We’ve just spent a great few days representing the industry at career expos throughout Auckland, speaking to students about how cool sign making is and promoting the Signee courses. The feedback was great, and we loved being able to introduce students to this varied and exciting career path.
We produce a lot of neon. Most of our output is signage, but we also produce artwork and in this case movie props.
Netflix’s live action adaptation of the ground-breaking anime Cowboy Bebop was shot in here in Auckland. Showrunners André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner of Midnight Radio based production of the series working with local Executive Producer Tim Coddington, Line Producer Simon Ambridge and a majority New Zealand crew including Production Designers Grant Major and Gary Mackay, and Costume Designer Jane Holland.
Nemec took an early scouting trip to Auckland, New Zealand in 2019, and the shooting location “just felt right.” The location would prove extremely beneficial when filming continued during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Before this show, I’d never shot in New Zealand before. The level of artistry and craftsmanship among the people who work in the industry here is outstanding.
André Nemec
Production started with original screen shots from the anime and Capitol was tasked with recreating animated signs in real life. Most of the style of Cowboy Bebop draws heavily from science fiction, western, and noir films.
Filming for the series took place in 185 locations around Auckland, New Zealand between July 2019 and March 2021.
And you can watch it now on Netflix, the adventures of a ragtag group of bounty hunters chasing down criminals across the Solar System on the Bebop spaceship.
see you space cowboy…
Capitol Signs preparing for life after lockdown… excited to get stuck in after a month of isolation, We build anything and everything sign related in-house here at Capitol, so part of keeping our team busy through this period, we are working on our own signage based on our new logo/branding, so watch this space for our brand new huge neon sign coming soon.
This years NZ Sign and Display Awards had Capitol Signs bring home the gold again.
NZSDA Gold Medal Award for Theming – MEXICO
NZSDA Silver Medal Award for Dimensional Signs – Provinces Totems
Capitol are super stoked to be part of the team that put this together.
Auckland’s Continental Cars Ferrari has been announced the winner of Ferrari’s Top Showroom 2018 Award at the Italian company’s international dealer meeting.
Ferrari said the traditional annual meeting gathers the worldwide Ferrari dealer network together to celebrate the best performing dealers and executives. This year the top award went to Continental Cars Ferrari.
Positioned at a high-profile site in Newmarket, the 450sq m state-of-the-art showroom opened in 2016.
Continental Cars has a longstanding relationship with the Italian marque, having been the exclusive official dealer for New Zealand since 1973.
New Zealand is now home to some of the most respected Ferrari collectors in the world, with many special limited-edition cars making their home here.
NZSDA Gold Medal Award – Corporate Rebrand and Theming
NZSDA Gold Medal Award – Illuminated Signage
