St. Michael's Fortress

The signage concept for St. Michael's Fortress takes its cue from the many surviving walls and from the fortress's ground plan, an irregular quadrangle. Working from the assumption that the fortification was never fully finished because of possible later adaptations to advances in military technology, the idea was to design the new layer carrying the signage system so that it stands for the 21st century. Visitors find all the information or directions they need through three sign categories, used for wayfinding to destinations, orientation or general information. In the design process, every sign received a functional layer holding a particular type of information: the text sits on the lowest layer, and the arrow (showing the direction of movement) on the highest. Because this signage system is used across all the fortresses in Šibenik, each one is distinguished by colors drawn from its own visual identity.