When it comes to graphic design, you need a good all rounder. Austen Kaupe have a wide range of skills to guarantee you have consistency across your whole brand. We can help you with your brand strategy and then deliver innovative design that will appeal to your target audience.

Austen Kaupe also provide a comprehensive range of services for museums and galleries, from exhibition displays to shop merchandise. And we can provide comprehensive signage solutions, from strategy through to finshed product. Here are some recent projects that have delivered great results for our clients.

Wenona wayfinding signage

A new building at Wenona High School in North Sydney, including swimming pools,
a gymnasium, STEM laboratories and a senior school common room, required signage which would complement the organic architectural design by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer. The sign shapes incorporate curves and angles found in the building forms and are constructed from Corian which has a marble-like quality and and is resistant to damage.

In colaboration with Anne Gordon Design. Project management by EPM Projects.
Signs manufactured by Cunneen Signs.

Australian Museum Coming Soon displays

Austen Kaupe designed these portable stands and graphics to promote upcoming displays planned for the newly reopened Australian Museum. The stands are made from blackbutt veneered plywood with sandstone slabs for stability, which reflect the materials evident in the refurbished heritage building, and they slot together without the need for any fixings.

Stands built by Hodgson Projects.

Australian Museum displays

As part of the refurbishment of the Australian Museum, we created or updated various displays, including a new museum history display featuring materials used in the new wayfinding signage, and an updated ‘Hobbit’ display with newly revealed information about this cousin of Homo sapiens.

History display manufactured by Cunneen Signs. Hobbit display graphics produced by Matrix.

Australian Museum dinosaurs interactive

The Australian Museum required illustrations to be incorporated into an interactive display in their new Prehistoric Playground for kids. The dinosaur outlines are to be coloued in by visitors then scanned. The kids can then see their dinosaur roam around a prehistoric landscape, the future of which depends on the type of dinosaur they choose to add and what they eat.

Interactive by Eye Candy.

City of Sydney parks interpretive signs

Austen Kaupe have designed a scheme for ecologigical interpretive signs and applied
it to 23 sign across seven Sydney parks. The signs describe the wildlife and ecolgogy of areas like Sydney Park’s wetlands and Glebe’s foreshore, and include illustrations by Heidi Willis, Antonia Pesenti and David MacKenzie.

In conjunction with Diadem.

Parq on Flinders wayfinding signage

Parq on Flinders is a residential and commercial development in Wollongong consisting of four blocks around a central garden with 224 apartments, 10 retail spaces and three levels of parking. Extensive wayfinding was required to help navigate the complex, and we used distinctive shapes, graphics and colours to help make the site unique. As the site of an historic coal mine tramway, heritage signage was also required.

Project management by Altus Group. Signs manufactured by Cunneen Signs.

Central Plaza Annex signage

ISPT required wayfinding and retail signage for a new bar and restaurant development
in Brisbane's CBD. Sign forms and materials reflect those used in the new development.

In conjunction with Jan Ashdown. Signs manufactured by Cunneen Signs.

Marriage: Love and Law exhibition

Design for an exhibition presenting the changing marriage laws, and married life itself,
in NSW, through the documents, photographs and film held in the State Archives collection. The exhibition, held at Penrith Regional Gallery, also includes interpretive works by contemporary artists.