Maps, Clocks & Cliches
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- darrenlamb
Alright lads?
So, I am trying to come up with alternate solutions for symbolising the locations of the offices of the company that I work for. There are two obvious solutions which are completely cliched that I want to stay away from. Firstly the clocks on the wall above reception with the different times of the various offices world wide. Secondly the map above reception with the cities marked on it. I would like to do something different and more unusual. Some way to represent worldwide office locations without being so cliched and obvious...
Ive been knocking around some ideas but haven't come up with anything mind blowing thus far anyway!
Does anyone have any inspiration? Signage examples? Wayfinding? Basically I need some inspiration and QBN is a good place to find it...Thanks in advance people.
(please please please don't bother responding if its not contributing in a positive way. If you think im a shithead and you feel the need to tell me just don't. Im sure you are really smart and witty and you have a way with words, which is great, but please stick to being a cunt on someone elses post, thanks.)
- monNom0
landmarks could work along this line of thinking too.
- darrenlamb0
Wicked visual man. I had thought of the landmarks thing but the cab idea is a great twist on it. Thanks very much!
- MrT0
Bob Kronbauer's t-shirts based on the airport codes were also quite nice. Needs a bit of creativity on the icon of course...
- theres ninjas at LAXmoldero
- Haha...thats what I was thinking!?!darrenlamb
- darrenlamb0
Sweet, those are spot on too. Thanks man.
- Projectile0
ok NOT something like this
but illustrate different countries with different cultures. Two guys on the phone or something. The idea I have in my head is very stock image, but you can take it further. Get RACIST up in this muthafucka!
- Haha... I just finished drawing a beefeater and a bloke with a turban right before I looked at this post! Looks like I am as racist as you :) Btw the woman looks like a doctor seuss character!darrenlamb
- racist as you!darrenlamb
- i_monk0
Ignore the name mash-ups, think of a continuous landscape blending the cities together.
- darrenlamb0
Again, great idea man, thanks very much! Maybe my little disclaimer at the beginning actually helped! This is the best response I have ever got on QBN!
- -kappa-0
I would go with little vector landmark illustrations
- -kappa-0
BTW your final paragraph should go without saying, unfortunately the block user option is no longer.
- identity0
light.
the idea of the clocks had me thinking about timezones and the sun always being at least 12 various intensities at any one time.I did a project a while ago that used the idea of a specific time to give form to the identity itself.
http://mynameisrandall.com/IVORY…I think you could take something intrinsic to the company and represent its form in what time of day it is (in accordance with the time of day of the HQ).
- omg0
we are taking over the world
- darrenlamb0
The sun/light idea is cool too...this could be combined with a continuous skyline of all the office locations with out location being in the daylight and the other locations in various different levels of light...
- sseo0
Clichéd and obvious can still be done well
- darrenlamb0
Yeah, those are really nice but defo not as cliche as the clocks and map with the pins...lovely stuff...
