Playful juxtapositions

Shifting Objectives

Project Information

2016
Identity
Art Direction
Environments
Exhibition
Identity
Print

M+ Museum’s first design exhibition, ‘Shifting Objectives: Design from the M+ Collection’, explores the various concepts and frameworks that have shaped and broadened our understanding of design. 

Commissioned to design the identity, event graphics, signage, and printed collateral for this exhibition, we created a ‘ghost’ visual identity, formed by Kuramato Shiro’s Oba-Q Lamp in conjunction with the first version of Emoji—both exhibits from the show. These two entities were specifically juxtaposed against each other as their contrasting forms have both influenced the way we have come to understand design. Simultaneously, both visually compliment each other in creating a recognisable ‘ghost’ visual. This stark visual shifts the way in which we perceive conventional forms and accentuates the notion of ‘Shifting Objectives’.

The exhibition title ‘Shifting Objectives’ was designed to be a dynamic logotype as well as a graphic wayfinding device to provide directions for visitors to navigate the exhibition area. The simple execution of the exhibition’s logotype communicates the ‘multi-perspective’ nature of the show.

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