3D Office Sign Aluminum Style - How To Get Aluminum Lobby Signage Affordably

They were look­ing for office sig­nage that would jive well with their pri­ma­ry audi­ence, deal­er­ships. The aes­thet­ic need­ed to be clean and sim­ple while exud­ing pow­er, dom­i­nance and control.

A sol­id met­al 3D office sign this thick would be extreme­ly heavy, not to men­tion pri­cy. So we had to come up with an alter­na­tive. In this case the prime can­di­date was our ³⁄₄″ brushed alu­minum sub­sti­tute finish.

This 3D fin­ish would pro­duce the same look and feel as tra­di­tion­al alu­minum sig­nage let­ters with a few major benefits.

Com­pared to tra­di­tion­al sol­id cut alu­minum let­ters, brushed alu­minum substitute:

1. Is Less Costly
2. Is Lighter
3. Has crisper, more pol­ished edges.

Brushed Alu­minum Sub­sti­tute, being laser cut, at deep­er thick­ness­es pro­duces a crisper, smoother edge. A sol­id met­al sig­nage let­ter, using tra­di­tion­al meth­ods, can also be made to look this way. But it would require exten­sive time and labour to clean and pol­ish the edges and faces of the let­ters after the cut­ting process. This results in much high­er costs.

Anoth­er alter­na­tive would be a tra­di­tion­al met­al chan­nel let­ter sign. In this case the process would involve bend­ing and weld­ing thin­ner pieces of met­al for the edges or returns of the let­ters and then weld­ing them to the flat cut face of each letter.

Chan­nel let­ters are also more labour inten­sive and require more work than flat cut sig­nage mate­ri­als. Although, some­times the only way to achieve a cer­tain effect is to go with a chan­nel let­ter sign. In most cas­es it isn’t always nec­es­sary and can often be over kill.

If you are look­ing for dif­fer­ent shades, col­ors and vari­a­tions there are a num­ber of dif­fer­ent Brushed Met­al Sub­sti­tute fin­ish­es to choose from, includ­ing brushed nick­el, brushed bronze, brushed cop­per and more.

The wall was orig­i­nal­ly paint­ed gray. Due to time con­straints we need­ed to install the office sign onto a wall that was paint­ed gray for the time being. The plan was that it could lat­er be moved onto the wood fin­ish wall.

Look­ing back at the orig­i­nal Deal­er-FX 3D recep­tion sign we made back in 2014 you can see how the brand changed over time. It’s rel­a­tive to what it was in 2014. The style of let­ter­ing has changed slight­ly but tips it’s hat to the orig­i­nal logo look and feel and remains con­sis­tent for clients to fol­low and relate to. 

While much has changed, a great deal remains the same. The style of let­ter­ing, with ³⁄₄″ light shade brushed met­al sub­sti­tute raised off the wall on ¹⁄₂″ spac­ers, is famil­iar to the orig­i­nal sig­nage. If you look close­ly at the new space you can tell that more thought was put into light­ing, this time 5 direc­tion­al halo­gen LED lights were built into the ceil­ing. The light­ing solves the issue of illu­mi­nat­ing the desk below and prop­er­ly show­cas­ing the office sig­nage to visitors.

If you like our new and more afford­able ³⁄₄″ Brushed Alu­minum Sub­sti­tute as an alter­na­tive to true alu­minum and would like to learn more, have a cus­tom quote pre­pared, and any ques­tions you may have answered get in touch through our quote page.