Signage for the Barangaroo Wayfinding Project.
Year
2017
Client
Buro North
Location
Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW
Boomalli was approached by Buro North, who were given the task of developing signage for the Barangaroo wayfinding project, which was looking for an artist to design a pattern on their signs.
The wayfinding project included a range of signage options that were installed across the newly developed Barangaroo precinct between Circular Quay and Darling Harbour, which has now become Sydney’s newest and buzziest precinct.
Signage materials have ranged from corflute to perforated metal sheeting, to vinyl laminate panels. The artwork was a huge undertaking to ensure that perforated methods would still be able to utilise the artwork pattern. The artwork also needed to ensure the range of designs and patterns that could work across a broad spectrum of sizes and placement.
Barangaroo is named after a powerful 18th-century Cammeraygal woman who was an interlocutor with Governor Arthur Phillip, the captain of the First Fleet in 1788. The signage artwork was designed to acknowledge the connection of Gadigal people, the traditional owners of the lands in which the precinct has been developed. The various circles in the artwork are places of significance, they are meeting grounds. The surrounding artwork is representative of going to new places, of travelling to and from the meeting places. These are also symbolic of the way our people moved about the land whether it be for trade, hunting, or cultural events. These are still the reasons we all travel about our city, state, or country, always heading to other places and returning home. Wherever that may be.
Year
2017
Client
Buro North
Location
Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW
Boomalli was approached by Buro North, who were given the task of developing signage for the Barangaroo wayfinding project, which was looking for an artist to design a pattern on their signs.
The wayfinding project included a range of signage options that were installed across the newly developed Barangaroo precinct between Circular Quay and Darling Harbour, which has now become Sydney’s newest and buzziest precinct.
Signage materials have ranged from corflute to perforated metal sheeting, to vinyl laminate panels. The artwork was a huge undertaking to ensure that perforated methods would still be able to utilise the artwork pattern. The artwork also needed to ensure the range of designs and patterns that could work across a broad spectrum of sizes and placement.
Barangaroo is named after a powerful 18th-century Cammeraygal woman who was an interlocutor with Governor Arthur Phillip, the captain of the First Fleet in 1788. The signage artwork was designed to acknowledge the connection of Gadigal people, the traditional owners of the lands in which the precinct has been developed. The various circles in the artwork are places of significance, they are meeting grounds. The surrounding artwork is representative of going to new places, of travelling to and from the meeting places. These are also symbolic of the way our people moved about the land whether it be for trade, hunting, or cultural events. These are still the reasons we all travel about our city, state, or country, always heading to other places and returning home. Wherever that may be.
The signage is still in place and can be seen all along the precinct including at the Cutaway, a large event space that is a central location for the precinct below Central Harbour Park.
While the history of the precinct has predominantly been a working shipping port on various scales, the development at Barangaroo has opened access to this waterfront precinct to the public for the first time in more than 100 years. In doing so, we can celebrate and acknowledge the First Nations history, and its essence, at Barangaroo, resulting in an authentic and dynamic destination for all to enjoy.
The signage is still in place and can be seen all along the precinct including at the Cutaway, a large event space that is a central location for the precinct below Central Harbour Park.
While the history of the precinct has predominantly been a working shipping port on various scales, the development at Barangaroo has opened access to this waterfront precinct to the public for the first time in more than 100 years. In doing so, we can celebrate and acknowledge the First Nations history, and its essence, at Barangaroo, resulting in an authentic and dynamic destination for all to enjoy.
