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You can’t improve on perfection, so when UBM Studios needed the perfect corporate signage for the lobby of its New York headquarters, it asked Impact! Signs to create a work of art from its logo. We proposed dark oxidized and verde patina bronze for UBM’s business sign in New York. The artists at Impact! Signs developed a [...]

How Changes in Temperature Can Affect Your Bronze Memorial Plaque

Posted on January 5, 2012

Most bronze memorial plaques are designed to have a high tolerance for extreme temperature fluctuations. Normal temperature changes in most climates, indoors or outdoors, will have no adverse effect upon these signs. Of course, extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes and tornadoes can damage bronze plaques, but extreme temperature changes alone will usually not cause [...]

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Steel Lobby Signs Earn Rave Reviews in Chicago

Posted on December 24, 2011

No joke – Impact! Signs installed eye-catching lobby signs this month at Chicago’s legendary Second City comedy theatre. In a related article, a critic who recently visited the attraction used terms like “edgy and sharp,” and we immediately assumed he was talking about our metal signage. Turns out, he was referring to the talent. But that’s fine with [...]

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Glass Donor Wall for Medical College

Posted on December 24, 2011

Glass donor plaques, stainless steel letters, and LED lighting provide a unique donor wall for The Commonwealth Medical College. TCMC was established through the grassroots efforts of visionary individuals who understood what a community based medical school would bring to a region – and worked to make it a reality. Their goal was to provide more [...]

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Metal Lettering for Museum of Wisconsin Art

Posted on December 24, 2011

Impact! Signs, working with Perkins Eastman Architects, produced and installed this brushed aluminum metal lettering and logo on the entrance wall for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. Each letter is pin mounted to the wall, floating off the wall with 1/2″ spacers. The architectural metal letters were cut using a waterjet and then sanded with a [...]

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Metal Lobby Sign in Washington DC Office – Debellis Branding, Advertising, and Media

Posted on December 24, 2011

Debellis and Ferrara is a leading marketing and branding agency in Washington DC. Obviously, the image they needed to portray in the lobby, was critical to making a great first impression on new clients – especially for a branding agency! They relied on Impact! Signs to help execute their vision for a lobby sign, that [...]

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Bronze Plaques Tell Story at Tulsa Memorial Park

Posted on December 24, 2011

The mostly untold story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots now has a permanent voice at John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa. The park features a majestic 25-foot-tall bronze tower encircled by 12 large bronze plaques that faithfully recount what ignited, and transpired during and after, one of the most tragic race-related events in [...]

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Corporate Signage and Branding – Stratford Fidelity, Minneapolis

Posted on December 24, 2011

Stratford Fidelity, an executive and physician benefit solutions provider, recently adorned its walls with the ultimate in informational corporate signage. The company, known for its industry dominance serving top-tier executives, would settle for nothing but state-of-the-art office signage to carry various messages throughout its Minneapolis, Minn. campus. Enter graphics visionary Hans Design and innovative signage [...]

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How To Refurbish and Restore A Bronze Memorial Plaque

Posted on December 15, 2011

Because bronze is a copper alloy, time and weather conditions cause bronze plaques to become dull and eventually form a green patina on the surface. While some people like the look of an aged bronze plaque, many would prefer to keep it looking the way it did on the day it was purchased.  A simple cleaning process [...]

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Stainless Steel Letters in a Marine Environment – An Architectural Resource

Posted on December 11, 2011

Stainless Steel Letters Alloy 304 vs. 316 for Marine Environments – An Architectural Resource It has been discussed many times by architects, designers, the military, and for any design project in a marine environment involving metal letters, such as on ships, naval bases, hotels along the coast, and on any project in the Carribean. We [...]

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