Wayfinding & Directory Signs

Help visitors navigate offices, campuses, healthcare facilities, retail environments, and commercial properties with clear, organized wayfinding signage.

Guide People Through Your Space

Wayfinding signage helps people understand where they are, where they need to go, and how to get there with confidence. A well-designed system reduces confusion, improves the visitor experience, and creates consistency throughout a building or property.

AlphaGraphics Chicago designs and produces wayfinding solutions for offices, schools, healthcare facilities, apartment communities, retail centers, industrial facilities, and multi-building campuses.

Our comprehensive sign solutions:

  • Design and copy services
  • Full color or black and white printing
  • Custom sizes, shapes, and fonts
  • Professional mounting
  • Custom finishes
  • UV and weather resistant materials

Directional signage materials:

  • Foamcore
  • Ultraboard
  • Wood
  • Polystyrene
  • Aluminum
  • Dibond
  • PVC
  • Coroplast
  • Acrylic

Tips for effective directional signs:

  • Keep messaging concise, and visuals clear and consistent
  • Use an easy-to-read sans-serif typeface
  • Display only the necessities, remove clutter
  • Show useful information for the location, layout and navigation path of your space
  • Make it easy so viewers don’t have to think

A Complete Wayfinding System

Most wayfinding programs include multiple types of signage working together to create a consistent navigation experience. Depending on your facility, a system may include:

  • Building directories
  • Directional signs
  • Room identification
  • Department and suite signs
  • Parking and site navigation
  • ADA-compliant signage
  • Floor directories
  • Exterior directional signs

Each element should share a consistent design, making information easier to recognize and follow throughout the space.

Designed Around Your Facility

Every building has different traffic patterns, entrances, decision points, and accessibility requirements. Effective wayfinding begins with understanding how visitors move through the space before determining sign placement, messaging, and materials.

AlphaGraphics Chicago can help develop signage that supports your facility's layout while complementing your branding and architectural environment.

Built for Long-Term Use

Wayfinding signs are often permanent fixtures that experience daily use. Material selection, mounting methods, readability, and durability all influence how well a system performs over time.

Our team produces interior and exterior wayfinding signs using materials and fabrication methods appropriate for offices, healthcare environments, educational campuses, retail properties, and commercial facilities.

ADA

ADA

Take the mystery out of ADA compliance. ADA guidelines help make services and facilities accessible to those with disabilities. Are your signs up to snuff? AlphaGraphics can help you design ADA-compliant signage that’s not only high-quality and functional but also looks sensational.

Building Signs

Building Signs

Your building sign is often your customer's first impression

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Pole & Panel Signs

Pole & Panel Signs

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Regulatory

Regulatory

Regulatory and safety signs for businesses and events

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