Cover photo: Stor-All Warehouses – Chester Cunningham
August 10th, 2025 by signcraftBack in the late 1970s and early ’80s, you couldn’t talk about sign design in a sign shop for very long before Chester… Read More
Refurbishing handcrafted signs: A second life for weathered work
August 11th, 2025 by Joe McKernanAbout ten years after my wife and I began making handcrafted signage, we started to notice that some of our earliest work was… Read More
Shop Trucks revisited: 1981 to 1997
August 4th, 2025 by signcraftIn 1980, during SignCraft magazine’s first year, we began inviting sign people to send photos of their best piece of advertising: their shop… Read More
Cover photo: The Bake Shop – Adam Straus
August 3rd, 2025 by signcraftSometimes a high school job can lead you to a lifelong career. That’s how it worked for Adam Straus, whose high school co-op… Read More
Inlines can energize a layout
July 28th, 2025 by signcraftWhen Lane Walker [Solo Signs, Reno, Nevada] wants to add a little extra sizzle to a sign layout, he sometimes adds very fine… Read More
Cover photo – Schnitzels – Noëlla Cotnam
July 27th, 2025 by signcraftCut-out letters can transform the building itself into a sign, turning the building into the background. Individual letters are a popular way to… Read More
Sam Pitino: Painting signs and passing the craft along
July 21st, 2025 by signcraftSam Pitino found himself back in the sign business unexpectedly in 2021. He was the creative director at an advertising agency where he… Read More
Cover photo: Fortified Tattoo – Alex Kurakake
July 20th, 2025 by signcraftIt goes without saying that the primary message on a sign should be obvious. Make that “really obvious.” Bob Behounek likes to devote… Read More
Putting it together: DeBerardini Heavy Haul truck
July 14th, 2025 by signcraftBehind the photos you see on SignCraft.com there is always a back story: How did the layout come together? What did the customer… Read More
Cover photo: Twist – David Hassan
July 13th, 2025 by signcraftYou don’t have to look very far these days to see the latest trend in graphic design. You’ll find very clean, very simple… Read More
Who says the graphics have to stay inside the panel?
July 7th, 2025 by signcraft“I hate to see a plain white rectangle,” says Greg Scott, GS Worx, New Philadelphia, Ohio. “It just seems that there’s so much… Read More
Cover photo: The Quarterdeck Restaurant – Vince Brodeur
July 6th, 2025 by signcraftThe cover story of the first issue of SignCraft back in 1980 was a feature on the signs of Sanibel Island, Florida, and… Read More
