The first thing a visitor clocks in a Dubai office is the logo behind reception. They do not comment on it. They just decide, in about three seconds, whether the firm looks serious. Most of the reception signs we remake were ordered from a print shop that treated the wall like a poster.
Buying guides · 2026-08-24 · 6 min read
A 5mm letter looks fine in a phone photo and cheap on a three-metre wall. For a reception logo in DIFC, Business Bay or ADGM, we almost always cut 10mm, sometimes 15mm or 20mm if the letters are large. The extra millimetres are what catch the lobby light and throw a proper shadow. If a quote comes in suspiciously low, check the thickness first. That is usually where it was shaved.
Flat cut letters, painted or left clear, work in a bright lobby with a strong feature wall. Halo-lit letters, LEDs in the back, standoffs off the wall, are what most banks, law firms and family offices actually want. The glow sits on the wall around the letter, not in your eyes. Halo-lit costs more because it is letters plus wiring plus a driver plus a site visit. It is also the piece people photograph when they visit.
Brushed gold and matte white are the two finishes we cut most for Dubai receptions. Gold reads expensive in a stone or dark lobby. White reads clean on timber and beige stone. Brand-colour faces are a paint-match job, not a vinyl wrap, because vinyl edges lift in air-conditioning. Send a Pantone if you have one. If you do not, send the brand PDF and we will pull the colour and send a painted sample before we cut the set.
Studs and standoffs need a wall that can take them. Glass, gypsum, marble, fluted timber: each one needs a different fixing. We ask for a photo of the wall and the lobby lighting before we quote, because a set that looks right on the bench can sit wrong on a busy stone joint. We also supply a paper template. Stick that on the wall first, stand at the door, then drill. Skipping the template is how letters end up 40mm too high.
A reception logo in 10mm acrylic, painted or printed, with a mounting template, typically lands between AED 1,200 and 4,500 depending on letter height and whether it is lit. Halo-lit versions sit at the top of that range and can go higher on large walls. Desk signs, door names and a small directory to match the same finish add a few hundred, and they are worth doing in the same batch so the whole floor looks like one system.
Fit-out contractors, office managers and brand agencies briefing a new HQ or a floor refresh. If you are opening in DIFC, ICD Brookfield, One Zaabeel or a Business Bay tower, send the logo file, the wall width, and a photo from the entrance. We will tell you the thickness and the lighting before we talk price.
Cut 10mm or thicker, paint-match the face, template the wall, and light it if the lobby is dim. A reception sign is not stationery. It is the first piece of the brand a client touches with their eyes.
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Most office logo sets in 10mm acrylic run AED 1,200 to 4,500, depending on letter height, finish and whether the letters are halo-lit. Send the logo and a wall photo for a same-day figure.
10mm is the working standard for a Dubai lobby. 5mm looks thin on a large wall. 15mm or 20mm is for big letters or a dark stone backdrop where you want a deeper shadow.
Yes. We fabricate in Al Quoz and install in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. We supply a paper template first so the height is agreed on the wall before anyone drills.
Acrylic is the right call for indoor lobbies: lighter, faster, paint-matched, and it can be halo-lit cleanly. Stainless or brass still wins outdoors and on some heritage interiors. Most DIFC and Business Bay jobs we see are acrylic.
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