Founders of Fairchild Semiconductor, circa 1960. Sign design built by Ed Moran.
Who We Are
History
EARLY SILICON VALLEY ROOTS.
In the late 1950’s Ed Moran was an acclaimed but starving artist who founded one of the Valley’s first sign shops, on The Alameda in Santa Clara. What was called back then the Santa Clara Valley was mostly made up of apricot orchards, more than a decade before from assuming its current-day moniker the “Silicon Valley”. His company served some of the first prominent local tech companies at the time: IBM, HP and Fairchild Semiconductor (some of his handy work can be seen in the photo on the left behind the company founders), and developed long-lasting relationships with the early developers who built out the valley: Trammel Crow Company, Spieker Properties and Lincoln Property Company, all customers we continue to do business with to this day. Ed’s son Danny grew up working in the family business and in 1993 took ownership, renaming the company Corporate Sign Systems. For many years Corporate Sign Systems worked on the ‘build’ side of the business, mostly through outside designers and consultants. In 2016, for their love of art and yearning to bring the company back to its art-based roots, Danny and his wife Nancy launched LUX Create, an in-house design and art studio. The creation of the new ‘design + build’ model resulted in creative, efficient, and value driven projects for our customers.
Today, Corporate Sign Systems and LUX Create employ some of the industries’ top creative thinkers and artisan fabricators in the business. Our two teams work side by side under the same roof, in collaboration with leading artists from around the world, delivering some of the largest, most unique signage & wayfinding, EGD and private and public art projects locally, nationally, and internationally.
About Us
SETTING HIGH INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
We are an industry leader in high end architectural signage, with proven skills and expertise to design and build signage projects from the ground up, beginning to end. We push the envelope in both design and fabrication to create pleasing, performing and visually effective architectural signage, from single location to global, multi-site campuses.
Our Team
EXPERIENCED COLLABORATION THAT DELIVERS.
Our team of managers, designers, fabricators and installers each have decades of experience in producing and rolling out any size signage program. With a seasoned organization in place, each department leader can focus on new and innovative approaches, continually bettering our products and services for our customers. Because of this, some of the world’s largest corporations and institutional property owners rely exclusively on us to implement new signage programs and service tens of millions of square feet of their properties.
Mission Statement
OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
Our mission is to provide total customer satisfaction by offering creative, attractive, high quality signage solutions that enhance your corporate image, business, or property, resulting in increased revenue, asset appreciation and immediate ROI.
Core Values
OUR COMMITMENT TO OURSELVES & EACH OTHER.
- We operate in accordance with the highest standards and integrity in relationships with customers, vendors, the community and each other.
- We foster a climate encouraging innovation, collaboration, and diligence amongst staff and our customers.
- We focus on the customer with innovation, communication and delivering WOW service!
Experience
A LEADER IN GLOBAL SIGNAGE SYSTEMS DELIVERY.
We are experts in local, national and global signage branding. Many of our corporate customers have locations all over the world, and utilize our service as their ‘one stop shop’ for consistent quality, ease of communications and project efficiencies. We have the experience to execute all construction activities associated with these projects such as signage removal, building repair, painting, electrical, concrete, local permitting, subcontractor negotiations, etc. Our work has been installed in all 50 states and in 150 countries around the globe.
Safety
SAFETY COMES FIRST.
OSHA compliant and our safety program involves four basic points of reference:
- In depth management leadership and employee involvement
- Daily worksite analysis
- Continuous hazard prevention and control
- Weekly training of field staff
The success our safety program is reflected by our low Experience Modification Rate.
- EMR: .69
