Kennesaw studio, serving metro Atlanta
Planned sign programs that help people find their way through multi-floor offices, medical buildings, campuses, schools and industrial facilities.
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Wayfinding signage is a planned system of directories, directional signs, room identification and ADA-compliant tactile signs that guides people from the parking lot to the right room. High Stakes Creative plans, designs, fabricates and installs wayfinding programs for multi-floor offices, healthcare buildings, campuses, schools and industrial facilities across metro Atlanta, working from your floor plans and brand standards.
A signage package is a list of signs. A wayfinding program starts earlier, with how people actually move through the building: where they arrive, where they get confused, which destinations matter most and what each decision point needs to tell them. The signs come out of that plan.
We start with your floor plans and a walk of the site. We map arrival points, main routes and decision points, agree on room names and numbering, and set a sign hierarchy from building directories down to room IDs. That plan becomes a sign schedule with a type, location, message and quantity for every sign.
The result is a family of signs that looks like your brand, meets accessibility requirements where they apply and can be maintained as tenants, departments and room uses change. For large buildings and campuses, we can phase the program by floor or building to fit budgets and occupancy.
Lobby, elevator and floor directories listing tenants, departments or services, built with changeable inserts so updates do not require new signs. Directories are the anchor of the system, so we design them first.
Wall-mounted, projecting and ceiling-hung signs at corridor intersections, elevator lobbies and stair landings that point people toward destinations. Messages, arrows and listing order are taken directly from the wayfinding plan, so every sign answers the question people have at that spot.
Room numbers and names for offices, conference rooms, exam rooms, classrooms and support spaces. Where required, these include raised characters and braille, and many use paper or acrylic inserts for changing names.
Signs for restrooms, stairs, exits and other permanent rooms built with raised uppercase characters, Grade 2 braille, non-glare finishes and high contrast, mounted at the heights and door-side locations the ADA Standards specify.
Vehicle and pedestrian directional signs, parking and entrance identification, and building ID for campuses and multi-building sites. These tie into monument signs so visitors get consistent messages from the road to the door.
Occupancy signs, evacuation map holders, floor-level signs and other informational signs, produced in the same family as your wayfinding so code-related signs look like part of the building rather than an afterthought from a catalog.
This is how a wayfinding program for a multi-floor office or medical building usually appears on our sign schedule. Each row becomes a sign type with locations marked on your plans.
| Type | Element | Location | Material | Install |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF-01 | Main lobby directory | Ground-floor lobby | Aluminum frame, changeable inserts | Phase 1 |
| WF-02 | Elevator lobby directory | Each floor | Acrylic panel, changeable inserts | Phase 1 |
| WF-03 | Overhead directional | Corridor intersections | Ceiling-hung aluminum blade | Phase 1 |
| WF-04 | Wall directional | Decision points | Acrylic with applied graphics | Phase 1 |
| WF-05 | Room ID, tactile | Latch side of each door | Raised characters, Grade 2 braille | Phase 2, by floor |
| WF-06 | Restroom signs | Each restroom entry | Tactile with pictogram and braille | Phase 2, by floor |
| WF-07 | Stair and floor ID | Stairwells | Tactile level signs | Phase 2, by floor |
| WF-08 | Exterior directional | Drives and parking | Post-and-panel aluminum | Phase 3 |
One schedule and one point of contact from the first walkthrough to the final punch list.
We give you a sign schedule you can actually manage: every sign numbered, located on plans and priced by type. You can phase it by floor or building, add signs later in the same family, and order replacement inserts without starting over when rooms change.
Wayfinding is one of the most-seen expressions of your brand, used every day by employees, patients, students and visitors. We apply your colors, typefaces and graphic language to the sign family while keeping the contrast, character sizes and non-glare finishes that readability and accessibility require.
We work from your signage plan or develop one from your drawings, confirm room names and numbering with you, and submit shop drawings and samples for review. We flag mounting conflicts with door hardware, glass sidelights, artwork and finishes before fabrication, not during installation.
We deliver the interior sign package as your sub, coordinated with paint, door hardware and ceiling work. Room and tactile signs are scheduled ahead of the inspections your project needs, and we can phase installation by floor to match your turnover dates and the owner's move-in plan.
Wayfinding cost depends on the number of sign types and the total quantity of signs, which grows with floors, rooms and buildings. Materials and construction matter: changeable-insert systems, ceiling-hung signs and exterior post-and-panel signs cost more than flat wall plaques. Tactile and braille signs add fabrication steps. Planning and design effort, existing signs that need removal, ceiling heights, after-hours installation in occupied buildings and phasing all affect the total. We review your floor plans, walk the site and return a fixed, itemized quote organized by sign type and phase.
Signage is the physical signs. Wayfinding is the plan behind them: how people arrive, which routes they take, where they make decisions and what each sign must say. A wayfinding program produces a sign schedule, so every sign has a purpose and location rather than being added wherever someone gets lost.
Under the 2010 ADA Standards, signs that identify permanent rooms and spaces, such as restrooms, stairs, exits and numbered rooms, need raised characters and Grade 2 braille, mounted at specified heights beside the door. Directional and informational signs must meet visual-character rules. Building directories and company logos are exempt. We review your plans against Sections 216 and 703.
The 2010 ADA Standards place tactile signs on the latch side of a single door, with the baseline of the tactile characters between 48 and 60 inches above the finished floor and clear floor space in front. Double doors have their own rules. We mark every location on your plans before installation.
Yes. We build the sign family from your brand guide, matching PMS colors, typefaces and graphic elements. Where accessibility rules limit choices, such as sans serif tactile characters and strong contrast, we work your brand into the parts of the sign that allow it.
Yes. Medical buildings, schools and offices often stay open during installation. We phase work by floor or wing, schedule evenings or weekends where needed, and keep work zones small and clean so staff, patients and students are not disrupted. After-hours work is planned and priced up front in your quote.
Either. If your architect has produced a signage plan and schedule, we fabricate and install to it and submit shop drawings. If the drawings only show door locations, we develop the wayfinding plan and sign schedule ourselves, then review it with you and your design team.
Send floor plans for every floor in PDF or CAD, a room list with names and numbers if you have one, your brand guide, photos of existing signs, your occupancy or inspection dates and any phasing needs. We follow up with a site walk and a fixed, itemized quote by sign type.
Send the floor plans, brand guide and date you're working toward. We'll come back with a scope, a schedule and one point of contact for the whole job.
