​The installation of the new APN Greenwood digital pylon on the Mitchell Freeway in December 2018 saw the culmination of over a year’s planning for this major WA project. Signs & Lines' digital division, Yap!digital, provided a turnkey solution for this project including the manufacture, traffic management, installation and commissioning of the digital component.

As the first of eight pylons planned by Main Roads along the Mitchell Freeway, this giant electronic billboard is positioned in the most optimal location for maximum exposure for car traffic heading into Perth city.

Main Roads generate outdoor advertising revenue from the dynamic digital creative, which is in turn is used to fund road projects and upgrades.

​Follow the link to read our Case Study on this iconic project.

Signs & Lines and the Yap!digital team were involved from the outset with design and methodology for the build and install of the landmark pylon just after Greenwood Station heading southbound. The 12.5 metre wide sign face is positioned over 5 metres above ground level on a 9 metre header pole for maximum visibility to vehicle traffic. In total, the signboard offers 40 square meters of outdoor advertising brand awareness!
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Manufacture of the steel structures involved structural and architectural drawings detailing how the Included in the specifications were details about surface treatment, camera support, fall arrest line inside vertical ladder access and aluminium ladder inside sign to access cabinets.

Careful planning of the installation of the pole and header sections was required to minimise disruption to the Mitchell Freeway traffic. Despite the scale of the sign, all elements were pre-made in house and took only 1 day to install. No lanes of the Freeway needed be closed, just the emergency lane had to be closed with bump trucks.

​Whether you need inspiration, design assistance or help managing a new wayfinding signage project, the team at Signs & Lines and Yap!digital can take your signage from drab to fab! Our service includes creating a strategy and integrated plan that will boost brand awareness and enhance your professional image.

Talk to the team at Signs & Lines today - + 61 8 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com.

When you need to make your brand/logo or information stand out 3D lettering comes highly recommended.

3D letters add a dynamic factor to your branding and are highly versatile - they can be made is all shapes and sizes, plus they can be created from a range of materials and illuminated in a number of innovative ways for bold, high impact marketing. Shadows, halo lighting or internal illumination all add to a 3D lettering sign's impact.

Leaps and bounds in technology mean 3D lettering is now an accessible option for most businesses. Here are a  couple of commonly asked questions:-

What materials work best?
There are so many options to choose from:- acrylic, medium density fibreboard, brass, PVC, foam or aluminium composite panel (ACP) are a few popular options. Wood is also an option and we love pushing the design boundaries, so let us know what you're after and we'd be happy to help!

Why choose IIluminated letters?
These are going to have maximum effect - day and night. Assuming your customers, users and potential next customers only operate in daylight hours is short-sighted (excuse the pun!). Light up the letters themselves with energy efficient LEDs or create a halo effect with back lighting.

Letter Examples
We've made Refer to the options below for inspiration or call us on +8 9274 5151 for some advice. Alternatively email us today: admin@signsandlines.com. 

Fascia signage undoubtedly plays a huge part in the overall appeal of a destination. The need to create well-sized and well-positioned branding on buildings serves to both attract and direct customers, and our teams have been busy creating signage that does just that at Perth's most anticipated shopping centre.

Westfield Carousel's recent $350 million makeover included the addition of 27,000 square metres of retail space to make it the biggest place for destination shoppers. Heralded as a new 'golden age of retail', the Carousel makeover included new fascia signage across all the external walls to promote the Westfield brand and the major retailers within the shopping centre.

Numerous three dimensional external facade Westfield Logos, sized up to 2 metres high, were fabricated out of aluminium U-channel letters with acrylic faces. Translucent vinyl was applied to the face, sides and rear and then painted with 2 pac paint. Internal illumination was achieved with LEDs. The letters were installed onto horizontal mounting rails and wired up for power.

Fascia signage for Kmart, Coles, Myer, David Jones, Woolworths to name but a few was also manufactured and installed by our teams during the night to minimise impact to shoppers and other contractors during the day.

If your fascia or building signage needs an upgrade, drop us a line today with your ideas for your signage. Or give us a blank sheet of paper and our designers will craft you some eye-catching signage that will ensure your business is both seen and visited!  Contact admin@signsandlines.com or call Mark on +61 8 9274 5151 today. 

Satterley's JV with Tamala Park Regional Council saw our workshops take on very bright and vibrant hues this month as the signage for the Catalina Estate took shape. Strategically placed either side of Marmion Avenue in Perth's northern suburbs, the Estate is ideally placed to benefit from some wizz-bang signage.

Process blue, tomato red and neon green adorned the 3 large monolith and 4 hoarding signs - and they're definitely not going to be missed by residents and prospective buyers! 

Our team are seen below in the final preparation and assembly stages, pulling the signs into shape after their journey through our fabrication, paint and router departments. Well done to all, including the installation team of Jack, Phil, Wazza and Joel for pulling off a successful during January and February.

We had a lucky visit from a 'not-so-little elf' last Friday, who, ably assisted by top-dog Toffee and under-dog Fudge, put up the Christmas Tree in our Signs & Lines reception.

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas around here and with only 3 weeks left of 2017 there is the start of a a festive feeling around the place.

For anyone wanting signage this side of Christmas please contact us today!! Otherwise, feel free to get in touch with us in the New Year after we return to work on Monday 8th January 2018. All the details are below including an emergency contact over the break.

Enjoy the next few weeks and don't eat too many mince pies!​

With a new year approaching it's always a good time to freshen things up and make plans for the new year. Is signage on your 2018 marketing hit list? If not, take a look at a few examples below to whet the appetite.

It's worth remembering that signage is the first thing your customer's or clients see as they approach your business, creating that vital first impression.

Need some inspiration of how good your building signage could look - check out our case study attached below or call us on 08 9274 5151 e: mark@signsandlines.com for more ideas.

An oft used catch phrase - 'economies of scale' - but one that brings 'a proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production'. We all see this in play everyday in the supermarket wars - with seemingly cheaper and cheaper prices being offered as supply chains get more sophisticated, the major players get larger and consequently buy in greater bulk and, of course, the new arrivals such as Aldi undercut the market. But can it apply to signage?

This first crossed my radar a few decades ago in A level Economics (yes, we're going back some) when the teacher tried to explain why you would want to create multiples of an item to save costs. I remember thinking at the time that it didn't sound that sensible to have to spend more, to save more, but fast-forward to the future and I see how 'bulk buying' has some major benefits, even when it comes to signage.

This recent project for South Metropolitan TAFE is a great example of where buying and making signs in bulk achieves positive financial outcomes for the client and opportunity for bulk production for us.

To find out how we can deliver economies of scale on your next project, speak to one of our sales team today on + 61 8 9274 5151 or email: admin@signsandlines.com.

When is bright orange, not bright orange?  This recent project in our workshops emphasized just how much light can influence colour - and reinforced the need to consider carefully your sign location prior to commissioning.

Even in our consistently lit workshops, the difference a day can make is significant. Check out the shots below of the same sign, same position, just on a different day! Our experienced spraypainter has used 2 pac paint for this job to get the finish you would expect on a car - pretty high quality. Colour testing is done in advance of full paint work - matched to pantone references and with client approval to ensure that everyone is happy. This situation below shows just how easy it is to misinterpret colour based on environmental factors such as weather, sunlight, time of day, artificial vs natural sunlight etc.

To find out how we can deliver outstanding colour reproduction on your next project, speak to one of our sales team today on + 61 8 9274 5151 or email: mark@signsandlines.com.

Are you confident that your signage is going to last the distance?

One of the things Signs & Lines care passionately about is making sure that your signs look as good tomorrow as they do today. To make sure we can deliver on this promise, we regularly undertake in-house testing to make sure that our production processes are fit for purpose.

With the powerful Australian climate providing some pretty intense environmental pressure on outdoor signage, we test different production processes over periods of time to ensure we can guarantee durability under reasonable external conditions.

Here's some of our test prints on coreflute undergoing quality control on the back fence. Yes! We do what we say, and are confident to deliver on our promises - and have the test results to back it up. Test failures are recorded as positives as we are then able to refine the methodology to provide the most durable, cost effective solutions.

Like what you see? Let's work together. Speak to Signs & Lines about your next digital print project and find out how our tests can guarantee your signage's durability. 

Contact Us: +61 8 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com today.

It was good to see these metal legs taking a new lease of life as part of our 'recycle, reuse' initiative.

Peter has restored them ready for a change of scenery in a new sign location. The Signs & LInes environmental ethos is to recycle metal as much as possible as a) it’s cost effective and b) it is doing the right thing for our planet. It's not always the easy way, but is it is the right way to recycle multi-use materials when possible.

A Win:Win in anyone’s book, and after a lick of lovely blue paint these metal legs look good as new as you can see by the pics below.