Studio Ongarato

The National Gallery of Australia is home to the national collection within an iconic brutalist building that opened in 1982 with controversial acquisitions like Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles. The new brand captures the original and renewed spirit and ambition of the gallery and its architecture. At the heart is a new mark, where the intersection of the letterforms creates a central axis, reflective of the positioning as the centrepoint for art for the country, a convergence point as well as the triangular motif present in the physical identity. National Gallery of Australia

Studio Ongarato’s wayfinding signage for Naala Badu has been designed to meet the evolving expectations of 21st-century art museum visitors. With a focus on transparency, the digital display of real-time ‘what’s on’ information enables visitors to navigate the building directly by following exhibition content, rather than a traditional approach of numbering spaces.   Replacing traditional introductory wall graphics, new signage system displays exhibition identification, introduction, and sponsorship content in a unified digital format. A language of finely detailed stainless-steel portals holding hovering bezel-less digital screens where content is hero and sign form is reductive, providing Art Gallery NSW with the flexibility to offer dynamic, changeable information to all visitors — particularly students, teachers, and artists. Read more here https://lnkd.in/g92ncSHU   Signage & Wayfinding Studio Ongarato Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA Technology Consultant AeGres Photographer Clinton Weaver

The Ace Hotel Sydney represents the brands’ first venture into Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. The approach to signage was considerate of the rich interiors designed by Flack Studio and pays homage to Australian modernist architects Robin Boyd, Enrico Taglietti & Bruce Rickard. Their design legacy is characterised by bold geometries and brutal, raw materials softened through attention to craft and the context of the natural landscape. These references were translated into the design through the introduction of natural materials that are uncharacteristic of signage and atypical of mass production. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dRejuNWB Flack Studio Bates Smart Electrolight Time & Place

TarraWarra Museum of Art is an art museum in Healesville, Victoria (Wurundjeri Country), northeast of Melbourne, founded by Australian art collectors and philanthropists Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO. In collaboration with the editors, Studio Ongarato created the concept and narrative, as well as its design and art direction. Through an A-Z sequence of the 100 artists, the works challenge themes, mediums, and time periods, inviting connections between the wide-ranging collection. Broader thematic essays are woven within the sequence, ensuring a dynamic structure to the book. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g6ZVDiwV

Now in its third decade, innovative retailer Mecca has evolved into Australia’s pre-eminent in-store and online beauty destination. From identity and graphic language to product and packaging design, art direction and campaign development to signage and store environments, Studio Ongarato continues to shape the way Mecca is experienced at every touchpoint. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ge5d2uat

"Prefecture 48 is the place to be." Our favourite Sydney dining precinct was recently featured on Indesignlive. Read the story by jan henderson: https://lnkd.in/gvSExhnH Indesign Media Asia Pacific #Prefecture48 #AzabuGroup Studio Ongarato

Founded by Belgian and Dutch architects Wendy Saunders and Vincent de Graaf in 2005, AIM ARCHITECTURE international practice brings together architecture, interior and product design. With a concept-driven, people-centred approach, AIM explores the intersection of vision and functionality, creating bold and unique spaces with powerful narratives. To align with their innovative practice and their extensive scope of projects, AIM sought a new website that would embody their progressive approach and immersive nature of work. Studio Ongarato, tasked with this challenge, launched AIM’s new digital platform in August 2024 after a comprehensive research and design process. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gxJA6iAt

Studio Ongarato hosted an artist talk by Yuki Tsuji along with guests from the Bates Smart team. Yuki Tsuji is one of five artists commissioned under our Art Curation Strategy for Prefecture 48 and generously welcomed us into his practice and approach. For Prefecture 48, Tsuji created three new site-specific installations across two dining areas of the precinct. Located on the second floor with sight lines out to Sussex Street, Five, is an experimental and progressive dining space featuring an expansive vertical volume. Suspended above the dining stands 'Or' a large, twisting sculpture of timber and resin protracted throughout the space. The sculpture seeks to capture the essence of Japanese Animism, representing the interconnectedness of nature and spirit. The second, Omakase is an intimate dining experience set within a tall, narrow heritage space - the spatial characteristics of which shifted our focus from the ceiling to two walls on opposing sides of the space. In response, Yuki has presented a series of two wall-mounted sculptural offerings. These contemplative works titled 'Lavca' are representative of a mythological and ancient sea creature lighting up the dark silence of the deep sea with its impossible iridescence. The Works seek to reference the culinary intention of Omakase - to celebrate the finest produce the sea has to offer - and to deepen the curatorial intent of this ‘alternative place’. Client: Azabu Group Art Curation & Signage: Studio Ongarato Architecture & Interiors: Bates Smart Specialist Lighting: Electrolight Builder: NBRS Artwork photography by Yamato Ikehara YUKI TSUJI+Plants Sculpture Studio

"The mosaic that is the Australian identity is powerfully captured here in a complex combination of various printing techniques that interact and overlap." Notebooks III is a collection produced by Imprimerie du Marais in conjunction with Made Thought. Developed between 2017 and 2021 and launched this year, the eight notebooks are each graphic interpretations of the environment home to the designers and design studios selected to create them. Studio Ongarato is honoured to have been invited to participate in this global project. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/g_iz8jUa