Moving due to an expired lease, we have taken the opportunity to reassess Sign Depot. Where do we want to be? What kind of company do we want to be? How do we want to service our customers going forward? What do we want to look like within the sign market and to our customers?
All big questions and while daunting at first, it is a revitalizing
belly-button gazing exercise. We will continue to redefinte who we are and what we do.
Over the past month we have slowly and steadily moved into our new crib. Directly across from the old location we are still located at the corner of Borden and Charles but now south...about 200 ft.
The space we choose to work in influences the work we produce. We look for, and create work spaces that inspire us, has a story, and inevitably say something about us.
We have chosen Kitchener's historic Doon Twines building as our next shop/studio. A grand factory from the early 1900's that wears the history of it's workers like smile wrinkles of a experienced traveller. Boot polished hardwood floors, sturdy steel rivet I-beams, soring steel truss vaulted ceilings and sky-lite work area's. This building has a straight forward honesty, it's structure is not hidden, beams and braces are exposed and understood.
Sign design share these structural attributes. Good design makes sense with a clear message and materials reflecting the business and suggesting a story you want to know more about.
We look forward to working within Doon Twines to create some of our best work.
some photo's from our new space
