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Waste diversion signage
Posted by Dean Gallant in 2011 Canada Games, interpretation, recent work on November 28th, 2010
‘Waste diversion’ is the industry term for garbage signs. For the Halifax 2011 Canada Games, we created unique waste diversion signage to be used in all of our venues.
Since the 2011 Games actually take place across the province—and different municipalities have different rules for waste sorting—it was decided to create a generic set of signs (and rules) which work for all municipalities without getting too specific.
I worked with the Environmental Education Officer for the Halifax Regional Municipality on the design and development of the individual icons and the signs as a whole. We put a lot of work into this and a decent amount of testing, so I’m hoping they will be successful! The true test is to see how much compliance we get from the public once they are rolled out.
Waste Diversion signage
Souris Historic Lighthouse – Interpretation
Posted by Dean Gallant in interpretation, recent work on July 22nd, 2010
This Monday was the official grand opening of the Souris Historic Lighthouse. Working on this project, I’ve had the opportunity to develop the identity, website, brochure, signage and—probably what’s been most interesting—interior and exterior interpretive signs.
Timeline of events and lighthouse keepers
Historic photos of the Souris Port
Life Cycle of Sea Glass
Visitors to the lighthouse can take tours to the top and to the outer platform, and learn—in sort of a mini-museum—about the history of the light and surrounding area. The lighthouse also includes a local craft shop and interpretation of the history and formation of sea glass. Funds from the tours will go towards maintenance of the building.
This is particularly timely since the Federal Government has recently declared almost 1000 Canadian lighthhouses as “surplus“. Basically, it is now going to be up to communities to manage & maintain the surplus lighthouses. Which is exactly what Souris is doing.
Since I’ve been responsible for designing such a range of the communications material, we’ve been able to maintain a consistent look & feel throughout the experience. Hopefully the lighthouse will bring new visitors to the area!