Blogs

In October, 2013 we embarked on a very interesting project working alongside a locally based design firm whose client was updating their interior signage to include digital prints mounted on brushed Aluminum DiBond panels.  The design intent for these interior signs...

Some projects are large and others small.  And, sometimes the projects are special just by virtue of the past relationship that they come to symbolize.  So, when Bernard Ashcraft of the Bay Area Business Roundtable asked us to make a podium sign for the organization,...

Another of our long time client’s, Skybox Imaging, is constantly upgrading their facility.  The latest addition was a large wall graphic 6ft wide by 7ft. tall replicating their logo.  The logo wall graphic is prominently displayed to promote the company branding and...

Our residential and commercial real estate clients have varying rush project needs and we are happy to be able to deliver their finished projects despite the many challenges that our wholesalers may impose.  Sometimes, items are backlogged or not readily available...

Our client first approached us asking if we could supply a prop that would be used at a photo shoot.  The initial prop was created using 3mm PVC which was colorized to the client’s specifications and cut using a router.  With subsequent versions, given that the signs...

When Dr. Carter of San Leandro Braces first called SignWorks he wanted to explore the possibility of new exterior post and panels signs to reflect the names of some new additions to the dental practice.  While the new exterior sign decision has not been finalized yet...

We have worked on quite a few projects with Shimmick over the years and we’re happy to report the completion of yet another.  Shimmick is doing some work out at the Port of Oakland and some of the signs, consisting of aluminum signs and labels, needed to be produced...

Next time you’re visiting, running or jogging at Lake Merritt check out the new “Pittman Green” sandblasted sign.  The City of Oakland had contacted us about this sign several months ago but when we didn’t hear anything from them we assumed the project was cancelled...

San Lorenzo Village Homes and Friends of the San Lorenzo Library approached us with a common problem.  Their logos as reflected on an exterior monument sign and part of a collage of tenant signs were outdated and inaccurate.  Both clients wanted their signs, made of...

_______________________________________________________________________________________________ When our client, a real estate broker with Woodworth Properties, contacted us his real estate sign was already overdue.  He needed us to produce a hanging sign with...

Third time is a charm, we hope!  Our long-term client Portal Restaurant keeps having their A-Frame sign stolen.  Our advice to all business owners, especially in major metropolitan centers, is to attach the sign with a chain to a close by post or door frame.  Thieves...