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    Corporate signage

    So nobody has
    to ask where

    Complete signage systems for offices, industry, healthcare, hotels and public spaces. From the signage plan to the last sign installed.

    • A signage plan on the floor plan, not sign by sign
    • Compliant with evacuation and accessibility regulations
    • Expandable, updatable systems

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    What it is

    What corporate signage is and when it's worth it

    Corporate signage is the system of signs that lets anyone find their way around a building without having to ask: the entrance directory, floor and room identification, directional signs, office nameplates, and mandatory evacuation and accessibility signage. What sets it apart from a one-off sign is that it works as a system: the same typography, the same materials, the same mounting heights and a logic that's understood at a glance.

    It's worth it when the space already has some complexity — several floors, many rooms, visitors unfamiliar with the building — or when there's a regulation to comply with: an inspection, an opening, a refurbishment. And it's especially worth it when the layout changes often, because an updatable system avoids remaking nameplates every time someone changes office.

    Signage works inside the building and at its entrances. The business's outdoor identity has its own solutions: the façade sign and the premises' vinyls are handled with commercial signage for premises and façades, the reception or entrance's raised logo with custom 3D letters, and pieces with their own lighting with illuminated signs. These are often commissioned together, and we coordinate them as a single project.

    Environments

    Every space is signposted
    differently

    Signposting an industrial warehouse has nothing in common with signposting a hotel. The applicable regulations change, so does the reading distance, the materials, and even who makes the decision. These are the five environments we work in.

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    Types01 / 06

    Entrance directory, floor and room numbering, updatable office nameplates and common-area signage. Here what matters is consistency with the brand and how easily names can be changed when someone moves desk.

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    Materials and finishes

    Systems, substrates
    and regulations

    Signage has one particular quirk: it almost always needs updating. A name changes, a floor gets reorganised, a new company moves in. That's why we design updatable systems, not fixed pieces.

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    Cut vinyl on glass

    For partitions and glazed doors. Also safety strips, mandatory on glass at passing height.

    LocationIndoor
    Durability5–10 years

    How we work

    From floor plan
    to the last sign

    1. Step 01

      Walkthrough and floor plan

      We walk the space with you and work on the plan: where people get lost, what decisions they face at each junction and what the regulations require.

    2. Step 02

      Signage plan

      We deliver the numbered sign map, with the type, content and location of every piece. It's the document that gets approved, not a one-off sign.

    3. Step 03

      Design and prototype

      We define the graphic system and manufacture a sample of each type to validate on site, under its real lighting.

    4. Step 04

      Manufacturing and installation

      We produce the full series, install it numbered according to the plan, and hand over the manual so you can order identical extensions five years from now.

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    Comparison

    Which substrate to choose for each sign

    The same building often combines several substrates: updatable plates in offices, vinyl on partitions and photoluminescent material along evacuation routes. This table sums up where each one fits.

    Comparison of corporate signage substrates
    SubstrateWhere it fitsUpdatableLocationDurability
    Updatable profile (aluminium and insert)Offices with turnover, coworking spaces, private officesYes: the sheet is changed in a minuteIndoor+10 years
    Acrylic with standoffsReception areas, clinics, room identificationNo: the plate is replacedIndoor+10 years
    Cut vinyl on glassPartitions, glazed doors, safety stripsThe vinyl is replacedIndoor5–10 years (permanent vinyl)
    Photoluminescent signageEvacuation and firefighting equipmentNoIndoor and outdoorAs per manufacturer's certificate
    Raised lettering and brailleAccessible room identificationNoIndoor+10 years
    Totems and bannersEntrance directories, lobbies, long corridorsDepends on the modelIndoor and outdoor+10 years

    Durability is indicative, under normal conditions of use and without intense direct sunlight. Evacuation signs are governed by their certified material class.

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    Quote

    How the price of corporate signage is calculated

    We don't work with a per-sign rate, because two projects with the same number of pieces can be nothing alike. The quote comes out of the signage plan: first the signs of each type are counted, then each type is priced by material, size and fixing system, plus installation.

    The signage plan on the floor plan is included in the quote, so before deciding anything you already know which signs your space needs and where each one goes.

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    Send us your floor plan and we'll prepare the plan
    • Number of signs and typesHow many pieces there are and how many different models. Ten different types cost more to develop than ten units of the same one.
    • System and materialAn updatable profile costs more upfront than a fixed plate; photoluminescent and braille signage have their own requirements.
    • Size and reading distanceThe sign grows with the distance it needs to be read from, especially in warehouses and evacuation routes.
    • Fixing and substrateWall, glass, ceiling or floor with anchoring. Totems and hanging banners take more installation work.
    • Installation conditionsWorking outside hours or in phases to avoid disrupting activity, and the number of site visits the job requires.
    • System plan and designWalkthrough, numbered plan on the floor plan, and a prototype of each type before manufacturing the series.

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    What our clients say

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    • 5/5

      Confiamos en Unical para rotular todo un edificio y fue todo un éxito. Muy buenos profesionales con un trato excelente. Experiencia de 10.

      Gerard Duran egeaGoogle · Original review in Spanish

    • 5/5

      Los mejores profesionales del sector. Siempre que pedimos algo, lo hacen a la perfeccion y encima super eficientes. Tienen mucha vista y el asesoramiento es muy bueno. Sitio de confianza.

      Pere Company RoigGoogle · Original review in Spanish

    • 5/5

      Profesionales con Mayúsculas! Muy contento por haber dado con ellos. El resultado es justo lo que buscaba, y con un tiempo de respuesta increíble.

      GabrielGoogle · Original review in Spanish

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    Frequently asked questions

    Questions about corporate signage

    Timelines, regulations, materials, installation and extensions: what people ask us before commissioning a signage system.

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    What regulations do I have to comply with for signage?

    It depends on the type of building and its activity, but three areas apply almost always. The first is evacuation and firefighting-equipment signage, regulated by Spain's Building Technical Code (CTE) and by standard UNE 23034, which sets the sign's size according to viewing distance and requires certified photoluminescent material. The second is workplace health and safety signage, with its standardised pictograms and colours, mandatory in industry and warehouses. And the third is accessibility, which in Catalonia requires raised lettering and braille for room identification, a minimum colour contrast, and set mounting heights. We check what applies to your case during the signage plan, so nothing comes as a surprise on inspection day.

    What exactly is a signage plan, and why do I need one?

    It's the document that comes before manufacturing anything. It involves walking the space, working on the floor plan and deciding three things: at which points the user has to make a decision, what information they need right there, and what type of sign solves it. The result is a numbered map with every sign, its exact location, its content and its type. It serves two very practical purposes: it avoids the classic mistake of filling the building with redundant signs while the important junction goes unsignposted, and it leaves you with a document you can use years later to order identical extensions without having to reconstruct the reasoning.

    Do you manufacture in-house, or do you subcontract?

    We don't subcontract. We design and manufacture at our workshop on Passatge la Carola, 2, in Cabrera de Mar (Barcelona), and installation is done by our own team, even when the project is outside Catalonia. A single point of contact follows the job from the initial walkthrough to the last sign fitted, so there are no intermediaries between whoever decides the plan and whoever fixes the plate. We've been working this way for more than 32 years.

    Can I change the names when someone changes office?

    Yes, and it's exactly what we solve with updatable profile systems. The plate is an aluminium or acrylic holder with an interchangeable insert: changing a name means taking out the printed sheet and putting in another, something anyone on your team can do in a minute. We give you the print template with the correct typography and dimensions, so you can print them yourselves or order small runs from us. It costs more upfront than a fixed plate, but in an office with staff turnover it pays for itself within the first year.

    How long does it take to signpost an entire building?

    It depends a lot on the size and the number of different sign types, but a useful order of magnitude: a medium-sized office floor takes between four and six weeks from commissioning, split across a week for the walkthrough and plan, one or two for design and prototype validation, two for manufacturing the series, and a few days for installation. A complete building with several floors and several sign types can run to two or three months. Installation itself tends to be the shortest phase; what takes time is agreeing the plan and validating the prototype, and it's time well spent, because a judgement error replicated across two hundred signs is very expensive to fix.

    Can you work without stopping activity?

    Yes, and it's the usual approach. In offices we work floor by floor or wing by wing, giving advance notice of which area will be worked on each day. In industrial settings we coordinate with the safety manager to enter forklift traffic areas outside peak times. In hotels, floor by floor with rooms blocked out in batches. And in healthcare centres, outside consultation hours. Installing signage is low-impact: small drill holes or adhesives, without building work or significant dust, except for floor totems that need anchoring.

    Do you install evacuation signage, or does my fire-safety contractor?

    We can install it ourselves, and in fact that's recommended so the whole building speaks the same visual language. We use certified photoluminescent material, in the class and size that correspond to the viewing distance at each point. What we don't do is design the self-protection plan or calculate evacuation routes, which is the job of the technician who drafts the fire-protection project: we execute and install according to that plan. If you already have a fire-safety contractor, we coordinate with them without any issue.

    What materials do you use, and how long do they last?

    Indoors, the most common choices are acrylic with standoffs, anodised aluminium in updatable profile systems, and cut vinyl on glass. All of these are stable indoors for ten years or more, provided they don't get intense direct sunlight. In industrial settings we move up to more resistant materials: composite aluminium, thick-gauge PVC, and floor signage with anti-slip laminate. Outdoors we use lacquered aluminium and cast vinyls with UV lamination. What degrades first in any environment is unlaminated print exposed to the sun, so in areas with direct light we always laminate.

    Do you also produce evacuation plans for each floor?

    Yes. We lay them out from the project's floor plan and the evacuation route defined by the technician, with standardised symbols, the "you are here" point correctly oriented to the actual reading position, and in the frame and size that corresponds. It's a detail that gets overlooked a lot: an evacuation plan with north pointing the wrong way relative to where the person is confuses more than it helps. We deliver them on a rigid backing with a frame, or in an updatable plan-holder.

    What if I need to expand in two years' time?

    That's exactly the scenario we design for. We give you the system manual with the sign types, materials, typefaces, colours and dimensions, and we keep the manufacturing files. When you need ten more plates for a new floor, they come out identical to the ones from two years ago, with nobody having to guess which grey it was or which font size it used. It's the main reason we insist on the initial plan even when the job starts out small.

    Do you work with architects and interior designers?

    Often, and it's the best way to stop signage ending up as a last-minute patch. When we join a project at an early stage we can plan for recesses, partition reinforcement for heavy totems, and cable routing for illuminated signs — things that otherwise force surface-mounted solutions later. We work from the studio's drawings, respect the graphic system set by the interior design if there is one, and deliver the documentation in whatever format the designer needs to add it to the project file.
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