Abby travelled to Moscow, Idaho on Wednesday to present our 85% CD submittal for the University of Idaho's sports arena, Kibbie Dome. Scale is everything in a big arena, as you can see from our mock-ups of 24" and 36" letters (see inset) inside the dome.
We go a long way back with the Vandals. The guy on the right is Chace Anderson (EA's dad) on the field with his football buddies in the late 40s.
Karen spent the first part of this week in Everett WA with a team who reviewed, analyzed, approved (or corrected for approval) every installed piece of signage in the new hospital tower at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (PRMCE). From the roof (above, with a view to Puget Sound) to the basement, a team of five walked every corridor of the hospital and looked at every single sign. When something didn't pass inspection, it was corrected on the spot.
Jenae Goldfinch , Mortensen Construction,Vicki Scott , PRMCE Facilities and Scott Hoffman Trade-Marx Signs & Display (left, above) each take notes while walking. Along the route, Scott (right photo) pulls out his tools and installs a sign in a location that was previously inaccessible.
The best part of all - Jenae typed in every location and created a "real time" punch list - saving what is often a couple of days effort back in the office following a walk-through.
Exterior signs had just been installed - plantings to come!
A beautiful sample arrived in our office today: a section of aluminum mounting channel we specifically designed to capture glass panels without penetrations. Digitally printed graphics will be subsurface laminated to glass and recess mounted in Chemeketa Community College's new classroom building at the Yamhill Valley campus in McMinnville, OR. Above, Cherry and our intern, Mike Sauer, break into smiles as they review the sample.
Above, the yellow arrow points to the 2.5" mounting channel in drawing. At bottom, the channel is 4", to align with baseboards throughout the building.
We have a new intern at AK and he seems to be a natural when it comes to wayfinding. Mike Sauer, a senior in the interiors program at Marylhurst University, discovered Environmental Graphic Design when Abby and Karen made a presentation to his class earlier this year. His first assignment at AK: improve wayfinding through the skybridges of Chemeketa's Salem campus. Abby took these photos while Mike made notes during his first visit to the campus.