Inte­grat­ing Cus­tom Mill­work into Archi­tec­tur­al Signage

The addi­tion of mill­work can com­bine the nat­ur­al beau­ty and warmth of wood, with archi­tec­tur­al sig­nage, to result in a solu­tion that extends the char­ac­ter of your build­ing and work­ing envi­ron­ment into a show­piece, valu­able for years to come.

At Lat­i­tude, donor walls and dig­i­tal kiosks are a large por­tion of our busi­ness. Every donor wall and kiosk is tru­ly a cus­tomized piece of archi­tec­tur­al sig­nage, built to ful­fill the clien­t’s needs.

One of the first things to hap­pen with a cus­tom mill­work project is a dis­cus­sion and site vis­it to gain an under­stand­ing of what the client would like see in their fin­ished prod­uct. It may be a cer­tain type of inte­ri­or archi­tec­ture that they are try­ing to match, or as sim­ple as a shape that they are try­ing to achieve.

Some of Latitude’s cus­tom mill­work projects include:

• Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa, Carv­er Hawk­eye Men’s Bas­ket Ball Lock­er Rooms
• Col­lege of DuPage, McAn­inch Arts Cen­ter, donor wall
• Grin­nell Region­al Med­ical Cen­ter, his­to­ry wall
• Gra­ham Hos­pi­tal, free stand­ing kiosk directory
• The Wire, cus­tom sign backer
• North Lib­er­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Library, donor wall

These projects have uti­lized authen­tic wood such as Wal­nut, Teak, Maple, and Oak. The nat­ur­al mate­ri­als, com­bined with archi­tec­tur­al sig­nage pieces, pro­vid­ed a warm, pleas­ing sig­nage solu­tion, with a very cus­tomized and unique look.

Mill­work Sig­nage Project Examples:

Grin­nell Region­al Med­ical Cen­ter, Grin­nell, Iowa

This project is unique in the fact that it com­bined a large cher­ry wood backer and mold­ings, with a touch-screen dig­i­tal dis­play unit to tell the sto­ry of the hos­pi­tal, as well as adding touch­screen capa­bil­i­ties for donor recognition.

Gra­ham Health Sys­tems, Can­ton, Illinois

Much care and thought was put into the design and con­struc­tion of this free-stand­ing kiosk.

Mul­ti­ple stain sam­ples were pro­vid­ed to ensure a match to the exist­ing wood­work so the kiosk would blend per­fect­ly with its environment.

Hi-Plains PK-12 School Library, Hi-Plains, Colorado

This piece com­bines a whim­si­cal tree with archi­tec­tur­al let­ter­ing of a Dr. Seuss quote, which has been nick­named ​“The Dr. Seuss Tree.”

This cus­tom mill­work dec­o­rat­ed tree brought a fun side to an infor­ma­tion­al piece direct­ed to Ele­men­tary age students.

NuStyle Development’s The Wire, Oma­ha, Nebraska

The client request­ed Teak wood, as a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the look of old tele­phone poles. The wood was orig­i­nal­ly to ship from Cos­ta Rica, but Lat­i­tude was able to work with a local deal­er to obtain and pro­vide that wood in a more time­ly manner. 

Lat­i­tude laser etched a recur­ring design pat­tern into the wood to keep with the ​“wire” themes that are silkscreened on oth­er acrylic sig­nage through­out the building.

Get the look of cus­tom mill­work for your next sig­nage project by con­tact­ing the Lat­i­tude Sig­nage + Design team.