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OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки by Updesign

OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки by Updesign is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Срібна нагорода A' Design Award in Графіка Competition Category.


СріблоГрафіка· 2022

OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки

by Updesign

Client: OCT Group

Срібна нагорода A' Design Award Winner in Графіка Category

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The Design

About OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки

Архітектурна мова Корбюзьє добре витягнута та виражена в дизайні шляхових знаків у цьому проекті. Загалом, весь грубий сміливий вигляд характеризується перебільшеними грубими бетонними компонентами та відкритими незавершеними конструкціями та спорудами; у деталях холодні тіні важких металевих матеріалів створюють художні тривимірні візуальні ефекти, передаючи потужне відчуття мінімалізму.

The Recognition

About the Срібна нагорода A' Design Award

OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки є переможцем Срібної нагороди A' Design Award — надзвичайно престижного визнання, що присуджується першокласним дизайнам вищого ґатунку, чарівним і вражаючим. Переможці Срібної нагороди — це надзвичайно блискучі та вкрай креативні роботи, що ілюструють видатну експертизу, талант і проникливість своїх дизайнерів. Очікується, що OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки буде чудовою, взірцевою роботою, надзвичайно професійною та глибоко інноваційною. Цей дизайн-переможець Срібної нагороди A' Design Award — дуже помітний, шанований винахід, що приносить користь і розсуває межі мистецтва, науки, дизайну й технологій. OCT Happy Hour Дорожні Знаки — це творіння, якому дуже заздрять, яке розбурхує бажання, приносить позитивні почуття та викликає здивування й подив.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Corbusier architectural language is well extracted and expressed in the wayfinding-sign design in this project. In general, the whole rough bold appearance is featured by exaggerated crude concrete components and exposed unfinished structures and facilities; in detail, cool shadows of heavy metal materials produce artistic 3D visual effects, conveying a powerful sense of minimalism.
Dimensions & Packaging
Overall texture: concrete coating. 1700mmX200mmX680mm
Tags
park-themed, residential, wayfinding, demonstration area, cement material, modernist, structural
Production Technology
Embraced by a grand architectural setting, fine details are required for close viewing of a sign board although it is a kind of building epitome. The whole body of concrete sign board is boldly shaped to show the distinct architectural aesthetics. High-standard cement material and qualified finishing craft are necessary to achieve a smooth but rough looking surface of the board. It is not just a sign board, but a lively artistic building epitome to echo with its grand architectural background.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge in this project is how to keep consistent visual effect between the colors of sign boards and existing building facades. Hence, the design team lay great emphasis on making cement material samples with repeated communication and coordination with the construction team to achieve minimal color tolerance.
Research
It is a time-consuming process to do a number of selections and experiments for choosing one of reasonable building techniques as the sample of sign-board making to ensure both information-providing function and abstract architectural image. Finally, cutting-plane variants are selected to visually convey an approximate spatial experience without adoptingother existing dominant building techniques or architectural elements.
Inspiration
The project is designed for the demonstration area of a large park-themed residence with Corbusier’s modernist architectural style. It’ll be transformed into a local culture center after residential deliveries. UPD extracts Corbusier architectural language into wayfinding-sign design on landscaping belts and entrance paths. It makes aesthetic architectural aura easily available everywhere in a vivid way. A more 3D space experience is ingeniously created by the wayfinding signs here and there.
Project Duration
September 2021, Northwest lishui District, Nanjing city, Jiangsu Province, China
Operation Flow
Rather than a mechanical combination of graphics and functions, UPD designers would like to endow this public communication space with rich special site spirit by wayfinding-sign design, to create a permanently impressive park for visitors. The meticulously designedwayfinding signage system harmoniously integrates man, architectural space, and design aesthetics as a gentle friendly whole.
Team Members
Zhang Yi(creative director)
Zhang Shuo(project manager)
Image Credits
Updesign

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