Bespoke Sign
When we saw the design and location of this sign we knew there was the ability to do something special. The problem was, we only had 5 days to complete it before the venue’s first booking!
We put forward two completely different concepts to the team at The Old Kaikoura Winery. One was a digitally printed solution, which was cheaper and would have been much faster to produce. The second was a more authentic option, which was a little hard to describe on paper. Luckily, the client, which we hadn’t met in person at this stage, took a leap of faith and trusted us to deliver the authentic version.
After a quick all-hands meeting with some of our key team members, a plan was hatched to build, pack and install the sign within a now 4-day period.
This saw our team rifling through 2nd hand timber at recycling yards, burning, aging (a flash way to say “beating up the timber”), staining and applying a whole lot of love to this project.
The second tricky part to consider was the installation. We could only spare 2 of our team for the installation at short notice and the remote location of the sign and lack of power to the site all added to the complexity. We also needed to be able to physically lift the sign with our manpower, so it was built in manageable sections that could be assembled onsite.
As there was no time to visit the site pre-install we had to come up with a range of contingency plans that gave us the flexibility to ensure we could deliver on time for the clients.
Services: Bespoke Craftsmanship, Installation