Sign Company Serving Daniel Island, SC
Looking for a Daniel Island sign company? Imperial Sign Crafters builds exterior business signs, monument signs, interior lobby signs and window lettering for Daniel Island offices, shops, restaurants and neighborhoods, designed to clear the island's architectural review.
- Designed for architectural review
- Founded in 2017 by Matt Harris
- 30+ years in the sign industry
- Exterior and interior signage
Imperial Sign Crafters is a sign company founded in 2017 and based in Summerville, South Carolina that serves Daniel Island, SC. The company designs and produces exterior business signs, monument signs, interior business signs, vinyl signage, custom signage, vehicle wraps and community mailbox kiosks. Daniel Island is part of the City of Charleston, and signs there go through a separate Daniel Island Architectural Review Board step before a permit is submitted to the city.
What makes Daniel Island signage different?
Daniel Island is a planned community inside the City of Charleston, on the Berkeley County side of the Cooper and Wando rivers. Its look is managed on purpose, from the Town Center on Seven Farms Drive to the office buildings along River Landing Drive and the area around Credit One Stadium. A sign here is expected to fit that look, and there is a review board to make sure it does.
That means signs on Daniel Island tend to be:
- Smaller and more restrained than the same business would use on a suburban highway
- Built from materials and colors that match the building
- Consistent with the other tenants in the same building or block
- Designed with the review board's expectations in mind before the first drawing
How does sign approval work on Daniel Island?
There are two steps. First, the sign goes through the Daniel Island Architectural Review Board. Only after that does the permit go to the City of Charleston, where the Zoning Division handles sign approval. An illuminated sign adds an electrical permit, and the city lists a City of Charleston business license and a South Carolina contractor license among the requirements on a sign permit application.
| Step | Who | What helps it go smoothly |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Landlord or property manager | Building owner or manager | Get the building's sign criteria before design |
| 2. Architectural review | Daniel Island Architectural Review Board | Drawings showing materials, colors, lettering, size and lighting |
| 3. City permit | City of Charleston Zoning Division | The approved design, licenses, and an electrical permit if lit |
We do not publish fees, size limits or timelines here. Confirm the current requirements with the review board and the city before anything is built. For more on how the City of Charleston handles signs, see our Charleston page.
What signs do we make for Daniel Island properties?
Most Daniel Island requests come from office, medical, retail and restaurant tenants, plus neighborhood associations. We build the sign types on our sign services page:
- Monument signs for businesses, churches, offices and community entrances
- Exterior business signs for storefront and building-mounted identification
- Interior business signs for lobbies, reception walls and offices
- Vinyl signage for windows, doors, walls and vehicles
- Custom signage built for a specific site or brand
- Vehicle wraps, partial wraps and lettering for trucks, vans and trailers
- Community mailbox kiosks and pavilions for HOAs, apartments and new developments
What work can you look at?
Our project gallery does not yet tag a job on Daniel Island. These Charleston projects are the closest match to what Daniel Island tenants ask for: restrained exterior identification and finished interior signage.
What should you send a Daniel Island sign company for a quote?
- The property address, so the right jurisdiction and zoning district can be identified
- Vector artwork or a logo file, or brand standards if you are a franchise or national tenant
- Photos of the building, the entrance drive and the view from the road
- Whether the sign needs to be lit
- Any landlord, HOA or property management sign criteria that already apply
- Your real deadline, such as an opening date or move-in
- Any architectural review guidelines or prior approvals for your building
Owner Matt Harris has more than 30 years in the sign industry, including production and design work for national sign franchises, and founded Imperial Sign Crafters in 2017. That background helps on Daniel Island, where a corporate brand standard and a local review board both have a say in the same sign. More about Matt.
Daniel Island sign questions
Does Imperial Sign Crafters serve Daniel Island?
Yes. Imperial Sign Crafters is based at 709 Miles Jamison Rd, Suite 2, Summerville, SC 29485 and works on Daniel Island along with the rest of the Charleston area.
Is there an extra approval step for signs on Daniel Island?
Yes. Daniel Island is part of the City of Charleston, and signs there go through a separate Daniel Island Architectural Review Board step before a permit is submitted to the city. Plan the design around that review from the start.
Does an illuminated sign on Daniel Island need anything extra?
Yes. Like anywhere in the City of Charleston, an illuminated sign adds an electrical permit to the package. Bring up lighting at the first conversation so it is in the drawings the review board sees.
Can you match signage to a Daniel Island building's existing look?
Yes. In a planned community the goal is usually a sign that fits the building and the street, not one that stands out from it. We can match materials, colors and lettering to what is already there.
Do you make interior lobby signs for Daniel Island offices?
Yes. Interior business signage is one of our core services. Office and medical tenants often have us handle exterior identification and interior lobby signage together so the branding matches.
Our shop in Summerville
Daniel Island customers work with us out of our Summerville shop. Send your building's sign criteria and a photo and we can start the design.
- Imperial Sign Crafters
- 709 Miles Jamison Rd, Suite 2, Summerville, SC 29485
- Phone
- (843) 926-7446
- imperialsigncrafters@gmail.com
Planning a sign on Daniel Island?
Send the address, your building's sign criteria and your logo, and we will put together a design built for review.
