A New Look for Downtown Napa

Senior Designer and Associate, Emily Morishita presented the Downtown Napa signage plan to the City Council on August 20. After much discussion, the sign program concept was unanimously approved by the Council. Reclaimed wood, painted metalwork, corrugated metal and textured concrete reflect the history and natural materials of the vibrant… Read more »

TEA Masters announced for 2019

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) selected Founder, Wayne Hunt as a TEA Masters honoree for 2019. The TEA Masters program honors masters of their craft in the global visitor attractions industry.  The TEA Masters will be officially honored Sept 26, 2019 at the TEA SATE – Seattle conference on Experience Design. #TEAmasters #TEAsate

Wayfinding in Greece

Wayfinding in Greece A Great Place to be Lost August 18, 2019 I take back everything bad I ever said about wayfinding with Google Maps. Without the cool disembodied voice calmly but firmly calling out turn-by-turn we’d probably still be lost among the curving and narrow olive tree-lined roads in… Read more »

Anchor Place wins AIA award

Congratulations to The Architects Collective for receiving a 2019 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award for the Anchor Place project in Long Beach, California. Hunt is proud to have been a part of the team, and to have contributed to the Century Villages project that aims to break the cycle of homelessness for… Read more »

Idyllwild Arts Academy

Hunt has been working with Idyllwild Arts Academy, developing a new sign system for its campus nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. The school needed its campus to reflect its updated identity and revamped curriculum while still capturing the charm of its history and culture. This challenge… Read more »

HUNT Selected by the Town of Los Gatos

Hunt Design was recently selected to design a new visual identity for the Town of Los Gatos. We work frequently with cities and downtowns and are excited to add the Town of Los Gatos to our extensive list of “Great Places.”  

Mormon Wayfinding

Mormon Wayfinding It’s hard to get lost in Utah towns and cities. June 13, 2019 That is, after you learn the somewhat unusual system of street names and numbers. Your friend might live on North 9th West and work on West 18th South, or the restaurant might be at 4310… Read more »

New Wayfinding Signs Signal Start of HEART of Hollywood

Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and local stakeholders celebrated the launch of a new project to improve the pedestrian experience through a series of wayfinding signs in the historic core of Hollywood, part of larger collaborative efforts and the first of many improvements through the ‘HEART of Hollywood’ initiative…. Read more »

Wayfinding at IKEA

Which way to the meatballs? April 15, 2019 You went to Ikea for a Nyfors (desk lamp) but ended up filling your big yellow bag with a Kvesrk, three Klasens, a dozen Vilborgs and a Ypperlig system. The guy in front of you in the long check-out queue has a… Read more »

100 West Walnut Ground Breaking

Hunt Design’s John Temple and Wayne Hunt were in attendance as the largest development in Pasadena broke ground on March 5, 2019. 100 West Walnut, being developed by Lincoln Property Company and AMLI Residential, will feature residential units designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux and office space designed by SOM. Hunt… Read more »