Signage for Okanagan wineries, restaurants, and hotels.
The work has to survive a tourist season at golden hour and a winter at minus-twenty. It has to photograph well enough to live on Instagram for a decade. And it has to match the wordmark on the label and the menu font on the table.
Halo-lit letters
Dimensional letters that glow from behind, casting a soft halo on the mounting wall. The premium illuminated letter standard.
LED acrylic neon (180°)
The glow of classic neon, built from LED-filled acrylic. Wall-mounted, nine standard colours, no maintenance.
Monument signs
Low-profile freestanding ground signs. Stone, CMU, or clad steel. The permanent identity piece at an entrance or driveway.
Okanagan hospitality has a particular visual economy: the sign is doing double-duty as brand and as set dressing. A winery gate sign shows up in a thousand wedding photos. A restaurant blade sign is the lead image on a GoogleMaps card. A tasting-room neon script becomes the Instagram handle for a decade.
That’s the level we design for.
Typical projects
- Winery monument + wayfinding: cut-stone or metal monument at the entrance, illuminated channel letters on the face, low-level wayfinding pylons at the tasting room and event barn.
- Restaurant storefront: halo-lit wordmark on the facade, blade sign projecting over the sidewalk, interior neon accent in the dining room.
- Hotel / resort identity: lobby feature wall (back-lit letters or tension-fabric light box), pool deck signage, accessible suite marker system compliant with ADA/BC code.
What we don’t do
No seasonal vinyl. No sidewalk A-frames. No cheap corex board. If the job needs a two-week disposable sign, we’re not the right vendor — we’ll tell you that on the call.
What people ask us first.
- Can you match our existing wine-label typography?
- Yes — our design team builds every sign from the brand asset, not from a template. We'll take your wordmark, trace it into vector if needed, and produce a scale render before fabrication.
- Will the sign still look good at dusk and during a busy tasting-room summer?
- Lighting specification is done for dusk first — that's when the sign photographs and when most tasting rooms peak. We calibrate LED colour temperature (usually 2700K warm white) to match hospitality interiors, and we factor in the sun angle at your specific site.
- What about winter?
- All our exterior systems are rated to −40°C. Channel letter LED modules and drivers are sealed to IP66, and we use silicone-gasketed wiring entries. We specifically do not use value-grade hardware that fails at −20°C.
- Do you handle the bylaw / sign permit process?
- Yes. Most Okanagan municipalities have clear signage bylaws; we prepare drawings to match and submit on your behalf. For heritage or waterfront zones, expect a 4–8 week permit window.