Seattle University has a story to tell about it’s sustainability efforts. And it’s a good story, too: four LEED Gold buildings in four years. Mind you this is a private university and does not “have” to achieve such high goals. But sustainability is part of their core belief system, so they do. And they want to tell everyone about it.
So G.Scott!Design was charged with designing a method for presenting the story. Using an external-grade (and Green) digital high-pressure laminate display panel was fairly obvious. But what about the base?
After numerous studies, rounds of pricing, and some head scratching, we came up with the base shown here. We think it’s kind of sexy even if we do say so ourself! Sustainability is sex so why shouldn’t the base be too?
(When is the last time you heard anyone say “Wow, what a sexy line?” Anybody? Anybody? We didn’t think so.)
The base is curved, one-inch thick aluminum fabricated and installed by Tube Art Group. The interpretive panel is manufactured by iZone. The concrete foundations are simple concrete formed from Sonotubes forms. The layout of each panel is similar with each buildings sustainability story told in a way that makes sense for the building. The story graphics were provided by Seattle University.
What other sexy signs have you seen? Where? And why do you think so? Tell us.
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Not a sexy line but sexy curves – which are some kind of lines …
Seriously, I like the LA airport – to me it looks sexy – don’t know exactly why.
Maybe it’s a matter of context or mood whether you feel somthing is sexy or not.