Cultural

Discover how the Iowa Arboretum transformed its new Treehouse Village with captivating signage seamlessly integrating donor recognition and enhancing the visitor experience.

Multiple illuminated logos serve as a beacon for this new music hall and a three-sided digital message center announce upcoming shows in Waukee, Iowa.

This new Vesterheim Commons building is a 7,600 sq. ft., three-story structure designed by Snøhetta, an international architecture firm with roots in Oslo, Norway. The signage design has clear inspiration, check it out.

Pleasant Hill, Iowa, a growing city with a strong sense of community, embarked on a signage project to improve wayfinding, and enhance the aesthetic appeal of public spaces.

The park is home to eight youth softball and baseball fields, outdoor basketball courts, a tennis court, four pickleball courts, a sand volleyball court, several playground areas, three shelter houses, a sledding hill, community gardens, green spaces, and a one and a half mile outdoor walking path.

A collaborative approach to outdoor signage for this 66-acre sports complex hits a homerun.

Neumann Monson, Riverside Theatre, and Latitude come together to create a seamlessly updated look, with a nod to the Art Deco origin, at this property on Iowa City's popular Pedestrian Mall.

The 100-year-old Hotel Fort Des Moines boasts creative architectural signage as part of its complete restoration.

The Air Force Academy Class of 1971 had an idea, to share the history of air combat in the United States and to memorialize General Robin Olds. Here's how it came together.

Two design-centric teams put together a dynamic, museum-like history wall. This impressive wall incorporates many aspects beyond signage. Read about this unique project here!

Digital monument sign, wayfinding signage, interior ADA signage, graphics, and a history wall for a new indoor-outdoor community space in Johnston, Iowa.

As the pumpkin capital of Iowa, Anamosa, wanted to make a great first impression to visitors with stylish wayfinding signage. It was especially important to the community to have the new wayfinding signage up by the time RAGBRAI rolled through town in late July 2021.

Check out a BIG new sign that is sliding into the 2021 Iowa State Fair. Along with donor signage updates that happen yearly and ways you can join in the fun!

Outdoor signage installation at Lake Okoboji is part of the community revitalization project. Imagine Iowa Great Lakes is a community organization committed to preserving and enhancing the Okoboji area. Recently, part of their beautification project was to update signage near the nostalgic Arnold’s Park.

PACE, Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment opened their new Hoff Family Arts and Culture Center only to close it 2 weeks later because of the pandemic. Signage plays a critical role in honoring their donors and finishing the design intent as they begin to re-open slowly.

Small town usually means a big community, especially in Woodbine, Iowa. This new facility is state of the art, and so is the signage.

The donor wall design is essentially a blank slate for the “Spirit of Generosity” to grow. With the goal of honoring the character and generous spirit of Iowans, this donor campaign gives ample opportunity at many giving levels with donations starting at $100. See how the design came together and what the finished wall looks like.

Boutique hotel signage is the cherry on top of a beautiful sundae. With a higher, more architectural, design this type of signage most often reflects the character of the project. In this historical renovation, a school from 1921 in the heart of Grinnell, Iowa gets rejuvenated into a boutique hotel with thoughtful nods to its educational beginnings.

This historic theatre has a mission to create affordable, family-friendly movies and entertainment. The exterior signage is a nod to the past with a classic illuminated marquee style with a changeable message board. The community, a local board, history, and value engineering were all key pieces for the success of this project.

This new high rise in downtown Iowa City changes the landscape by 15 stories. Here’s the story of signage for this monumental new mixed use development that includes FilmScene cinema, SpareMe bowling alley, retail, corporate and office space, condominiums, and a hotel.

You may have driven by the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm without much notice. This rustic farm on the edge of Iowa City was established in 1855 as a place to care for the poor and mentally ill. Today it serves as a window to the past.

Hancher Auditorium, the premier performing arts venue in Eastern Iowa, was destroyed in 2008 in a historic flood. The new home for this premier performing arts center opened in September 2016 with a highly efficient and sustainable design.

When the south branch library in the town of Breckenridge, Colorado, outgrew its location, the county decided it was time to rehabilitate a historical high school built in 1909 and expand it to be a community center for the benefit of everyone.

The Lake Forest Public Library wanted to improve and replace their existing signs that had been created in-house. The main wayfinding challenge for Latitude was directing to the children’s library, which is located on the lower level.

The addition of millwork can combine the natural beauty and warmth of wood, with architectural signage, to result in a solution that extends the character of your building and working environment into a valuable showpiece.