If you choose the wrong fixings for outdoor bulletin boards, updating your notices becomes more fiddly and damaging than it needs to be. Unsuitable pins, magnets, and hook-and-loop fasteners can all cause your board to deteriorate prematurely. Choosing suitable display surfaces and fixing methods becomes easier once you’ve established how often you’ll update your outdoor […]
When picturing outdoor information boards, they should bring to mind a super helpful focal point for visitors to public parks and local attractions. They should also help people understand how to use shared spaces. But what is the essential information a board like this needs? And is there such a thing as too much? Deciding […]
Public notice boards help share information with everyone in a community, but have you considered whether they are always easy for everyone to use? For example, a board mounted too high, placed behind an obstacle, or cluttered with untidy notices can exclude some people from important or helpful information. If you’re installing a new public […]
A place of interest can be even more interesting when you know its background. But without context, visitors to these places can miss the stories hidden within them. A well-positioned lectern sign can change that. By combining engaging copy with photographs, maps or illustrations, it helps visitors connect what they see with the people, wildlife […]
Before you compare and buy outdoor school notice boards, take ten minutes to inspect where yours will go. The available space, mounting surface and exposure to the weather can determine the size of board you can install, how it needs to be fixed and how much weather protection it needs. It can also considerably affect […]
Community notice boards can quickly become cluttered, outdated, and dominated by people promoting their business. But used intentionally, they give a community a reliable place to discover what’s happening, find useful local information and get involved in activities. Here are 10 actually useful community notice board ideas that will help you make every bit of […]
When planning signage for a walking trail, well-placed wooden finger posts belong at key decision points. These are the spots where visitors need help choosing which way to go, such as entrances, path junctions, unexpected turns and connections with other routes. But not every part of the trail needs a finger post, and with too […]
How much information should you put on your heritage signage? How can you create interpretation panels to help visitors understand the site while avoiding visual clutter, or worse, frustration? And is it worth investing in physical signs at all when you could put more information behind a QR code? If you’re responsible for signage at […]
Purchasing outdoor wall mounted notice boards should be simple, but with a multitude of sizes to choose from, it’s hard to know which is right. Choose one that’s too small, and your bulletins might become cluttered or overlap. Go too large, and they end up looking lost and going unseen. Help is at hand! In […]
A parish notice board only works if people actually stop to read it. It might display church service times, parish council updates, or details of the next community fundraiser. Whatever its use, its location has a huge influence on how visible and effective it will be. That’s why one of the first decisions isn’t about […]