A project begun in 2018 while I was Design Lead at Wellington City Council has finally reached completion. For the final stage, I was brought into the Maynard team to revisit the original prototypes, review the subsequent WCC in-house design team’s work, and help develop a destination strategy and visual language for the maps.
While not bilingual in the traditional sense, the wayfinding system takes a hybrid approach, with English and te reo Māori interwoven. Thirteen existing city plinths and four waterfront plinths have been reskinned with updated nomenclature and heads-up maps, a cost-effective reuse of existing city furniture.