One of our main business goals is efficiency - for obvious reasons!  Our goal is to get the job done with optimal resource utilisation - this way the client benefits from our economies of scale (ie. price!) and the  timeframe to complete the job is minimised (ie. we meet deadlines!).  And let's face it, price and deadlines are highly valuable commodities in the business world.

For the last few years we've manufactured and installed the signage for City of Stirling parks and reserves. With the recent order for 35+ information signs our team went into 'scale' mode, putting together the signage (shown here in our workshop) through a streamlined process of metal fabrication, painting, vinyl application and finishing. With a job of this scale, storage space for the signage prior to installation is key - as is careful marking and ID to ensure that the right signs go to the right parks for installation. Sounds simple !!

Next time you're walking the dog, having a picnic or exploring some of the wonderful bushland in the City of Stirling, take a look at the signage and you may appreciate its more humble beginnings - as one of many -  prepared (with care) in our workshop.

For more information on creating great looking, cost effective multiple signs, ring us today on +8 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com.

Whether big signs, or small, it's essential that once they have been manufactured in our workshops they are prepared, packaged and transported to site effectively to ensure no damage is incurred.

This week's transit of a large pylon sign is a good example of the logistics involved in transportation. Despite our purpose built workshops and large driveway, movement of signage is not necessarily straightforward! As with everything we do, planning is key. A traffic management plan is used with our operators in place to ensure that other road users are kept safe.

Moving or flipping over-size signage in-house is either achieved using our mobile gantrys or contracting a franna crane to do the heavy lifting. We often use hiabs to transport items safely.

Could you please give me directions to the train station?  Where's the lift?
Which way to the toilets? Is there an access ramp nearby?

Sound familiar? Business' and governments of today cannot afford to not have good directional signage to aid their customers and keep them safe.

Just think about how many times a day we need direction? Literally dozens!! Signage plays such an important part in our everyday life that sometimes we don't actually realise how critical it is to easing us through the day, guiding us to our destination or helping us in our time of need.

A direction sign, more fully defined as a direction, position, or indication sign by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is any road sign used primarily to give information about the location of either the driver or possible destinations, and are considered a subset of the informative signs group.

Did you know that direction signs are the oldest type of road sign? The first direction signs were milestones on the Roman road network; helping to find a location on the long, straight roads was difficult, and hence, large stones were placed at intervals along the roads, giving the distance in Roman miles to nearby major cities, and usually to the capitals of major provinces. These are still in evidence today.

We make ALOT of directional signs. To find out more about how directional signage can really make an impact AND assist your customers, contact Signs & Lines today on +8 9274 5151 or admin@signsandlines.com.

The announcement of a new home for fashion, AKA DFO Perth, sent many fashionistas into a spin, and quite rightly so.  The much anticipated new retail hub at the Airport site has caused quite a stir given our states love for a bargain! The image of the premium shopping outlet is distinctive and has been developed from scratch by a joint venture between Perth Airport and Vicinity Group.

With 113 stores, the Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) on the airport estate covers an area of 24,000m² and includes food, beverage outlets, plus parking for 1600 cars.

Georgiou Group commenced work on the site in mid-2017, and contracted Signs & Lines to produce the signage throughout the site including a unique range of internal, external, directional, information and statutory signage. Our team designed, developed, manufactured and installed signs big and small using the full talents of our in-house team of designers, project managers and tradesman.

The concrete sign designs were of particular note on this project that required us to step out of ‘the norm’ and creatively adapt our conventional way of manufacturing signs.

Concrete Blade Pylon Entry Signage
Entry signage undoubtedly plays a huge part in the overall appeal of a destination. Our team’s recommendation of using concrete to achieve the overall industrial “look” that the architect was trying to capture, pushed these two monoliths outside of the conventional manufacturing methods associated with signage pylons.

The ground breaking design called for a vertical concrete blade (the larger of the two weighing in at just less than 40 tonnes), made and installed as a solo freestanding tilt-up panel with a twist. The blade would present as an off-square parallelogram with one of its base corners buried in the ground to form a flat base. Both faces of the pylons boast 3D internally illuminated branding (DFO PERTH) covering an area in excess of 6m2, fabricated from perspex with an automotive 2pac paint finish and halo led illumination. The lower section of the faces feature a debossed shadow effect set into the concrete, achieved by incorporating 3D forms into the pre-cast formwork prepared off-site. After extensive site preparation ensuring that the footing locations were formed to pinpoint precision, the blades were craned into position. Once in place, the final footings were poured. The two pylon signs required over 42m3 of concrete, over 1500 metres of reinforcing steel plus considerable engineering, precision fabrication and logistics.

​Car Park Zone Markers
The concrete theme was extended to the car park zone markers which at over 2 metres tall were designed to identify the carpark zones.  The 5 precast, single piece concrete plinths were finished with a class 2 finish to match the pylons, and feature automotive 2pac sprayed aluminium identification & branding elements. 

To find out more about how digital signage can really make an impact AND assist your customers, contact Signs & Lines today on +8 9274 5151 or admin@signsandlines.com.

It was one of our largest projects ever but the $350 million upgrade of Carousel Shopping Centre for Westfield and Scentre Group also proved to be one of our most successful. With literally thousands of front of house, back of house, fascia, wayfinding, lift, directional and statutory signs required, our teams went into action to deliver in time for the grand reopening in August.

Despite its scale, this project was a demanding, yet rewarding experience. The project team managed the whole process with great efficiency and our team were outstanding.

We've showcased this project in a Case Study which outlines the key signage and challenges faced throughout the works. Find it here or link below.

For help with your Shopping Centre signage, call us on 08 9274 5151 or email: admin@signsandlines.com today.

It's ELLE Fashion time here in Perth ... a great charity event to raise money for Telethon Speech and Hearing.

Our team provided the banner entrance to the catwalk, and in the process got a mouthful - literally! The mouth - including some lovely white teeth and hot red lips, provided the focus point for the catwalk models to parade in and out of during the show. “The Elle Parade is such a statement event and of course the proceeds going to charity makes it a very significant evening for Perth,” the former foreign minister, Julie Bishop said as reported in the Sunday Times.

​The Westin’s Grand Ballroom heaved with a 600-strong crowd for the highly anticipated Elle Fashion Show, for which all proceeds are donated to Telethon Speech and Hearing. Great to be a very small part of this great event.

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. 

September is DFO month at Signs & Lines.

After visiting the Georgiou site last week it's clear to see the malls and shops taking shape now, with a last push to get all the finishing touches in place before it becomes another Vicinity operated shopping outlet.

Some of the signage on this project is pretty unique, using bespoke shapes, forms, materials and applications. The amenities signage is curved and S-shaped. Rather than standard vinyl or digital print, the sign is finished with a felt layer with the sign information stitched and embossed. Creating these shapes is demands precision.  An extensive prototype and sampling phase preceded manufacture to ensure that the architectural vision could be replicated into a functional yet eye-catching sign.

The images below show the phases of manufacture in our workshop. These signs will be balanced on the poles in the ceiling of the shopping centre. The ceiling features are in themselves an architectural statement so we are confident that this signage is going to 

Last Friday afternoon our weary, battle-worn, but noble team headed down to the local watering hole, the Rose & Crown in Guildford, for a chance to relax and celebrate following the success of the Westfield Carousel shopping centre launch on Thursday 30th August.

Needless to say, the mood was sweet! With 32 people at the gathering we had our own little party, with some rather dubious beat/sounds supplied by Roy's beat-box and an atmosphere of commradery and achievement. We have been focused on our 'super-powers' over the last few months - recognising that we all have a superpower to bring to the team, and collectively this creates a supercharged result. To all you superstars out there - you know who you are - thank you and a MASSIVE well done.

Sadly we also used this occasion to farewell Phil. Phil joined as an apprentice in 2014 and became a fully fledged 'tradie' last year. Phil's is following his passion for ink/tattoos and we wish him well as he realises his dreams.

The launch of Westfield Carousel's $350 million facelift last week gave us all time to catch a breath after months of hard yakka at our workshops and on site. The results speak for themselves and our contribution to the 'biggest place for destination shoppers' was significant. Thousands of new signs now adorn the fascias, the malls, the corridors and entertainment precincts - guiding and directing shoppers and traffic to their destination.

Our team's dedication and determination to meet the deadlines was outstanding. Needless to say, we needed to take a moment to breathe, congratulate and celebrate last Friday - and we did pretty well at that too!! The results speak for themselves and with 70 new stores and 20 restaurants, the shopping centre looks set to be a great destination for shoppers, cinema go-ers and those looking for a great night out.