In the confluence of signage, retail design, and environmental graphics, there are numerous materials to choose from. Expanded Mesh, Laser Cut Metal, and Perforated Metal offer numerous opportunities for designers in this space to innovate in their projects creatively and set themselves apart.

Benefits of Using AMICO Materials for Signage, Retail Design, and Environmental Graphic Design

Build Implied Mass: Lightweight expanded mesh and perforated metal are great for developing lightweight forms and creating visual mass, thereby creating focal points and form for messaging.

Reflect Light: Create surfaces that will uniquely illuminate and create drama around your environmental graphic design projects.

Create Imagery:  Use AMICO’s Picture PERFect and laser cut manufacturing to develop messaging and graphics into durable metal surfaces for signage and communication.

Create Dynamic Patterns: Leverage the laser cut process to create unique patterns to develop brand nuance and icon recognition.

Deploy Brand Colors:  Set up unique texture surfaces to catch the eye and share brand colors to support your messaging.

Environmental Graphics Project Case Study

First Western Bank & Trust Signage and Feature Wall Branding

Creating a lightweight signage element that can transmit light to a building’s interior can be challenging. Expanded mesh is an excellent solution for signage because, while it reflects significant amounts of light, providing an almost glowing surface, it can also allow sunlight to pass through during the day. With this First Western Bank and Trust project, the Bilbao-style expanded mesh also acted as an element of the overall visual brand language for the building, being present on both the exterior and interior.

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Puma Retail Signage and Store Fixture Design

This retail storefront, masterfully designed by Collkit Architecture, is clad in APEX04. This material selection was critical to the success, as the smaller mesh opening means the space is filled with more brand colors to immerse the customers as they shop. The texture is also subtly carried into the store by including neutral colored expanded mesh as a part of the store fixtures.