Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System by Kimhung Choi and Thomas Siu

Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System by Kimhung Choi and Thomas Siu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.

IronGraphic· 2023

Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System

by Kimhung Choi and Thomas Siu

Client: Kimhung Design

A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category

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The Design

About Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System

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.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Oil Street Art Space Wayfinding System is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: HorizontalBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Oi!- Oil Street Art Space, is housed in the former clubhouse of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. It opens to the public as community leisure and cultural space in two phases after revitalisation and restoration, including a red-bricked Grade II historic building with a tile roof and over 3000 sqm outdoor area with a two-storey building incorporating an exhibition and multipurpose venue respectively.
Dimensions & Packaging: Various dimensions according to the application on site
Tags: Wayfinding System, Signage, Environmental Design, Art and Cultural Space
Production Technology: Stainless Steel: powder coating and filling debossed letters in paint
Research: Research on signage installation protection on the historical building conducted while designing the signage. To minimise the damage to the building during installation and provide flexibility on future maintenance and replacement. At last, installing the signages in between the bricks for the historical building action had been taken.
Inspiration: The project is designing a wayfinding system for Oi! - Oil Street Art Space, an art oasis in urban city with original historical premises and new extension of contemporary building with outdoor spaces to host exhibition and community activities to the public. The form of the signage is a transformation of 'Oi!' logo and combined with three surface areas to illustrate the diversity and energetic vibe that 'Oi!' is going to bring to the community with the opening of a new phase.
Project Duration: May 2022, The Hong Kong SAR
Operation Flow: In consideration not to obscure the red bricks architectural features and to match with the historic environment as well as the contemporary exhibition and multipurpose venue, we proposed the black colour for the signage and touch up on the top left flipped area in 'Oi!' brand colour as well as the context. The set of approachable and manageable signage with consistent and helpful design to highlight the features and provide guidance to visitors to explore all parts of 'Oi!'.
Team Members: Client: Art Promotion Office, The Hong Kong SAR
Designer: Kimhung Choi and Thomas Siu