January 12th, 2012 4:53 PM
Signs of Good Design
Frost* has been prominently featured in Michelle Galindo’s highly anticipated release, ‘Signage Design’ as readers become exposed to our most recent environmental and signage project completions. The works featured highlight our success in the development of signage elements for The Powerhouse Museum, the design for an identification and intuitive wayfinding system for The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong and new interior and exterior signage projects undertaken for the Queen Victoria Building. Other work featured includes our suspended directional and wayfinding signage implementation for Chatswood Chase, Sydney. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore, or order online here.
January 04th, 2012 1:44 PM
Making a statement
A dynamic digital wall makes an impressive statement about the Commonwealth Bank’s commitment to the environment – greeting visitors and staff alike with real-time statistics on the green performance of its new Darling Walk Campus. The wall is part of a wide-ranging signage and environmental graphics scheme developed by Frost* for the Campus, which also includes a 17.5 metre curved lenticular wall – the largest we know of in existence. The signage and graphics over 55,000 sqm establish a distinctive sense of place and identity for the different workplace settings, including the cube and globe clubhouses on Level 1, exchange café and atrium carpet.
Photography by Tyrone Branigan.
November 17th, 2011 1:54 PM
Digging deep – Rio Tinto
The rich visual language of the mining sector has inspired Frost’s latest environmental graphics project for Rio Tinto’s new Brisbane Regional Centre. The project was an opportunity to connect staff in the corporate office to the operational coalface, featuring elements such as stencil-cut fonts, raw materials and super-scaled photography. Contoured panelling creates a sense of topography in the lift core, while lithological patterns (geological map codes for rocks) bring otherwise functional surfaces to life. The graphics complement the “Earth to Sky” interior concept developed by Geyer, the interior designers on the project.
October 27th, 2011 11:26 PM
Chiswick, new garden restaurant in Sydney
We have been working with Matt Moran and his partner Peter Sullivan and their team on the new Chiswick restaurant identity. Set in Chiswick Gardens at 65 Ocean Street Woollahra Sydney. Watch this space it’s going to be tasty.
July 18th, 2011 9:57 AM
Putting on the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong
Ritz-Carlton has made a dramatic return to the Hong Kong skyline: occupying the top 16 floors of the landmark 118-storey International Commerce Center in Kowloon, it is the world’s tallest hotel. Developer Sun Hung-Kai Sun asked Frost* for an identification and an intuitive way-finding system that would reflect both the venerable hotelier’s past and its high-rising aspirations. Lead by Design Director Ray Parslow, Frost* created a jewel-like motif that mirrors the effortless sophistication of the finest luxury brands. The key signage elements were drawn from a ribbon of bronzed metal folded to create form. The approach blends with the contours of the hotel’s textured environment of timbers and natural stones.
June 16th, 2011 1:23 PM
Helping UTS find its way
Two new keystone buildings – one by Gehry Partners, one by Denton Corker Marshall — are part of a $1 billion redevelopment at University of Technology Sydney’s City Campus. The scale of change means big changes in how people will navigate the space. Frost’s 3D team has been commissioned to develop a legible urban environment through way-finding and public space branding. “The landscape of education is changing and UTS wants to position itself a world-leading institution,” says Annabel Stevens, Head of Environments at Frost.
Integral to this change is the concept of the sticky campus: a welcoming space with enticing design features that encourage people to stay.
March 31st, 2011 10:56 AM
Creative Spaces
We spend a huge part of our lives at work, so when iconic One Shelley Street decided to incorporate Activity Based Working in their refurbishment we were more than happy to add a playful touch.
Collaborating closely with the interior design team from Woods Bagot, Frost* designed environmental graphics and introduced three-dimensional elements to establish a sense of place and communicate a flexible workplace vision. To strengthen engagement in the environment, the floors were given a specific theme around which the interior and graphic design were based.
Level eight, named “The Studio”, comprises of two areas that have been given an overarching Japanese theme with inspiration from contemporary Japanese architecture and pop culture as well as traditional culture and Shibori fabrics. Level nine, “The Warehouse”, takes reference from its industrial shipping wharf past, with an exaggerated warehouse aesthetic using optical illusions, depth, perspective and scale.
The Studio
The Warehouse
March 28th, 2011 12:46 PM
Canberra signs up
We’ve just finished a project with Canberra based property developers Molonglo Group. They approached us to create the placemaking and signage for 221 London, a prominent building located in the heart of Canberra’s CBD, refurbished by Architectus. We developed an identity that references the distinctive black and white striped effect of the base building. This idea has been brought to life with huge signage on the main building façade, covering seven storeys and reaching more than 26 metres high and almost as wide. The signform appears to flow in and out of the building like a ribbon. This strong visual language continues throughout the interiors of all typical floors, folding and overlapping, using positive and negative space, and black and white contrast to create a unique and highly recognisable identity for the building.
October 27th, 2010 6:22 PM
Ossolites
To celebrate ActewAGL’s 10th anniversary ActewAGL commissioned us, in collaboration with renowned Canberra-based artist, Robert Foster of Fink and Co. to create a sculptural installation for the foyer of their new headquarters in Bunda Street, Canberra.
The work is titled “The Journey” and is made up of thirty-seven tusk-like forms that emerge from the polished concrete floor, transforming into sinuous light-filled shapes named “Ossolites”. The Ossolites are programmed to create dramatic sequences of light, colour and movement throughout the installation. Lighting sequences were art directed by Foster/Frost with innovative LED lighting and software by Coolon. People are invited to interact with the forms, changing their colour or state of energy, making them feel part of and welcome in the space.
In addition to the Ossolites, we worked closely with Cox Humphries Moss Architects on the interior concepts for the foyer and cafe. Marble seating is designed to look like fallen columns while the angular walls and reception desk counterbalance the organic-looking sculptural forms. We extended the look and feel into the café by recommending furniture, finishes and custom Fink lighting. This holistic approach to the lobby space sparks the question in the viewer of what came first, the building or the sculpture?
On Friday night our lovely Environments ladies Annabel and Sarah went to Canberra for the launch. The installation had a great response, drawing such huge crowds ActewAGL are going to have to employ a full-time window cleaner to wipe away everyone’s hand and nose prints each day!
The Ossolites
The Cafe
Sarah and Robert
The Crowd
