A guidance and orientation system or signage forms a meta-level that expands space with information. In many buildings, this information in the form of signposts or markings is a basic requirement in order to be able to orientate themselves in it at all. In airports, urban areas or museums with thousands of visitors per day, orientation systems are an important part of the overall communication. They contribute to the effective use of space, to the well-being of people and to the formation of identity.

People use a variety of strategies to reach their destinations. Some orient themselves consciously, using cognitive methods, others are more intuitive. For us, as wayfinding experts, this means that we put our orientation concepts on a broad basis. We create clear structures, we set emotional signals and develop an authentic design.

At the beginning of a branding process, we need to engage with the goals of a project and the core values of the people. We collect and analyse all the information we receive, structure it and process it visually. By workshopping ideas we create the basis for an authentic identity. We work with you to develop a strategy to build a strong brand identity. Due to the diverse design competences at Moniteurs, we can plan all communicative measures, concepts and designs: websites, print media or staging your brand indoors. We enable you to speak with a consistent visual language and communicate effectively.

hammeskrause ar­chitek­ten, an ar­chi­tec­tural of­fice from Stuttgart, is spe­cial­ized in pro­jects in the fields of in­dus­try, pub­lic build­ings, build­ings for care and health, and es­pe­cially in sci­ence and re­search build­ings with some­times highly com­plex re­quire­ments.

In 2018, a move to more mod­ern premises marked an in­ten­sive phase of fur­ther de­vel­op­ment – hammeskrause was look­ing for a part­ner to work with them on a sta­ble foun­da­tion and de­velop a con­tem­po­rary and mod­ern ex­ter­nal im­age.

Berlin is short of foot­bridges and yet has so many rivers and other in­ter­est­ing sites that are cry­ing out for a bridge. Work­ing with the Berlin Bridge De­part­ment of the In­sti­tute of Con­cep­tual and Struc­tural De­sign at the TU Berlin, we have iden­ti­fied six cen­tral lo­ca­tions that are typ­i­cal of Berlin, and where foot­bridges are needed. So be­gan the “World’s Foot­bridges for Berlin” pro­ject. Par­tic­i­pants from all over the world sub­mit­ted many cu­ri­ous, in­tel­li­gent, vi­sion­ary foot­bridge de­signs. The pre­cious col­lec­tion of 73 se­lected bridge de­signs are mapped in the mi­crosite “Bridge Finder”, a dig­i­tal com­pass, to ex­plore the con­text of the pro­ject and the city. The “Bridge Finder” first shows the near­est lo­ca­tion and then all other lo­ca­tions with in­for­ma­tion on walk­ing dis­tances. It in­forms the user of the re­spec­tive bridge de­sign and in­vites the user to go for a stroll.

The Book-a-Slot book­ing ser­vice takes you quickly through the se­cu­rity check. To­gether with our part­ner iab­sis, a Swiss-based in­no­va­tion dri­ver, Moni­teurs de­vel­oped a new prod­uct for air­ports. The con­cept and idea for this ser­vice were de­vel­oped dur­ing a hackathon at which the team won the first prize in the “Life be­fore the Air­port” chal­lenge.

The ser­vice had its first test run from 12th No­vem­ber till 20th De­cem­ber and was avail­able for 1500 flights in Eu­rope.