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What do a buffalo, tigerhawk, and Ronald McDonald all have in common?

They were the trend­ing signs in 2019 here at Image­First™ signs.

Like Liv­ing Coral (16−1546) was the 2019 Pan­tone of the year, Flex Face was the sign of the year.

Why Flex Face? Because it made sense for each of the projects where it was used. When our team is able to work close­ly with a sign deal­er and their client on all aspects of a project it is eas­i­er to pro­pose the best prod­uct for the job. 

Here’s a cou­ple of Flex Face project videos:

3 Impor­tant Con­sid­er­a­tions When Col­lab­o­rat­ing on a Sig­nage Project:

1. Brand­ing and logos. By far the most impor­tant to ensure what­ev­er infor­ma­tion con­veyed with the sign is the ide­al size for the build­ing and the environment. 

2. Loca­tion. This includes envi­ron­men­tal fac­tors (tem­per­a­tures, wind, ele­va­tion) in addi­tion to the actu­al instal­la­tion loca­tion of the sign whether it be a pro­ject­ing sign, mon­u­ment , sign, etc. 👉🏻Pro Tip: Always make sure you are com­pli­ant with local city code restric­tions for the area. 

3. Fab­ri­ca­tion. We are man­u­fac­tur­ers. In every project con­ver­sa­tion we have, our brain is rolling through the best way to ​“Build” the solu­tion to with­stand the envi­ron­ment of it’s final install. We can’t help it, it’s how we’re wired. 

The Big Sign Question?

What do we antic­i­pate our Clas­sic Blue (19−4052) (the 2020 Pan­tone of the year) of sig­nage will be? 

Dave and Michael have a cou­ple trends to watch…

Here’s 2 sign trends we’re keep­ing our eye on in 2020: 

1. Sign Mate­r­i­al Options
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   Dave Watts, Pro­duc­tion Man­ag­er at Image­First™ is see­ing ​“more and more mixed mate­r­i­al signs. We saw this start­ing last year and antic­i­pate con­tin­ued use in 2020.”Newer sign mate­ri­als used in 2019 includ­ed tile, faux wood, faux rust, com­pos­ite and lam­i­nate prod­ucts. ​“It’s impor­tant that we choose high-qual­i­ty mate­ri­als for all of our signs to ensure they both meet the design cri­te­ria and are durable in their envi­ron­ments,” said Dave.

2. Low­er Pro­file Signs
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   ​“We’re also see­ing more of a push to low­er pro­file sign designs,” said Michael McK­eag, Pres­i­dent of Image­First™. ​“This is a nat­ur­al tran­si­tion with the LED tech­nol­o­gy vs. flu­o­res­cent illu­mi­na­tion. Thin­ner light­ing, means thin­ner signs. The right com­bi­na­tion of extru­sions and LEDs are able to make this hap­pen and ensure the sign is prop­er­ly illu­mi­nat­ed with no hot spots.”

Want to learn more about Flex Face signs, sign mate­ri­als, or low pro­file signs? Shoot us an email at info@​imagefirstsigns.​com.