Mac Pohanka

Mac Pohanka (b. 1986) is a gilder, fabricator and designer. Since 2013, he has been the co-owner of Noble Signs. He started his work in painted finishes and fabrication in high school, working for his father John Pohanka, a fine furniture maker in New England. Graduating in 2008 from Grinnell College with a BA in American Studies, Pohanka moved to New York and studied gilding at the decorative hardware studio Van Gregory and Norton.

Soon after he began working as a production designer and prop fabricator in film. During this time, he produced work for Bjork, Encyclopedia Pictura, IKEA, Fisher Price and many others. Since founding Noble Signs, he has designed and built storefronts and conceptual signage for a wide variety of clients nationally and internationally.