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SIGNSTIMES
OF THE
2020 SIGNSHOP
COMPETITION
TIMBER SIGNS UNLEASHES "KRAZY KRAKEN"
TO SHINE AS BEST OF SHOW.
BY MARK KISSLING
MANAGING EDITOR
MID all the changes this year - some welcome, others
not so much - our sign contest carried on! Further refining
the significant changes we made last year, we reduced
the "divisions" of sign companies from three to two: small
(1-19 employees) and large (20 or more), and also added
vehicle wraps. This year, roughly the same number of
companies participated in the Signshop Competition as
in 2019, though for 2020, many entered only one project - the maximum being
three per category with 12 in total allowed. Were these shops just really pressed
for time? Should we blame COVID-19? In any case, there is something to be said
for a sign company entering their one, best project of the year: Bravo!
Four judges filtered through more than 150 entries across 10 categories:
Tom Bergeron, art director/marketing, Design Communications Ltd. (Boston);
Maggie Harlow, president and CEO, Signarama Downtown (Louisville, KY); and
the tandem of Mandy Moore, business development, and Starla Haney-Swart, art
director, Don Bell Signs (Port Orange, FL), voting as one. Our great thanks goes
out to the judges for lending their valuable time and expertise.
They awarded "Krazy Kraken" by Timber Signs (Ofterschwang, Bavaria, Germany)
"Best of Show" honors. This isn't our first contest that has featured the Bavarians'
craft. Though very contemporary materials comprise the Krazy Kraken, the
judges were clearly impressed by the finely routed, hand-carved and gilded
details. So, we offer well-deserved herzlichen Glückwunsch ("congratulations"
in German) to Timber Signs' fabricators and designers, Manfred Didier and
Marcus Goebels.
And congratulations as well to the rest of our winners, with additional thanks
to all who entered and helped to carry on this contest tradition, now in its fifth
decade. Check SignsoftheTimes.com and follow Signs of the Times on Facebook,
Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube for next year's entry information.
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