Facade Design

A facade is the only advertising that is never switched off. It works as people walk by, as they drive past, when somebody looks out of a window across the street, day, night, in the rain. Get this stage right and you save on posters. We design facades that fit the brand and the building, with material that holds up to both.

Where a facade actually wins

Most shops are discovered on the street, not in Google. This applies to cafés, to boutiques, to medical practices, to restaurants. The facade is the first point at which the brand becomes physical, and the only one every passer-by sees. Starting with cheap vinyl signals that the inside was also cheapened. Working precisely signals the opposite.

Good facade design respects the building. A turn-of-the-century house calls for different material than a fair-faced concrete new build. A classicist facade rarely tolerates backlit acrylic bodies, an industrial building thrives on them. We read the building before proposing material. Sometimes the most honest answer is to work with what is already there, sometimes it is a new lettering in 6mm routed aluminium.

What we actually deliver

A typical facade project starts with a survey and an inventory. We check the structural side of the mounting, the light situation by day and night, the permit status in the respective city. From this data a concept grows that argues from the visual identity and the logo. We develop two or three material variants, gather samples and test them at the real building on site.

Concretely: a lettering in routed letters, a logo on a cassette sign, a vitrine with backlit film, or a simple painting in the right colour, as fits. We deliver the technical drawings for the sign maker, coordinate with structural engineers when needed, and prepare the permit documents. For the interior application the storefront design and the wayfinding system follow, so outside and inside speak the same language.