Healing Hands Straight Ahead
Posted in Healthcare on July 8th, 2009 by Mark VanderKlipp – Be the first to comment
When Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana, opened in October, the facility boasted new exterior and interior wayfinding designed and developed by Corbin Design.
Sign types include a 30-foot-tall monument sign with an internally illuminated Clarian symbol and frosted glass tiles, and a 19-foot-tall illuminated version of the Clarian symbol mounted at the top of the seven-story building.
Corbin Design worked on the project in partnership with Gresham Smith Architects, Maregatti Interiors, Jacobs Facilities, Inc. and the Clarian and Arnett teams. The signage was fabricated and installed by the Indianapolis offices of ASI-Modulex Architectural Signage.
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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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