Iron Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2024
Vanke Skyline Bay Signage
by Yongan Zhou
- A' Design Award 2024 Iron Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Vanke
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 10,960
- Verification code BB02A68607 · Verify this award
About Vanke Skyline Bay Signage
Vanke Skyline Bay is a wayfinding signage system made for a coastal development in Yantai, China. The forms follow lines drawn from the sea, recalling the coastline and the traces left on the beach as the tide rises and falls. Each sign measures 0.6 meters in width, 1.8 meters in height and 0.15 meters in thickness. The signs are produced by cutting and welding stainless steel, a material selected to resist the sea wind near the shore. The design connects guidance information with the surrounding landscape and architecture.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Waves, beaches, and tides are constantly influencing this city. The Vanke Tianqin Bay project stands on the coast of Yantai, in the core area of this northern coastal city.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 0.6 meters, height 1.8 meters, thickness 0.15 meters
- Tags
- Signage，Wayfinding，Graphics，Sea，Tidal
- Production Technology
- The guiding signs are formed by stainless steel cutting and processing
- Design Challenge
- Precision of metal cutting and welding flatness
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2023 in China Yantai and finished in January 2024 in China Yantai
- Operation Flow
- Metal cutting technology
- Research
- The project is located near the seaside, and the main research results can be maintained for a long time without being eroded by sea winds
- Inspiration
- The use of architectural language and landscape environment influences the future of cities. We follow the trajectory created by the environmental space. Embed environmental guidance into it. Whether it is the coastline depicted by seawater or the traces left on the beach after the tide rises and falls, they are all the best design symbols we can have.
- Image Credits
- Image #1-5: Photographer Angeer