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Mixed Media Inte­grates To Cre­ate Unique His­to­ry Wall Sig­nage for Alvine Engineering

Two design-cen­tric teams put togeth­er a dynam­ic, muse­um-like his­to­ry wall. This impres­sive wall incor­po­rates many aspects beyond sig­nage. Read about this unique project here!

The tagline at Alvine Engi­neer­ing is Engi­neer­ing inno­va­tion through sci­ence, art, and busi­ness.” And that’s exact­ly what they do. Alvine designs and devel­ops advanced mechan­i­cal ele­ments, such as light­ing, HVAC, fire secu­ri­ty, and more for com­mer­cial spaces. They seam­less­ly blend high-tech solu­tions into a beau­ti­ful archi­tec­tur­al package. 

When they reached out to Lat­i­tude Sig­nage + Design to cre­ate a his­to­ry wall in hon­or of Alvine’s 60-year-old busi­ness, there was a great col­lab­o­ra­tion between these two orga­ni­za­tions that val­ue design and smart solutions. 

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Design­ing His­to­ry Wall Signage

Alvine came to Lat­i­tude with a lot of his­tor­i­cal con­tent for the wall. They had a time­line with many images and sto­ries they want­ed to include. And it all had to fit onto an exist­ing wall, so get­ting the details exact­ly right was key. 

Meet­ing the expec­ta­tions of their tal­ent­ed design team real­ly made us ele­vate our game,” says Bran­don Ver Meer, project man­ag­er for Lat­i­tude. Once we met the client’s expec­ta­tions, things went real­ly smooth.”

The final design is a series of indi­vid­ual plaques installed along the wall to cre­ate a time­line with images, sto­ries, and a few arti­facts in dis­play cases. 

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Cost Engi­neer­ing for a His­to­ry Wall 

Orig­i­nal­ly, the plaques were going to be cre­at­ed on satin alu­minum, but with such a large his­to­ry wall dis­play that mate­r­i­al would have put the project over bud­get. Lat­i­tude design experts found more eco­nom­i­cal solu­tions that cre­at­ed the same desired look.

Col­lab­o­ra­tion back and forth was crit­i­cal,” says Erin Carey, Nebras­ka Sign Expert. Our design­er Andrej Stein­bergs researched mate­ri­als that would bring the design to the next lev­el. He sug­gest­ed orbital alu­minum fin­ish­es and added dimen­sion­al let­ter­ing rather than flat or vinyl let­ter­ing to give the project dimen­sion and the pol­ished look they wanted.” 

In the end, the his­to­ry wall sig­nage rings true to Alvine Engineering’s focus on sci­ence, art, and busi­ness. The col­lab­o­ra­tion between Alvine and Lat­i­tude to source the best mate­ri­als result­ed in a beau­ti­ful dis­play and fin­ished product. 

If you are look­ing for help telling your company’s sto­ry, reach out to one of our sig­nage experts to learn more about his­to­ry wall signage. 

Reach out to Erin Carey or Find An Expert here.