Author Archives: Bob Behounek

Sign, sign—everywhere a sign, as the song goes! On any daily journey, you are sure to be exposed to loads of sign-related messages… Read More

How often do we see signage around town that falls short and doesn’t quite fit the bill? Unlike other less visible trades our… Read More

It’s rather funny how life goes. Many years ago, I set out to embark on a career in railroading. I could see myself… Read More

When someone who is a consultant by profession comes in for a sign, I’m always concerned if they will be on the alert… Read More

It’s been almost 30 years since I gathered photos of trucks I had done and with the help of SignCraft, put them together… Read More

Long-established companies are some of the more difficult clients to get to make changes in their outward appearance. You’ve heard the adage, “If… Read More

Getting a call to step in and “spruce up a fading sign” can be a daunting task to say the least. How many… Read More

Ever since I was in grade school, my interests seemed to center around color and design. I am a visual type of person,… Read More

Much of my work in recent years centered around fascias and vehicle graphics, but it wasn’t always that way. In my early days,… Read More

When the phone rings with prospective work, most of us are interested to help in any way possible. That’s the nature of the… Read More

There was a time when it seemed that everyone wanted a sandblasted redwood or cedar sign. They are warm, strong, and the sandblasted… Read More

Once upon a time, when hand-crafted things were the rule and not the exception, craftspeople seemed to understand what it was going to… Read More

The best laid plans sometimes do not work out well when art and artists are involved. One group specializes in one type of… Read More

How many banners do we see strung up between two posts these days? They seem to be everywhere. Crumpled, leaning to one side… Read More

Cargo van graphics always seem to catch my eye. They give you a big canvas to work with, and plenty of room to… Read More

When you’re driving around town each day, you can’t help seeing the good signs as well as the not-so-good ones. Here’s one that… Read More

When someone pulls up to the shop in a stark white truck, looking to upgrade the image of the business he just purchased,… Read More

It’s not very often these days that a client walks into the shop, looking for a repaint on an existing sign. That’s what… Read More

What happens when a client decides to take matters into his own hands and places signage out to promote a certain type of… Read More