Wayfinding System

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Designer: Geissert Thomas Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Graphic

HWG Campus LU

The aim was to create a system with its own identity and originality. The signage and information system therefore has a clear design language and picks up on architectural elements of the new building. A colour concept facilitates orientation. It welcomes and informs students outside (car park, campus), guides them to the entrances and inside the buildings to the desired departments and facilities. The focus is on legibility, accessibility and recognition. A solution was developed that does not follow short-lived trends, but is durable in form and materiality.

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Designer: Takuya Wakizaki Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Interface

Totetsu Training Institute

The client, founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. The designer Takuya Wakizaki, the founder of MOTIVE Inc., created a wayfinding system for the institute, which the client built to develop human resources. For the design motif, the designer used rail lines-the core identity of the client. Through the design, the designer strove to create a space that would help trainees feel a sense of pride in their work.

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Designer: Kimhung Choi Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Graphic

Oil Street Art Space

Oil Street Art Space is a wayfinding system created for a public art and cultural venue in Hong Kong. The site includes a historic red brick building and a newer two-storey building with outdoor areas for exhibitions and community activities. The form of the signage is derived from the venue logo and combines three surface areas. Black is used to suit the historic setting, with one area in the brand colour. The signs are made of stainless steel with powder coating and painted debossed letters, and are fixed between the bricks to limit damage to the building.

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Designer: Geissert Thomas Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Graphic

Airport Bremen

A high-contrast modern design and a clear information Hirarchie distinguishes the new system. The orientation system works fast and will make a positive contribution to the quality of service afford the airport. The most important means next to the use of a new font, a distinctive arrow element the introduction of different, high-contrast colors. It was particularly on functional and psychological aspects, such as good visibility, readability and barrier-free information recording. New aluminium cases with contemporary, optimized LED illumination are used. Signage towers were added.

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Designer: Geissert Thomas Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Graphic

Stadium SC Freiburg

The goal was to create a system with its own identity and originality that goes beyond. The structure of the new stadium of SC Freiburg consists of an orthogonal basic form and an orthogonal roof. The guiding principle of the architectural design, to create an identity-forming structure, must be supported. The new wayfinding and orientation system therefore presents itself with a clear language of form. It welcomes and informs visitors and fans already in the outdoor area (parking, busstop, tram), leads them to the entrances and in the stadium via the promenade to the seats.

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Designer: Fengqi Gong Work: Wayfinding System Tag: Building Components

Bamboo Sound

Bamboo Sound is a wayfinding system created for a hotel interior. The concise frame follows framing techniques drawn from South Chinese garden design. Multilayer frosted semitransparent acrylic is layered inside the frame, and the back is baked with white paint. Bamboo patterns are silk printed on the back of the acrylic, while the information is silk printed on the outer surface, creating distinct layers of depth. A copper frame is fixed around the acrylic. Changing ambient light leaves soft shadows on the surface, recalling bamboo leaves reflected on water.

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