35 Brilliant Sign Design Examples That Get Their Messages Across In Creative Ways

Most signs are just there to be ignored—white background, red letters, barely trying. But every now and then, you see one that clearly had a designer with a pulse and a sense of humor behind it.

These signs don’t just get the message across—they do it with personality. They’re clever. They’re weird. They’re the kind of signs that make you stop scrolling, double-take in real life, and maybe even obey them. Maybe.

Whether it’s a visual gag, a brutally honest warning, or a design trick that makes you feel mildly tricked (but impressed), these are the signs that actually stuck with us. And that’s kind of the whole point, right?

1. Ramen restaurant in Budapest.

2. The restroom signs at the M&M’s store.

3. A Skate Shop & a Butchershop are located next to each other. They share one sign.

4. This exit sign actually looks really neat

5. Anti-pollution sign by a lake in Evergreen, Colorado

6. This store sign.

7. The underground station signs near PlayStation headquarters in Oxford Circus have been changed for the launch of the PS5

8. This pro-bike sign.

9. Quite liked this sign I saw in Edinburgh

10. These bathroom signs

11. Razor Blade Advertisement in Germany.

12. Los Angeles to host 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

13. The snowflakes on the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) sign are made out of airplanes.

14. I saw one of these ads on the way home, it’s too good to not share here.

15. A political sign with two messages during the 2024 US federal election.

16. Beautiful example of design.

17. Building Number 909.

18. Ampersand Coffee, Dallas airport

19. Local northeast ohio chicken joint’s new logo.

20. Bar sign in Japan.

21. Slick conservation logo.

22. This New Zealand remembrance plaque in Flanders.

23. A driving safety poster.

24. Say no.

25. Logo for a milktea place called Koi.

26. Great use of negative space.

27. Stoplight in Caracas Venezuela.

28. Shark Fin “Wet Floor” Caution Sign…

29. Pizza place.

30. This sign outside a grocery store in nyc during covid

31. This shop has a option to shop alone or with assistance.

32. Spotted in Philly.

33. The wallpainting.

34. Pedestrian traffic light in Vienna.

35. Brilliant

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Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome