「マリンゲート塩釜」サイン計画 
塩釜港開発株式会社

“Marine Gate Shiogama” Signage Planning 
Port of Shiogama Development Co.

Category: Environment Date: 1995

The design project for the terminal of sight seeing tour boats of Shiogama City of Miyagi Prefecture was undertaken. Establishing a design system was intended here.
The system has a catalyst like role to connect the terminal and existing town, and to mutually revitalize them. Employed for the primary style of design the crystal of salt, abstracted from the history and culture of the town, was set as a motif. The architectural element and the primary form of sign were developed into the grid system of printed matters.
The three primary colors from signal flags of boats were used for graphic elements. The elements were placed in the background color abstracted from Shiogama stone found in the town and surrounding natural environment. The former colors were used for the body of signage and functional indication, and the latter was used for a building wall and printed matter.