K1 Concepts has leveraged its strength in graphic design to create educational and marketing banners for construction and other public sites. The following are examples of banners that we created for new construction at Duke University. Our services include: creating the graphics, researching and writing themes for the signs, and printing. For more information please contact us by clickinghere.

Sidewalk Superintendent Signs

“Sidewalk superintendent” was John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s idea. During the Depression, many unemployed workers sat at the construction sites, watched, and commented (“kibitzed”).

Legend has it that Mr. Rockefeller, who loved to watch the construction of the complex that bore his name, once stopped at the entrance to a trucking ramp, only to be told: “Keep moving, buddy. You can’t stand here all day.”

His response, in November 1938, was the Sidewalk Superintendents’ Club, a wooden shed on Rockefeller Plaza between 48th and 49th Streets, complete with free membership cards.

It was estimated that about 1,000 persons exercised the privileges of the club during the first day of its existence. ( 11 November 1938, New York Times and 20 March 2005, New York TImes )

This sign was designed by K1 Concepts to describe the Stone Cutters for Duke University's Divinity School Addition

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This sign was designed by K1 Concepts to describe the LEED Program for Duke University's Center for Integrated Engineering, Medicine, and Applied Sciences

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This sign was designed by K1 Concepts to describe the exterior wall structure being contructed for Duke University's Center for Integrated Engineering, Medicine, and Applied Sciences

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This sign was designed by K1 Concepts to describe the foundation work for Duke's Center for Integrated Engineering, Medicine, and Applied Sciences

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