Signs of the Times - August 2017 - 50
STRICTLY ELECTRIC UNDER THE BIG TOP AMUSEMENT PARK SIGNS BLEND OLD SCHOOL DESIGNS AND NEW SCHOOL TECH. MARK WALLIS VICE PRESIDENT SIGNATURE SIGN & IMAGE, NIAGARA FALLS, ON, CANADA Three circus-themed signs newly installed for the Big Top Amazing Mirror & Laser Maze, a new attraction of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada. OST people associate Niagara Falls with the twin falls themselves - the Canadian and US sides - Maid of the Mist tour boats and the like. But there's more to Niagara than just the waterworks. Nearby Clifton Hill is a major tourist destination, a street of attractions featuring rides, arcades, wax museums and more. Our client Niagara Clifton Group is one of a few ownership groups of the various Clifton Hill attractions. M Signature Sign designer Elaine Wallis sketched the concept and submitted related photos to the client for the go-ahead. 50 SIGNS OF THE TIMES AUGUST 2017 Recently they purchased a full set of construction drawings and designs of the décor and signage for the new "Big Top Amazing Mirror & Laser Maze" from a design firm, Oak Island Creative (Louisville, KY). Included were a logo and creative for all the signage. Oak Island was happy to let us make changes to the logo and sign concepts to fit our vision for the main entrance signs. Even though the signs were based on logos and designs by Oak Island, we were able to let our own creative style and flair shine through. SKETCH ARTISTRY We've had a 30-year relationship with Niagara Clifton Group, designing logos and signage for some of their other attractions, so they completely trusted our ideas. Unfortunately, our designer (my mother and co-owner of the company with my father) Elaine Wallis was under the gun to