Elevate your visitor experience

Signage

Guide and inspire through thoughtful strategy, clear communication, and timeless signage design.

Shaping the core ideas and strategy while setting the style, look, and feel for the project

Build on schematic concepts, adding detail and extending styles to the full sign family

Detailed drawings and specs are delivered and ready for handoff to the fabricator 

Assistance with bidding and evaluation of qualified fabricators

Support and guidance throughout fabrication to ensure alignment with the design intent

Shaping the core ideas and strategy while setting the style, look, and feel for the project

Build on schematic concepts, adding detail and extending styles to the full sign family

Detailed drawings and specs are delivered and ready for handoff to the fabricator

Assistance with bidding and evaluation of qualified fabricators

Support and guidance throughout fabrication to ensure alignment with the design intent

Signage plays a key role in making spaces accessible, welcoming, and easy to navigate. A successful wayfinding system is more than signs, it’s a strategic network that delivers the right information at the right time.

Signage Design

Creating signage solutions that do more than direct, they solve real-world challenges. Whether it’s your first signage project or your hundredth, we guide you through every step of the process, delivering designs that are as beautiful as they are effective.

Timeless design

We specialize in creating design concepts grounded in timeless aesthetics, built to look as relevant in ten years as they do today.

Rooted in Strategy

Signage solutions for complex visitor environments that elevate the user experience.

Sign Programming

From intimate museums to expansive casinos, effective signage begins with thoughtful programming. Clear placement strategies and a well-defined methodology are essential to creating systems that guide seamlessly and perform reliably in any environment.

Strategic Sign Locations

Careful analysis of sightlines, visitor flow, and key decision points ensures signage is exactly where it’s needed.

Scalable Systems

Whether a single building or a sprawling campus, sign programs are designed to grow and adapt. Consistent logic and modular sign families make scaling seamless over time.

Construction Administration

Strong partnerships with general contractors and fabricators are essential to bringing signage systems to life. From early coordination to final walkthroughs, successful implementation depends on attention to detail and experience working through challenges.

Material and Drawing Review

Reviewing shop drawings and material samples ensures the design intent is carried throughout fabrication.

Client's Representative

Serving as the client’s representative throughout fabrication and installation, ensuring the process runs smoothly and meets quality expectations.

Signage Expertise

Signage projects are led by co-owner and Principal Robin Piazza, who has extensive experience working on signage systems worldwide. She has served as the co-chair of the SEGD Austin Chapter since 2018.

Robin Piazza

2021 - Present
Walder Studio
Co-owner, Principal
  • Leading the design and execution of complex signage and wayfinding projects across cultural, civic, and commercial sectors.

  • Providing strategic vision and creative direction, guiding projects from early planning and stakeholder engagement through final implementation.

  • Leveraging industry experience to develop signage systems that balance brand, function, and user experience.

  • Overseeing client relationships, project timelines, and consultant coordination to ensure high-quality, on-budget outcomes.

2018-2021
Page
Senior Associate
  • Designed signage and wayfinding systems for diverse clients, including multi-family residential complexes, higher education campuses, and museums.

  • Emphasis on overall creative project visioning including; project naming, identity / branding design, and signage and wayfinding.

  • Managed client relationships and project workflows, overseeing fabrication and installation to ensure quality and timely delivery of final signage.

2012-2018
Hunt Design
Senior Designer
  • Designed signage and wayfinding systems for diverse clients including the Oregon Zoo, One World Observatory, Parisian Macau, and Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

  • Managed multiple projects concurrently in a self-driven, collaborative small-team environment.

  • Programmed comprehensive sign systems for complex environments such as the Parisian Macau hotel and casino, encompassing approximately 3,000 rooms, multiple casino floors, 170 retail outlets, a theater, spa, and water park.

  • Oversaw projects from initial conceptual design and programming through fabrication and on-site implementation.

We're equally at home flying solo or teaming up with a full bench of consultants. Reach out to see more work or talk signage. We’re always up for a good project.

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