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
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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
Renaissance and Modernist approaches to letter design share a common reliance on geometry as a mediating structure between writing and architecture, though they deploy it with very different intentions. Revisiting Renaissance letter construction manuals and Modernist typographic and architectural models, this talk examines how geometry evolved from an idealizing analytical tool into a constructive language for shaping the modern world. These historical frameworks are distilled in the architectural lettering of Enric Miralles (1955–2000), whose drawings dissolve the distinction between writing, technical lettering, and architectural form. By examining Miralles’s plans and their later typographic interpretations, Manuel Sesma’s lecture reopens the question of lettering as an integral component of architectural design.
This panel brings together transport experts from New York and London to examine the challenge of transport equity in both cities. It explores how leaders such as Sadiq Khan and newly elected Zoran Mamdani can use existing powers and resources to better serve underserved residents, and what trade-offs that may require.
“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.