Step into the stories of our city
THE STORYTELLERS EXHIBITION
Through an immersive and interactive experience, The Storytellers uncovers the hidden histories, myths and tales of Brisbane as told by some of the city’s contemporary writers.
The highly aclaimed and award winning exhibition was a masterful collaboration between museum, designers, artists and writers.
AWARDS
GOLD — Brisbane DesignXDesign Awards 2021
Popups, Display, Exhibit & Set Design category.
MAGNA 2021 Award Winner for Temporary or Travelling Exhibition, Level 3 At The Amaga National Awards
Museum of Brisbane commissioned Brisbane writers to respond to the evolution of Brisbane, drawing on their own and collective memories.Goldi was tasked with interpreting these stories and bringing them to life visually, in a life size illustration of the places and spaces that
connect with the memories and history of our city. Each writer’s work is the central inspiration for a room within the exhibition. Object, artworks and text combine with an immersive space where the visitor is transported to locations around Brisbane .
THE BRAND
Goldi developed the brand identity for The Storytellers exhibition, drawing on paper cut references and reflecting the shape of the river flowing through the city and the exhibition itself to create a distinct typographic mark.
Classic storybook illustration references interact with the logotype to form a strong brand mark, used across marketing collateral, signage, advertising and a publication featuring the short stories in a novel format.
THE PROCESS
Through a process of distillation of the writers ideas, themes and character, and drawing from iconic references and imagery, our illustrations were developed from initial sketch through
to final vector artwork. The technical process involved incorporating many real objects
and artworks into the illustrations, aiming for a cohesive story where the two sat comfortably juxtaposed. The final illustration was handed over to the very competent Simon Degroot and his team of students to hand paint onto the individual walls with the help of projection.
THE POINCIANA TREE
Matthew Condon’s story covers darker history across Brisbane, and is located in the dark central spine of the exhibition, symbolising the Brisbane River running through the centre of the city, with each of the other rooms
flowing from it. The wall graphics in this space visually depict the metaphorical Poinciana tree featured in Matthew’s story, with the main branches representing the bending flow of the river as it winds of the city.
SCOPE
Branding, Signage, Marketing, Advertising Collateral, Exhibition Design including Graphics, Illustration, and Didactics
CLIENT
Museum Of Brisbane
CURATORMiranda Hine
PHOTOGRAPHYToby Scott
DESIGN TEAM
Angela GoldingBec Hunt
Michail KowalNabeela Suleman
ILLUSTRATORSAngela GoldingTony O’BrienNabeela Suleman
MURAL PAINTERS
Simon Degroot (and Students)
WRITERSBenjamin LawEllen Van NeervenHug Lunn
Kate MortonMatthew CondonNick Earls
Simon ClearyTrent DaltonVictoria Carless
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