At Maynard, creating a high-quality user experience lies at the very heart of what we do. Across all of our projects, engaging directly with stakeholders and the end-user is a fundamental component of our design process. But what happens when the ‘luxury’ of face-to-face engagement is suddenly no longer a legitimate option?
Placing passenger experience at the heart of a new wayfinding system for the rapidly expanding Gold Coast Airport has required a novel approach.
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2018 raised some hard-hitting issues surrounding gender equality, from pioneering movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, and enforcing gender pay gap reporting. These movements have forced us to reflect on our own experiences as women working in the design industry, to consider this effect on our professional lives, and to address where and how things can be improved.
A year of international openings, big moves, project completions & new beginnings.
A conversation with Kate Pleban and Guy Hohmann, Associates from our Melbourne and Auckland studios.
Some cognitive neuroscientists hold that the environment we experience is, in fact, part of our mind. If that is the case, how can a single environment be a part of several people’s minds?
Head of wayfinding, Hayley Branston, details her evaluation and approach to Maynard’s self initiated, in-house design competition ‘Fortified City’.
It seems a long time ago since we produced the last Object magazine. This past year has been an incredibly busy one with much to share. In this issue, we focus on research and innovation, profiling two projects which apply digital technologies to enhance the user experience within the transport sector.
Maynard’s work is diverse, at any one time we could be designing architectural components for new transport projects, creating an urban wayfinding strategy or producing our own range of street furniture. We’ve created an illustrated map of our work, see how many projects you can spot!