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The Green Estate
Wayfinding & Signage
One thing we know: anyone who thinks it’s easy to design signage that guides people around complex spaces, has never done it. It’s a discipline we love precisely because it’s challenging — it’s a chance to use our problems solving and design skills to maximum effect.
We’ve welcomed, oriented and guided people around libraries, galleries and university buildings. We’ve immersed ourselves in an ever-changing hospital and even mapped our way around an ancient forest.
From negotiating the complexities of listed buildings and getting in early with architects and planners, to partnering with expert signage fabricators, getting it right isn't just about ‘telling people where to go’. It’s about exploring, finding how to get lost and the best way back, wandering corridors and paths until we’ve gained a feeling for the flow of the place and the instincts of its users.
”The Estates team were very impressed by the work that the Cafeteria were commissioned to undertake as part of the new wards and main entrance project at the children’s hospital. Since then Cafeteria have assisted in numerous other projects all of which have received great feedback and comments from staff and the families who work or visits the hospital. Good clear wayfinding, great design and engaging artwork helps make the children’s a brilliant place to work or visit.”