Welcome to the Sign Design Society
The Sign Design Society (SDS) is for anyone interested in information and graphic communication within buildings and public spaces, including:
- Wayfinding
- Interpretative graphics
- Brand and experiential/environmental graphics
- Statutory and health & safety signs
As well as raising the profile of our disciplines, we offer members a programme of events, resources and initiatives to help them:
- Keep up to date and improve their practice
- Find potential consultants, collaborators & employees
- Promote their work and capabilities
To join choose a membership plan that suits you and sign up!
Our events
Wayfinding projects are not constrained by creativity, they are constrained by coordination. This talk with Alex Siniukov and Vladimir Siniukov explores how smarter ways of working can unlock greater freedom of design. The talk includes a live walkthrough of a typical workflow, from building a path network to generating and refining sign messages, showing how system-driven thinking enables a more agile and design-led process.
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News
2nd edition Sign design guide now available to buy!
The new edition of the guide continues to provide practical guidance to experts and non-specialists alike, based on both best practice in inclusive design and the latest research.
Third party events
Join the authors of AHI’s best practice guidance on sustainable and regenerative interpretation and the team behind the new AHI Exchange platform for re-use of interpretation materials to find out more about the guide and platform and join the conversation.
This workshop focuses on the role of humour and asks how using humour can impact public engagement strategies and practices. It brings together a variety of perspectives, from planning studies, brain sciences to public engagement practitioners. However, it places a particular emphasis on how cultural studies and artistic practice can inform our understanding of humour as it relates to disability.
It is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the premier global transport policy event. The 2026 theme, “Funding Resilient Transport”, is the second in the 2025-2027 ITF Summit trilogy on transport resilience.
As long-standing collaborators and sponsors of the Academy of Urbanism’s Young Urbanist network, Foster + Partners and Space Syntax come together for a Young Urbanists led conversation between David Nelson and Tim Stonor exploring a fundamental question: where do good ideas come from? Reflecting on past collaborations and shared ways of working, the discussion examines the processes that shape both collective practice and individual thinking. Drawing on recent work, including the Queen Elizabeth Memorial in London, the discussion will consider how the dual processes of historic reflection and future foresighting can combine to inform new approaches to design, analysis, and placemaking.
Teenage girls are an often overlooked group, leaving them without places where they feel welcome or valued. Join the RIAS and the Landscape Institute for an evening of expert debate and conversation to learn how urban and landscape design might better support teenage girls and create more inclusive public spaces for all.