4. Lorenc+Yoo Design boasts a broad skill set, specializing in “environmental
communication graphic design,” a genre that includes exhibits, museums,
signage, and graphics. Founded in 1978, the firm’s philosophy includes
exploration, inquisitiveness and a commitment to design excellence and
innovation executed on every project.
LYD specializes in creating spaces for some of the world’s most well known
brands, including Georgia-Pacific, Mayo Clinic, UPS, Haworth and Sony-
Ericsson. The team develops unique messages for each project that convey
the client’s individual story and help customers truly experience the client’s
brand through sculpture, graphics, and space. “Our job is to set the stage for
the client’s message by creating rich environments that communicate on the
human level,” says principal Jan Lorenc. “Our mission is to use design tell the
client’s story beautifully.”
Strategic alliances with firms in the U.S., Dubai, and Korea allow the firm be
involved in a number of design areas simultaneously. These partnerships
also provide the firm with access to local talent on international projects,
allowing for tight quality control, efficient fabrication, and important cultural
connections. Lorenc+Yoo Design has introduced its innovative design vision
and expertise to China in 2011 by completing projects for VANKE SKY PRAISE
in Longgang, Shenzhen, and VANKE DREAM TOWN - FISH IN THE GARDEN in
Qingyuan, Guangdong.
The firm’s years of experience working internationally are a realized
ambition of its principals. Jan Lorenc and partner Chung Youl Yoo are both
immigrants to the United States. Lorenc came to the U.S. from Poland, and
Yoo immigrated from South Korea, living for a time in Latin America. Their
respective immigrant experiences inform their sensitivity to cultural context
and history, and entice them to seek new and different environmental graphic
design challenges throughout the world.
“Environmental graphic design is versatile and varied,” says Lorenc, “but good
design is consistent in its ability to blend form and function seamlessly and
elegantly. This is the secret formula of what we’ve done for over 30 years in
the United States and abroad, and we look forward to new opportunities to
tell people about our clients through valuable design.”
6. DESIGN SERVICES
Lorenc+Yoo Design provides a wide range of design services, from wayfinding
signage programs, to permanent corporate museum exhibitions. The firm’s
versatility is possible because of its diverse employee and consultant talent that
includes architects, graphic designers, landscape architects, industrial designers,
and branding and marketing specialists. The firm employs this range of expertise
whenever appropriate to contribute to a successful design for its clients.
The firm offers superior wayfinding and signage services, produced through
intense study of pedestrian and vehicle traffic patterns, understanding of the
relevant space, and attention to creating beautiful designs. Wayfinding programs
for hotel convention centers like Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center bring
direction to guests within the 400,000 square foot meeting space. The signage
program for Florida Hospital’s Health Village in Orlando guides individuals where
they need to be at particularly vital moments. And in many cases, the firm creates
wayfinding systems that are modular in nature, allowing for easy replacement,
repair, and movement.
Exhibition design is the heart of LYD’s business. It allows the firm’s many disciplines
to merge into a unified environment that tells a client’s story to customers, partners,
and employees. Whether a temporary tradeshow exhibit meant to stand for a week,
or a permanent museum exhibit, the firm transforms a space into a platform to
communicate brand, history, and value. The firm’s exhibits have launched brands
like Sony-Ericsson, and provided rest and comfort for customers of UPS at the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing. The firm’s design for the Mayo Clinic’s headquarters
museum tells the story of a medical institution so well that its elements have been
replicated at Mayo’s other locations in the United States. LYD’s designs for Mayo
communicate its high-quality services, organizes its history, and fits perfectly with
its architecture and marketing.
Sculpture is an important art form that can not only be pleasing to the eye, but also
communicate an important message. LYD uses sculpture to display information
in bold, eye-catching ways. The design for Samsung’s “Rising Hand,” for example,
advertises the technology firm’s mobile phone business to international business
travelers in Frankfurt, Kiev, and Toronto. It is modern, sleek, and upgradeable when
new products come to market. LYD’s lobby directory piece for Hines at Perimeter
Summit 3003 in Atlanta is a 24-foot-tall piece of art made of stacked glass, lit from
the inside to produce a high-tech feeling.
8. Although every project is different, Lorenc+Yoo Design approaches each
one scientifically, beginning with a discovery process that unveils the
client’s mission and project priorities. The process for designing signage
systems will be different than designing an exhibit, however, the goal is
always to create the most beautiful, functional designs for our clients.
Following the initial discovery phase, the team begins an analysis,
measuring the traffic flows, entry and exit points, and space restrictions.
Then the programming begins, planning design element locations, sizes,
and hierarchy. The concept design is next, providing a vision of the end
product to the client. Once the client approves the direction of the design,
the firm begins design development. The design intent process is next,
documenting all the details of the product. Next is the bid/award process,
followed by an administration process in which the firm ensures the
highest standards of detail and finish for the final product.
DESIGN PROCESS
11. Client: Vanke Guangzhou
Completed: Phase 1 opened October 2011
Working in a short timeframe, Lorenc+Yoo reviewed
the project’s architectural style and project
background thoroughly to evolve a complete
branding storyline. From that exercise came the
project’s logo, main entrance identity sculpture,
entrance branding walls, and overall styling of the
wayfinding signage system that guides residents
and guests throughout the development. The final
result is a unified, modern environmental design.
在非常短的设计周期内,劳伦斯柳设计室研究了
解项目建筑的风格和整体规划的背景,以此为本
项目带进了一个内涵丰富的品牌包装故事。再由
此故事推想设计出项目标志、主入口的地标雕塑
概念、入口标识墙的设计、和开放区里导向标识
的整体风格。我们的成果体现了一个完整的,具
现代感的环境讯息标识设计。
FISH IN THE GARDEN 万科 花园里的鱼
19. Client: Vanke Shenzhen
Completed: Under Construction
Lorenc+Yoo developed a comprehensive branding
story that inspired the project’s logo, graphic
patterns, and signage style. To enhance the
architecture’s Art Deco theme, the firm created
architectural details that complement the buildings
like fine jewelry, adding additional refinement
and texture. On street level, a sleek retail façade
completes the design, and comes with signage
guidelines that allow for easy updates when
commercial tenants change.
劳伦斯柳设计室为本项目创建了一个完整的品牌
包装故事。由故事中激发的灵感发展出项目标志
设计、图案纹理、和标识风格。为了能体现和提
升建筑设计的装饰艺术主体,我们研发了有如高
尚珠宝般能增长建筑风韵和纹理质感的节点和部
品。在底层商店,我们提供了整套光鲜的店面造
型语言,并规划出招牌的统一规范,使未来入住
的商家招牌能协调一致。
SKY PRAISE 万科 天誉
22. VANKE PLAZA
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NOTE: Added fins are indicated
with a red asterisk
Precast panels: See page G4.1
Cruciform fin: See page G2a.1
Logo Panel (1100mm): See page G1d.1
Narrow Medallion: See page G3b.1
Linear fin: See page G2b.1
Logo Panel (1850mm): See page G1a.1
Railing: See page G5.1
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1 ELEVATION, Elevator Door Pattern
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Formed stainless steel
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45. MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA
Client: Childrens Museum of South Carolina
This 65,000 sf museum, to be located in the
tourist haven of Myrtle Beach, will be a world
built for children. The central focus is Kidz
City, a town that includes many child-sized
destinations such as a bank, a grocery store
and a hospital. The main rotunda of the
museum features a full-sized shrimp boat for
exploring an industry that is a big part of the
coastal Carolina economy.
CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTH CAROLINA
南卡州儿童博物馆
46. SUSTAINABLE IDEAS
When companies and organizations have
strong, consistent corporate cultures, their
designs don’t have to be fleeting, and can
stand the test of time, communicate well,
and reduce the impact on resources and
the environment.
47. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Client: Dubai International Financial Center
Completed: 2006
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER
迪拜国际金融中心迎宾馆
49. nowplayingnowplayingnowplayingnowplaying
2 interlocking stars for icon
17’-0’tall 5’-0”deep dimensional letters
internally illuminated w/ white return
set on top of canopy
17’-0”
5’-0"
nowplayingnowplayingnowplayingnowplaying
2 interlocking stars for icon
17’-0’tall 5’-0”deep dimensional letters
internally illuminated w/ white return
set on top of canopy
17’-0”
5’-0"
5C
nowplayingnowplayingnowplayingnowplaying
2 interlocking stars for icon
17’-0’tall 5’-0”deep dimensional letters
internally illuminated w/ white return
set on top of canopy
17’-0”
5’-0"
Cheoungju De Daenong, South Korea
Client: ShinYoung Co.
Completed: 2007
G*WELL CENTER 吉薇购物中心
51. St. Augustine, Florida
Client: 2000
WORLD GOLF VILLAGE
世界高尔夫球村
•WORLD GOLF VILLAGE 世界高尔夫球村
•KING & BEAR 金及贝尔区
•HERITAGE LANDING 哈利特吉区
71. ICSC Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
Client: Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Completed: 2011
BROOKFIELD 布鲁克菲尔德展场
73. Chicago. Illinois
Client: Haworth, Inc
Completed: 2002
For an introduction icon for Haworth Furniture
Company at Neocon 2002 Showroom in
Chicago we designed a portal with a column
acknowledging their numerous patents. The
sculptural globe video presentation signifies their
leading competitive market position.
HAWORTH NEOCON SHOWROOM
豪瓦斯办公隔间NEOCON展场
74. EXPRESSING THE CLIENT’S PASSION
LYD’s key to effective environmental graphic
design lies not only in the balance between
utility and eye-pleasing aesthetics. The design
must also observe contextual and historical
relevance, as well as honor the client’s
objective. “Our passion is to express the
client’s passion,” Lorenc says.
75. Rochester, Minnesota
Client: Mayo Clinic
Completed: 2004
Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall is a 4,000 sf visitor
center that acknowledges the contribution of
major benefactors in the success of Mayo Clinic.
It contains stories about the spirit of the Clinic:
Family of Benefactors, Board of Trustees, Theatre,
its Founders, 24 Hours at Mayo Clinic,
Mayo Household Names, Creating the Future
of Medicine, Benefactor Recognition, and
changeable initial exhibition on Mayo and the
Mississippi.
MAYO CLINIC HERITAGE HALL
梅耀医院史迹展示厅
76. DESIGNING SPACES FOR PEOPLE
LYD considers the individual’s approach into
its environments and the aesthetic design at
the same time. As designers, we have to keep
in mind how the traffic is going to work, and
the spaces that the client requires in order to
convey its story and message. Art and function
have to balance in spaces because they have to
serve specific functions, especially when it’s a
public space for people.
77. Orlando, Florida
Client: Wycliffe Bible Translators
Completed: 2001
A visitors center focused on the mission and
accomplishments of Wycliffe, an organization that
translates the Bible into all of the languages of
the world. This 4,500 square foot museum has a
theater and interactive displays that showcase
the process of translation and highlight some of
languages and cultures that they have worked with.
WORDSPRING DISCOVERY CENTER
辞源机构发现中心
78. MULTI-FACETED APPROACH
LYD’s design process is drawing intensive, and
uses multiple analysis and documentation
approaches. A project may include storyboards,
a design element matrix, a planning analysis
and a written narrative. Throughout the design
process, this story becomes more refined and
developed as individual design specialists add
their expertise.
81. Beijing Olympics, Beijing, China
Client: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Completed: 2008
Lorenc+Yoo Design employed high-quality
materials, Chinese themes, and design restraint
to create a sophisticated branding space for UPS
to host 400 of its guests during the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games. Lorenc+Yoo divided a 4,000 square
foot ballroom within the Beijing Times Hotel into
two dining rooms, a lounge, and a bar, providing
guests with privacy and a familiar sense of place.
Sleek furniture made of dark wood and metal
interacts with subtle lighting to convey a modern
Chinese feeling. Designers created internally-lit
“moon gates” that serve as windows between
spaces to reinforce UPS’s message of global
opportunity and add Chinese flair. The dominant
color is UPS’s trademark brown, accented with
yellows, golds, and greens to show a blending of
aesthetics from east and west. Every design choice
helps Chinese customers answer UPS’s question:
“What can brown do for you?”
劳伦斯柳设计室运用了高级建材、中国意象和设
计巧思,为 UPS 快递公司创造了一个成熟圆满的
品牌宣传空间,用来招待他们的四百位重要客户
来参加 2008 年的北京奥运。我们将北京时代酒
店的一个400多平米的会议厅打造成有2个餐厅、
一个会谈区、和一个酒水吧台的招待所,让来客
有私密空间和宾至如归的感受。深色木料和金属
制作的新颖家具,配合着微妙安排的灯光,散发
着现代中国的气息。设计师以隐藏式的灯光装点
分隔空间的圆窗,以这具有传统特色的元素来传
达 UPS 联系全球商机的企业精神。设计得主色是
UPS 商标用的咖啡色,配合黄色、金色和绿色的
组合,反映了东西方均有的美感概念。整个设计
各处都在向中国顾客传达 UPS “我们如何为您服
务”的讯息。
UPS AT BEIJING OLYMPICS UPS北京奥运招待所
85. Beijing Olympics, Beijing, China
Client: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Completed: 2008
UPS AT BEIJING OLYMPICS
UPS奥运招待所
87. CTIA Conference, Orlando, Dallas & Los Angeles
Client: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Completed: 2007
The joining of forces of Sony and Ericsson, two
giants in consumer electronics and cellular
telecommunications, required a branding
experience that allowed the convention visitors
to see their presence in the show through this
dramatic exhibit structure and its interior as the
product narrative.
SONY ERICSSON 索尼爱立信展场
88. BUILDING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
LYD has been associated with PA-based Journey
Communications, Inc. on all of its USA-based
trade show projects. Implementing LYD’s
designs, JCI facilitates exhibit construction,
installation, and take-down for two to ten trade
shows per year. This limited number of trade
shows allow the firm’s efforts to be especially
focused in achieving a powerful client narrative
that tells the client’s brand story.
108. FEATURED CHINA PROJECTS
VANKE PLAZA - Shenzhen, China- Vanke Shenzhen
Visual Brand Orchestration - Branding, Architectural Jewelry, Sales Center
Exhibit and Interior Design, Signage Design
Yu Libin 于立彬
+86 139 2388 7789
Binbinyu99@gmail.com
Jiang Chun-Yang 蒋春阳
+86 135 0965 3096
jiangcy@vanke.com
OPALUS - Guangzhou, China - Vanke Guangzhou
Visual Brand Orchestration - Storyline Development and writing, Branding,
Architectural Jewelry, Sales Center Exhibit and Interior Design,Sculpture and
Art Creation, Signage Design and Construction Barricade Marketing Wall .
Wu Xiaojing 吴晓菁
+86 136 3236 6844
wuxiaoj@vanke.com
FISH IN THE GARDEN - Guangzhou ( Qingyuan ) , China - Vanke Guangzhou
Visual Brand Orchestration - , Brand Design, Architectural Jewelry, Sculpture
Design, Signage Design and Construction Barricade Marketing Wall
Wu Xiaojing 吴晓菁
+86 136 3236 6844
wuxiaoj@vanke.com
109. ENVIRON
MENTAL
GRAPHIC
D E S I G N
109 Vickery Street
Roswell, GA 30075-4926
United States of America
770-645-2828
www.lorencyoodesign.com
mac@lorencyoodesign.com
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