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:

As well as raising the profile of our disciplines, we offer members a programme of events, resources and initiatives to help them:

To join choose a membership plan that suits you and sign up!

Our events

Freedom to design

Date: 21 May 2026
Hero image for the Freedom to Design with Wayfinding Planner 21 May SDS seminar with Alex and Vladimir Siniukov

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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Third party events

AHI_Exchange

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.

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Row of smiling chairs (outside) in green, orange and yellow

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.

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International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit 2026

Start date: 6 May 2026
End date: 8 May 2026
Composite of images from previous ITF Summits

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.

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Waygooze2026

Join us to celebrate all things letterpress at the annual St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose. Explore numerous stalls selling letterpress supplies, type and ornaments, paper, printed items, second-hand books and type specimens and lots more inky goodness. And there will of course be cake!

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UK Construction Week 2026

Start date: 12 May 2026
End date: 14 May 2026
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A packed programme of live demos, CPD-accredited seminars, cutting-edge product launches, feature areas and networking events across every corner of the built environment. From sustainability and digital construction to materials, roofing, HVAC, offsite and more, this overview of the innovations, insights and opportunities waiting for you at the UK’s biggest construction event.

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