Signs of Health
Posted in Healthcare on July 2nd, 2009 by Mark VanderKlipp – Be the first to commentThe Indiana University School of Medicine opened a new $150 million cancer center on its Indianapolis campus in late 2008, offering state-of-the-art medical treatment to cancer patients.
Corbin Design created the interior and exterior wayfinding systems for the five-story, 405,000-square-foot facility, having already developed wayfinding systems for other Clarian Health facilities including Clarian Arnett Hospital, Clarian North Medical Center and Clarian West Medical Center.
Corbin worked closely with architects at Cannon Design and designers at Maregatti Interiors to assure that the wayfinding elements coordinated with the building architecture and interior decor.
The system was fabricated and installed by ASI-Modulex of Indianapolis.
Our work has been showcased as part of a series on “Placemaking” within Northwestern Michigan’s Second Wave online magazine. The article features several projects from our portfolio, and an explanation of the phrase “Good design goes unnoticed.”
We came across this gem on YouTube, an interview with our client Arthur Mullen, Director of the Mount Clemens DDA. Among the comments featured in this interview*:
“The wayfinding system is especially important because we have a lot of out of town visitors who are coming into the city and we have a couple different grid systems … and it makes getting around downtown for someone who’s… More...
For the Sept.-Oct. 2011 edition of Medical Construction & Design magazine, Corbin Design president Mark VanderKlipp researched and wrote an article that places wayfinding signage in context with the entire range of brand communications that a healthcare system engages. Using Scripps Health as a case study, the article addresses how internal teams can organize to best approach staff, volunteers, patients and visitors with simple messages that reflect an institution’s culture… More...
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