Services

Optima Retail Illuminated Dimensional Sign on an Office Facade

Signage
Spain

The project

What we did

Client: Optima Retail
Sector: Services
Area: Signage
Type of work: 3D letters · Illuminated signs
Location: Spain

Manufacture and installation of Optima Retail's illuminated dimensional sign on their headquarters facade, carrying the company symbol and name. The sign was resolved with LED halo-lit dimensional letters, set-out on the wall, concealed fixings and an accessible electrical installation. The result was documented by day and by night to check how the sign performs in both conditions.

The challenge

An office sign has to work in two different scenarios: by day it reads through the contrast of volume and shadow, by night through the light it throws. Getting both reads clean means controlling the halo, avoiding LED hot spots and concealing the cabling on the facade completely.

Our solution

The letters were fabricated in three dimensions with lacquered sheet faces and returns and an open back, with the interior lacquered white to diffuse the light evenly. Constant-temperature LED modules were fitted, sized per character, with drivers housed in an accessible position. Set-out was done with a full-scale template marking axes and drill points, and fixing was resolved with studs in chemical anchors and concealed spacers that set the distance to the wall governing the spread of the halo. The cable run was taken through the wall construction, with no visible chases or trunking on the facade.