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
Richard Ardagh talks about his recently published book, Type Archived, which documents the treasures of traditional typefounding held at London’s legendary Type Archive
Interested in a membership?
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
“Twelve years ago, traveling between the Netherlands, Belgium, and Norway, I started drawing a typeface that I have finally finished – in New York City. Cassis took inspiration from the visual environments I found on both sides of the Atlantic; this is its story, and a reflection on how relocating from the orderly visual environment of my native Switzerland to the joyful cacophony of New York City has changed my way of looking at, and thinking about, letterforms.” Nina Stössinger
More information about this webinar will be available shortly. [Tickets for this talk are free-of-charge. Book now.]
Fontstand conference offers exciting two-day program full of practical workshops & presentations about various aspects of typography.
An unmissable online design and creative conference featuring six speakers from six continents. Discover different practices, approaches, cultures and personal insights from industry leaders and fresh-faced pioneers from across the world.
In today’s world of Unicode standards and QWERTY keyboards, the uniform approach to text can create the impression that writing is fixed: that letters are static, that typography is a fully developed discipline, and that the work of type designers will remain fundamentally unchanged in the decades to come. This associative lecture on writing, language and letters invites to question the dominant, rational, constructed narrative. If history, too, is a constructed narrative, then perhaps it need not only be written, but can also be assembled.