Chollas Creek Restoration
A series of eight bilingual signs for an interpretive trail along a restored urban creek
This signage was a component of the Chollas Creek Restoration project which received an Orchid Award by the San Diego Architecture Foundation in 2008.
Signage content included information relating to community vitality, local government programs, regional flora, streamflow science, and wastewater practices.
While I can certainly claim to be the designer of these signs, the final designs were the result of a highly collaborative process of working with numerous stakeholders including Javier Guerrero of Natural Perspectives Consulting (the company with whom I was contracted), City of San Diego staff, and Chollas Creek community groups.
A major challenge of this project was the composition of layouts with almost nonexistent negative space. Equally-weighted English and Spanish copy needed to be set as large as possible — and diagrams and graphics (also large in scale) needed to be placed near the corresponding English and Spanish text.
Services provided as a consultant to Natural Perspectives Consulting
Skills Utilized
- Public presentations
- Solicitation and collection of stakeholder feedback
- Typography
- Design and illustration of streamflow diagrams
- Photography (shooting and editing)
One of four bilingual signs addressing the health of the creek and the science used in its rehabilitation.
One of three bilingual signs educating visitors about native plants found within the project site.
