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We design wayfinding systems that help people navigate places with confidence. We work across graphic design, spatial thinking and user experience, delivering projects for towns and cities, urban extensions, and complex environments.
As a small studio, everyone plays an active role in shaping projects from concept to delivery. We value thoughtful design, collaboration and clarity, in our mission to cut through complexities and turn masterplans into destinations. Current opportunities are listed below.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a concise portfolio demonstrating relevant project experience to info@placemarque.com.
Include a short covering note explaining your role on the projects shown.
What's keeping us busy...
Piccadilly East
Strategic wayfinding advice to announce two new buildings while also reinforcing the identity of, and connections to and from, the neighbourhood.
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North View Mental Health Unit
Interpretation and navigation wall graphics to support wellbeing at North Manchester General Hospital’s newest mental health unit.
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What we're talking about...
Why wayfinding is showing up in planning conditions
We’ve been saying it for years, but now we’re finally noticing that strategic wayfinding is being recognised for its role, early doors, in supporting high level masterplanning and planning proposals.
Signs, speed and safety: How wayfinding helps create better service station experiences
Service stations are places where multiple user needs collide. So when we’re asked to create a wayfinding strategy these complex spaces, we design for speed, safety and clarity.
Exploring Manchester's university campuses with new eyes
Our latest event with Women in Property was another fantastic opportunity to gather and discuss what makes a place memorable – and navigable. We took our guests on a tour of Manchester Metropolitan University and after the walk, we challenged our guests to draw their own mental maps of where they’d just been. And although we’d all walked the same route, everyone’s perceptions were different.
Connecting people with places