Common Roots Urban Farm Signage
Common Roots Urban Farm Signage
A community-built vision of urban agriculture
The urban farm at Halifax's centre wanted to be more visible to the wider city: to make the expansive green space welcoming and public. The society needed to do a lot with a little, having big ideas and a strong volunteer corps, but only a small budget to fabricate signs.
We looked for materials and structures that would catch the eye, but be simple to build and easy to take care of. A set of sandwich-board signs at different sizes provides all the functions of a sign-system: wayfinding and marketing at the sidewalk, promotion at the street, and interpretation at the farm's centre. The signs were designed to communicate at a human scale at close quarters, but to act as beacons at a distance, calling people onto the farm to enjoy the space (and the produce).
Status
Installed 2016
Our Role
wayfinding, sign design
Client
Common Roots Urban Farm
Location
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
COMMON ROOTS URBAN FARM
Chalkboards make it easy for the farm to communicate always-fresh information to visitors.
One side of the narrow signs has room for bright modular panels which can be sold to farm sponsors.
The Common Roots Urban farm provided the Halifax community with the unique opportunity to grow fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables in the downtown core.
“We got fantastic signs through Form:Media—so helpful. The design process was efficient and fun. The final signs are stylish and functional. They helped us the whole the way, making sure we found good manufacturers, installed them precisely, and were helpful with all the silly questions.
We struggled for years to make signs: signs are so important, include so many details, are the gestalt of the organization. Thanks to Form:Media we now have big sexy signs that work!”