Kian MediaKIANMedia Production

Shopfront Design & Branding

A shopfront works before the customer walks in: it says who you are, what you offer and whether the place is worth stopping for. We design it as one piece — the sign, the lettering, the lighting, the brand elements and the window graphics — and coordinate its execution with qualified partners within the site's regulatory requirements.

What the work covers

  • The whole front designed in the brand's identity before anything is built
  • Exterior signs, 3D letters and illuminated signs
  • Brand elements on the facade and window graphics
  • Site survey and measurement before fabrication
  • Fabrication and installation coordinated with qualified partners, within the relevant authorities' requirements

Types of work

Whole-shopfront design

A visual of the whole front showing where the sign, the lettering, the lighting and the brand elements sit, approved before anything is fabricated.

Exterior signs and 3D letters

Built-up letters or flat signs, in materials and lighting chosen for the reading distance and the site's conditions.

Illuminated signs

Front-lit, back-lit or lightbox signs, according to the design, the opening hours and the shop's location.

Brand elements on the facade

Colours, finishes and brand elements on the facade itself, chosen for the existing front and the building's requirements.

Window graphics and finishing pieces

Window graphics, opening-hours panels, door signs and wayfinding at the entrance.

Who it is for

  • Opening a new shop or branch
  • Refreshing an existing brand across its branch fronts
  • Unifying the look of a chain of branches
  • Restaurants, cafés, showrooms, commercial offices and service centres

How the work runs

  1. Site survey and measurement

    A site visit to measure and photograph the front, and to learn the building's or mall's requirements where they exist.

  2. Design and sign-off

    The shopfront is designed in the brand's identity with materials and lighting proposed, and refined until you approve it.

  3. Approvals and coordination

    Where the work needs an authority's or the building's approval, what it requires is prepared before execution, and the work is subject to it.

  4. Fabrication and installation

    The pieces are fabricated and installed through qualified partners under Kian Media's supervision, then handed over.

What you receive

  • The approved shopfront design and production files
  • The fabricated pieces, installed on the front
  • The applied identity files, ready for later branches

What shapes the quote

  • The size of the front and how many elements it carries
  • The type of letters and signs and how they are lit
  • The state of the existing front and the preparation it needs
  • Approval requirements and the building's rules
  • Installation height and access to the site
  • The number of branches, when the work covers a chain

We do not publish fixed prices: every quote is worked out from the project's specification once the details arrive.

When this is the right choice

  • When an opening or relaunch needs a whole front, not just a sign
  • When the front has several elements that must come out in one identity
  • When you want every branch to look the same

Frequently asked questions

Does a shop sign need a permit?

Many signs and exterior works are subject to the relevant authorities' or the building's requirements. We review this at the survey stage, and no work that needs an approval goes ahead before it is obtained.

Do you fabricate the signs yourselves?

We design the shopfront and manage its execution; fabrication and installation run through qualified partners under Kian Media's supervision, so you deal with one party following the work from design to handover.

Can you build from a design I already have?

Yes. We check the design against the site measurements, the reading distance and the building's rules, and propose any changes needed before fabrication.

What decides the type of lighting?

The reading distance, the shop's opening hours, where the front is and the nature of the design. We propose the lighting as part of the design, and it is approved with it.

Do you work on chains of branches?

Yes. A single design and production files are approved and applied to each branch, with the sizes adjusted to its own front.

Where do you deliver?

We are headquartered in Dammam and deliver across Al Khobar, Dhahran, Jubail and the rest of the Eastern Province, and in Riyadh and the rest of the Kingdom according to each project's scope.

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Send the request details — sizes, quantities, materials and the install or delivery location — and a quote will follow.

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