Welcome to Sirocco Signs, one of the leading suppliers of interpretive boards.  Sirocco are a one-stop shop for interpretive boards and offer a full design service,  printing, production and framing options.  Sirocco are also a leading supplier of sandblasted timber and stone signs.  For further information please complete the enquiry form below.

Common materials for interpretive board production include Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), polycarbonate, acrylic and Dibond.  All these materials offer great benefits and GRP is frequently regarded as the best all round solution.  Sirocco offer a unique anodised aluminium process as our solution for full colour interpretive boards – this material is robust, easy to clean and offers excellent colourfastness.  The print quality is excellent and the colours bright and vibrant – it meets every requirement of a full colour interpretive board sign material.

In addition to the print material framing structures are an important consideration when thinking through the overall impact in the environment of an interpretive board.  With our skills in producing sandblasted stone and timber signs Sirocco Signs are experts in framing interpretive boards in tactile, three dimensional frames.  These frames can be produced in oak, cedar or douglas fir for the timber options and sandstone, granite or slate for the stone options.  The ability to decorate these frames with natural history or archaeological illustrations adds great interest to the overall interpretive board.  Tactile features on either the interpretive board or the frame allow some flexibility in organising trails and brass rubbings – a feature that can be of great value for school and activity groups.

Interpretive boards are often addressed at the infrequent or first time visitor and care needs to be taken not to offend or upset regular and long term visitors who can feel very fond of their site.  A good solution is to include local groups and individuals in the design process of the interpretive board and to use their expertise and knowledge to develop the dialogue of the site.   This often expands the level of content,  adds local interest to the panels and ensures support from those users who appreciate the time taken to include their input into the interpretive board