baa

runs major airports in the UK. Heathrow, the world's busiest international travel crossroads, offers some of the most complex people-moving environments anywhere and BAA responds with a focused design and wayfinding planning team and highly detailed and well-tested signing strategies and standards, most recently put to good effect at the new Terminal 5.

www.baa.com

   

is a specialist company involved in creative wayfinding analysis to ensure the ultimate sign solutions are achieved for clients. Additionally the company is at the forefront of unique technical solutions with environmental eco solutions as its mantra. The company is also one of the very few in today's market who design and manufacture their own product ranges to the highest quality standards

www.info-signsystems.com

+44 (0)1506 460 600

   

lvc

provides a 'one stop' comprehensive range of sign, display and graphic services using the latest technology including, in their range of printers, direct to media, eco-friendly printing using the Fuji Acuity flatbed. Collaborating with agencies and designers on various projects, they offer the best quality at competitive prices both at home and abroad, which can include full installation, project management and servicing of any requirement to whatever level required. All services offered are in-house, enabling them to guarantee quality and commit to stringent deadlines.

www.lea-valley.co.uk

+44 (0)1992 443 461

   
merson

Merson Signs have been in the business of the design, manufacture and installation of signs since 1938. Merson Sign Design is their design consultancy arm. They develop ideas from scratch producing wayfinding solutions through to manufacture and installation or they can convert existing concepts into production-ready proposals. They have worked on a number of high profile projects, most recently the complete sign package for Terminal 5 at Heathrow, which they won in competitive tender against tough competition from the UK and Europe. Other projects range from city centre wayfinding, large shopping centres and retail developments through to national exhibition and conference centres.

www.mersonsigndesign.com

+44 (0)1355 243021

   
nnd

believes that life doesn't always have to be complicated and neither does communication. Nor does it have to be expensive. With over 25 years experience working at top agencies, No-Nonsense offers big agency creativity and thinking without the usual price tag.

They are a small focused team and like it that way. No big agency structure or politics means a faster, simpler, more cost-effective process for their clients. No meetings about meetings. No big team overheads to pay for. Just effective communication and design delivered on time and to budget.

Projects have included anything and everything from developing corporate identities to corporate brochures, stationery to websites, annual reports to exhibitions, wayfinding to point-of-sale and retail branding to environments.

www.nononsensedesign.co.uk

+44 (0)1462 632355

   
principle

is an international brand implementation company that brings global brands to life in any environment, anywhere. They offer a uniquely broad range of consulting, project management, production and implementation services, helping clients through every stage from concept to completion - planning, consultancy, audit and project management, signs and wayfinding, graphics, interiors and regular maintenance of branded environments.

www.principle-group.co.uk

+44 (0)1484 430 003

   

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RNIB is the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight loss.

Their pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem – not just with Braille and Talking Books, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. They campaign to eliminate avoidable sight loss and support research into the causes and latest treatments of eye disease.

www.rnib.org.uk

+44(0) 20 7388 1266

   

is the leading UK manufacturer of vitreous enamel, for signage and exterior cladding. AJ Wells' product offers exceptional durability, colour vibrancy and attractiveness, combining a vandal-resistant, graffiti-proof, hygienic finish with longevity and low maintenance. AJ Wells manufactures information/interpretation boards, maps, signs, graphical and architectural panels for diverse applications including urban art, way-finding, city regeneration, shopping centre refurbishment, stations, parks and streets.

www.ajwells.com

+44 (0)1983 537766