Sign Select shows off its expertise in sign and display
Sign Select has completed a prestigious job at Newbridge Silverware’s
visitor centre and Museum of Style Icons in Co Kildare. The project was
based on the design and concept of MMID (Multimedia Instructional
Design), a graphic design and video production company which uses a
multidisciplinary team to create unique audio-visual exhibitions.
Newbridge Silverware has been designing and producing quality giftware
and tableware for over seventy years and its visitors centre is a world
renowned retail environment for thousands of visitors every year. The
project, which involved the fabrication of three specialist display
units including full colour graphics were all produced at Sign Selects
headquarters in Kilbarry, Waterford.
Struan Bickerton, a Sign Select director, said:“MMID was awarded this
contract to design and create a concept which would illuminate some of
Newbridge Silverware’s history. This included a brief to highlight some
of the icons who have played a part in the company’s exclusive designs
down through the decades, such as Lady Diana, Marilon Monroe and Michael
Jackson to name but a few. There were also artefacts and pieces that
Newbridge wanted to display, such as the Olympic torch specially
commissioned for Newbridge to design and build, some old cutlery pieces
including the original cutlery from the Titanic that Newbridge designed
and made, and some of the production tools, dies, plate materials etc
showing how the products were made. One of the units also had to house a
monitor and sound equipment system as well.”
The main internal construction is a timber frame designed to hold heavy
weights. This was then clad in Dibond, which had high resolution matt
laminated full colour wide-format prints mounted on to it. Some of the
exhibits had to be shown in secure plexiglass displays and shelves and
because a number of them were extremely heavy the shelves had to be
constructed from 25mm thick clear polished acrylic. Sign Select also
calculated dimensions and built the actual acrylic boxes that secured
the items inside which were all flame polished.
“Cosmetic appearance was a top priority to ensure that only the graphics
and the exhibits caught the visitor’s eye,” added Bickerton. “This
meant that the main units had to be designed in such a way that no
visible fixings were apparent. Where the joins of the wrap around Dibond
met on each side of the units this was cosmetically hidden with a
Dibond polished mirror strip adding a feature and expensive appearance
to the displays. Sign Select gets a lot of specialist jobs which the
wider market is not aware of due to its expertise in this area.”
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