TEDx Event Logo Floating Stage Letters

Custom TEDx Letters Floating Stage Letters

TEDx Event Logo Floating Stage Letters

The Floating TEDx Event Logo Sign Lettering Project

The challenge for this project was that the client wanted their TEDx event name and logo signage to expand over 20 feet of the stage. We scaled up their file to the appropriate size (nearly 4ft high), printed and cut the letters out of ½” WBB Gator Board and stood them vertically over a black ¾” PVC base using a series of vertical and horizontal threaded rods and couplings to create the floating effect.

Custom TEDx Cut Out Letters Installation

Custom Floating TEDx Event Logo & Letters Effect

The rods were painted black so they would blend into the background giving the letters an appearance of floating on stage. We were also able to accommodate the client’s request to build the display in three sections so it could be easily moved around the stage and stored for future events.

We’ll Customize Your TEDx Event Signs

Are you looking to organize a local TEDx event and need promotional signage?  We’ve got you covered!  Spectrum Signs & Graphics can custom design and fabricate lettering to suit your event stage dimensions. And we follow the official TEDx brand guidelines when creating your logo sign and event tagline. We can use different materials to create the lettering as well as how it may “float” or stand on location. We’ll also consider the life of the sign and use the appropriate materials if you plan to re-use it for future events.  We fabricate with thin letters, or thicker 3D form core letters for an even bigger impact. Shipping and installation instructions are provided to assist with setup depending on your event location. Contact us today to make it happen!

Epilepsy Foundation Dimensional Acrylic Indoor Logo Sign

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Epilepsy Foundation Indoor Sign

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Challenge

The Epilepsy Foundation logo presented a unique challenge as there are two layers to the graphic. We had originally thought of pin mounting the logo and the letters with spacers and having the back ribbon of the logo stand-off slightly lower than the face layer. The problem that arose with this direction, is that the logo would look disjointed when viewing it from the side.

We solved this problem by creating backers out of acrylic that had curves to bring the corners of the face layer down and back layer up to meet the face layer corners creating a rounded effect with the sign. This process took quite a bit of trial and error as we had to get the degree of the curve just right so that when the printed logo was adhered to it, there wasn’t any lifting at the edges.

Production Equipment

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Overcoming Project Challenges

Because the top pieces are back printed, the adhesive had to adhere to the layer of ink instead of directly to the acrylic, the pull of the angle of the curve caused the adhesive to pull the ink off the back of the panel and lifted the edges. To rectify the problem, we adjusted the curve slightly so that it did not put so much pressure on the edges of the face.

Installation Details

Most of the legwork happened during production, however, another unique attribute of the logo is that no part of it is straight, making it difficult to level. To solve this problem, paper templates were created marking all the drill holes for mounting with a level line to set the sign correctly.

Completed Sign Installed

Epilepsy Foundation Interior Commercial Signage

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British Beer Company Store Branding Case Study

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BBC Store Branding

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Signs are one of the most powerful communication tools available. Nothing communicates what’s important to a business more than the effective use of signs. Whether you’re communicating internally to your employees or supporting your current promotion on a showroom floor, signs can improve your results.

With that said, challenges arise with any job or installation and the experience we have at Print New Hampshire helps us overcome those challenges. Please read on to learn how we overcame some specific challenges when installing the signs and exterior wall graphics for the British Beer Company.

Exterior Signage

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Challenge

These signs were incredibly large, some stretching to 16 feet. Almost every substrate only comes in a maximum of 10 feet. In order to overcome this challenge and avoid having glaring seams, we decided to do a vinyl overlay on the .75” PVC backing to create the white border around the signs which made the seams almost completely invisible. Another challenge we had were the letters. The client’s logo is a two toned typography, so each letter needed to go through a two-step process. We used our laminator to actually adhere the gold calendared vinyl for background color onto an entire 8’ sheet of .5” PVC then, cut the letters afterward on our Esko Router, to ensure the entire letter was covered. After each letter was cut, we then had to send the copper metallic calendared vinyl through our Suma cutter and individually mask and apply each accent layer to the cut letters.

Installation Details

As mentioned previously, we had to create these signs out of two boards, with a vinyl overlay to hide the seam, however, we still had to keep them separate for installation purposes. So to solve the seam issue, there was 1” of vinyl overlay at the edge of the board, which after the backing was installed, our installers had to then apply that vinyl overlay onsite over the seam. There were also two instances where letters had to be applied over the seam onsite as well, in which we created cardboard templates over the section that needed the letters adhered with reference letters on each side that fit right over the already adhered letters.

This project created a dramatic sign, however, was incredibly cost effective because we did not use gold leaf or mold injected signage to create a similar effect.

Production Equipment

LED Illuminated Exterior Oval Sign

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Challenge

Taking a two dimensional logo and making it 3D can be a challenge as there are many ways to build an internally illuminated sign. We had to work with our fabricators to come up with a cost effective, but dramatic, sign to showcase the new logo design produced by Print New Hampshire. Our solution was to make the logo itself a translucent vinyl application to an acrylic face and to add dimension, we created a laser cut push through design for the typography. Even the sign bracket itself was designed from scratch and fabricated to match the look the client was trying to achieve.

Installation Details

Most of the leg work happens during fabrication and when it comes to installation, it’s as simple as mounting the sign bracket and hanging the sign. Electrical is prewired to the exterior of the building to give the sign, power to hook into.

Production Equipment

Exterior Wall Logo and Graphic Treatment

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Challenge

Textured surfaces were always a challenge in the past as vinyl had not been developed for this type of application. Therefore many companies would move towards painted murals for these types of projects. However, since 3M came out with their Envision IJ480-CV3 printable vinyl, we have developed an application process through consistent heat and using a roller to be able to overcome the challenges of textured surfaces. Now there truly is almost nothing that cannot be wrapped, even a brick wall!

Installation Details

By using a heat gun, the material is consistently heated at a controlled temperature and we use a high-density vinyl roller to push the vinyl down into the crevices of the wall to create a painted look.

Production Equipment

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