Fog x FLO Wayfinding System
Emerald Necklace, Boston, MA | Summer 2018
We worked in partnership with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, curator Jen Mergel and a design advisory team to create a wayfinding system for Fujiko Nakaya's fog sculpture installation on the Emerald Necklace. The project is designed as a system of 4 sign types working together to guide visitors through the parks and to each sculpture location.
In total, almost 100 signs were distributed. Their graphic representations and text emphasize how the individual parks were originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1800's as an interconnected system, serving as both an ecological and recreational amenity in Boston and Brookline .
Type A signage, located at each installation site as well as the Shattuck Visitor Center information center
Type B signage, located at major park entry points
Type B+ signage, located at important path decision points within the Emerald Necklace
Type C signage, located at prominent street corners outside of the Emerald Necklace
Hieroglyphics were developed as graphic identifiers for each of the fog sculptures and for the installation at the Shattuck Visitor Center.
Graphic maps printed on the signage help guide visitors to the fog sculptures while emphasizing the Emerald Necklace as an interconnected system of parks.
