
Multimedia
Designer: Gable Signs & Graphics
Sign Company: Gable Signs & Graphics (Baltimore, MD)
Client: Your Space Storage
Original Logo Design
Designer: Ray Guzman
Sign Company: Hoboken Sign/Brain Waze Studio (Hoboken, NJ)
Client: O’Connell’s Restaurant