Edgeworks Climbing + Fitness Signage | Custom Interior & Exterior Signs – Bellevue, WA
When Edgeworks Climbing + Fitness opened its new gym in Bellevue, Washington, the signage had to do what the rest of the building was doing — carry the brand with the same quiet confidence as the architecture. Plumb Signs partnered with MG2 Design to design, fabricate, and install a coordinated signage package for the location: exterior LED-illuminated channel letters for the building identification and a precision-cut, high-gloss acrylic feature wall for the reception space inside.
A climbing gym is a brand-loud, daylight-flooded, ceiling-tall environment. The interior brand wall has to sit cleanly against a feature surface that is itself architectural; the exterior letters have to read as crisply at night against the curtain wall as they do in the gray-light afternoons that fill the Bellevue valley most of the year. Both pieces share one design language so the customer walking in the door sees the same brand they read on the building approaching it.
The whole package was produced under one roof at Plumb Signs’ Tacoma shop — one CAD set carried both pieces through engineering, fabrication, permitting, and install, and the same crew that built the letters set them at the building. The project was recognized by the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce as a Project of the Week for the broader build, and the signage is part of what made the interior and exterior read as one finished brand environment.
Project Snapshot
Exterior LED-illuminated channel letters · Precision-cut, high-gloss acrylic reception feature-wall letters.
MG2 Design · Architectural and interior design lead for the Edgeworks Bellevue location.
Coordinated exterior + interior brand signage — exterior LED channel-letter building identification and a precision-cut high-gloss acrylic reception feature wall, designed and built to one brand standard so the gym reads the same from the curb as it does on entry.
Brand coordination with MG2 Design · CAD & shop drawings · Aluminum channel-letter fabrication · Acrylic letter routing & high-gloss finishing · UL-rated remote-mount LED illumination · Mounting hardware engineering for the exterior wall and the interior feature surface · Permitting & code compliance with the City of Bellevue · Site survey · Installation by the Plumb Signs crew.
The Edgeworks Bellevue build was named a Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Project of the Week.
Two Pieces · One Brand · Inside and Out
From the curb to the front desk, the brand reads as one piece. Tap either view to enlarge.
Channel Letters That Read Clean Day and Night
The exterior identification is built as a set of aluminum channel letters illuminated by a UL-rated, remote-mounted LED system. The remote power supply keeps the letter cans clean of bulky transformers, the wall stays uninterrupted by raceways, and the nighttime read holds true Edgeworks brand color across the frontage. Mounting hardware is sized to the exterior wall substrate, sealed against Pacific Northwest weather, and serviceable from the outside.
For a brand-driven gym in a competitive Eastside market, the building identification is the recruiting tool. A driver coming up the street has to recognize the brand from a block away and feel like the building lives up to the website. Plumb Signs and MG2 Design coordinated letter sizing, color, and placement so the exterior reads with the architecture instead of fighting it.
- · Aluminum channel-letter construction
- · UL-rated LED illumination
- · Remote-mount power supplies
- · Raceway-free wall presentation
- · PNW-rated weather sealing
- · Coordinated with MG2 Design
Fabrication & Sign Family
Two pieces, one brand language — built so the customer reads the same Edgeworks identity at the building approach, at the front door, and at the reception desk.
LED Channel Letters
Aluminum channel-letter set illuminated by a UL-rated, remote-mounted LED system. Wall-anchored with raceway-free presentation so the architecture stays clean.
Acrylic Reception Feature Wall
Precision-cut acrylic letters with a high-gloss finish, mounted to the architectural feature surface behind the reception desk. Letter spacing, depth, and standoff hardware coordinated with MG2 Design.
One Brand Language
Letterforms, weights, and proportions are shared between the exterior and interior pieces so the customer reads the same Edgeworks identity from the street through the lobby.
Designed, Built & Installed In-House
Drawings, fabrication, finishing, permits, and install all produced under one roof at Plumb Signs’ Tacoma shop. One CAD set, one team, one chain of custody to the building.
Aluminum channel cans with translucent acrylic faces handle the exterior; routed acrylic letters with high-gloss face finish handle the reception wall. The exterior LED system carries a long-warranty rating for outdoor service in the Pacific Northwest, and the interior acrylic is finished to the same gloss standard as the architectural feature it sits against.
Reception feature wall — precision-cut acrylic letters with high-gloss finish.
Design & Engineering
The Edgeworks Bellevue signage ran on one design conversation between Plumb Signs and MG2 Design. MG2 owned the architectural and interior design; Plumb Signs handled the sign-craft side of the same drawings — letter geometry, mounting hardware, LED system, finish coordination, and code compliance with the City of Bellevue.
- · Brand coordination with MG2 Design
- · Shop drawings for the exterior and interior pieces
- · Wall-substrate engineering & mount sizing
- · UL-rated, remote-mount LED system spec
- · Acrylic routing & high-gloss face finishing
- · Permitting & code compliance with the City of Bellevue
One CAD set carried the program through fabrication, permitting, and install — same drawings, same dimensions, same hardware schedule from shop drawing to installed sign.
Why This Approach Works for Recreation & Fitness Brands
A modern climbing or fitness brand is bought on identity. The customer signs up online, walks the parking lot the first time looking for the building, and decides in the first five seconds at the door whether the room feels like the brand they researched. Two coordinated sign pieces — one on the building, one at the front desk — carry that decision. The exterior pulls them off the street; the interior confirms they’re in the right place.
For Edgeworks, the brand is part of the climbing experience itself — tall ceilings, clean walls, real craft. Channel letters illuminated cleanly outside and a precision-cut, high-gloss acrylic wall inside meet that bar. Both pieces are fabricated to last in a high-traffic, climate-controlled environment, and both are serviceable in place if anything ever needs attention years down the line.
Recreation & Fitness Signage in Bellevue, Seattle & the Eastside
Plumb Signs is based in Tacoma, about forty minutes south of Bellevue. We design, fabricate, and install commercial signage for climbing gyms, fitness studios, recreation operators, and architect / contractor partners across Bellevue, Seattle, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Renton, Tacoma, Olympia, and the wider Puget Sound region, with project work extending east of the Cascades into Yakima and the Tri-Cities and north into Bellingham.
The full Edgeworks Bellevue package — drawings, fabrication, finishes, permits, and install — was produced under one roof at 909 S 28th St in Tacoma. One team, one chain of custody, one point of accountability if a service call ever needs to happen.
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From a single building identification sign to a coordinated exterior + interior brand package, Plumb Signs designs, fabricates, and installs recreation and fitness signage that is durable, brand-accurate, and delivered under one roof from our Tacoma shop.
