Rhode Island School of Design
- Wayfinding & Signage Projects
The Chace Center, designed by Spanish architect José Rafael Moneo, is the new gateway to the RISD campus in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. An ambitious capital project that fulfilled the vision of a diverse team of people from the School, the RISD Museum, donors, and the community, it reflects the cultural vitality of both the campus and the city.
RISD's Communications + Design Department commissioned Two Twelve to create wayfinding, identification, and donor recognition signage for the Chace Center, which houses student and museum exhibition galleries, an auditorium, studios, classrooms, and collection conservation areas. It also physically links to the RISD Museum, Rhode Island’s leading museum of fine and decorative art. The Chace Center is thus a creative hub and a crossroads where students, faculty, alumni, museum staff, and visitors can interact.
Two Twelve team, including several RISD alums, created signage designs that would resolve various and complex visual communication needs: to identify the building as an entrance to two institutions; to recognize many important donors; to help visitors, students and faculty navigate the facility; to integrate with the architectural design; and to reflect the high creative standards of leading art institutions.
