wayfinding
Ideas
Will Lynes calls for architects and designers to value the ancient trade of signwriting
Despite its long and rich history, signwriting is a profession in decline. Will Lynes’ new show, Oily Water at Canberra Glassworks, aims to showcase the techniques of the trade to highlight its potential in design.
Project
Hints of New York in Hammond Studio’s Sydney office renewal
Global e-commerce tech company ROKT has a revitalised, art-filled workplace in Sydney thanks to Hammond Studio’s reuse-focused design.
Project
Drift: How one pedestrian bridge enhances connectivity and improves neighbourhood
Designed by Volkan Alkanoglu, Drift is created to bridge a physical divide – a creek – between two halves of one neighbourhood and their respective park systems.
Ideas
Listen: Dominic Russo of Diadem on people, brand and place
Diadem, the architectural signage and wayfinding studio, marks its 21st anniversary with a special podcast featuring Indesign editor Alice Blackwood in conversation with co-founder Dominic Russo.
Project
There’s no place like home: T2 Arrivals Hall by Grimshaw
After creating a critically acclaimed style guide that shapes the overall feel of the airport itself, Grimshaw have completed Melbourne Airport’s T2 International Arrivals Hall, that feels an awful lot like the city outside.
Project
The Golden lesson in designing open plan, flexible work spaces
The flexible work spaces of RMBL’s new head office, designed by Golden, have transformed the mortgage manager’s conventional practices in favour of an activity based working model.
Dissections
Woodside, by Unispace
The same blue-sky thinking that underpins Woodside’s energy exploration, development delivery and supply business set the tone for its new global HQ in Perth, designed by Cox Architects and Unispace.