Urban Design Roster Program

Urban Design Roster Projects

• 2024 Projects

  Utility Bin Covers

  

  Design by Sarita Mielke of WILD/FREE Creative

   

  

  

  

  Design by Mauro Dalla Costa

  

  Design by Patrick Belanger of Drifter Media

  Design by Kristen Elkow of Elkplan Design Inc. 

  

  Design by Pellvetica

  

  Design by Sebastian Abboud

  

  Design by Amy Pye

  

  Design by Amy Pye

  

  Design by Jillian Mundy

  Westwood Lake Picnic Table

  

  Painting by Bernadette McCormack

  City of Nanaimo PRC Sticker

  

  Design by Patrick Belanger of Drifter Media

  Harewood Lacrosse Box Art Wrap

  

  Design by Brandon Stephenson

• 2023 Projects

  Ticket Kiosk Cover

  

  Design by Noel Brown

  Manhole Covers

  

  Ay Lelum with artwork by Joel Good | Photo Credit: Sean Fenzl, Photographer, 2023

  Utility Bin Covers

  

  Design by Joel Good of Ay Lelum

  

  Design by Emily Thiessen
  

  

  Design by Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun

• 2022 Projects

  Zero Waste

  

  
  Zero Waste and Culture collaborated on an initiative that engaged the objectives of a Zero Waste to encourage Nanaimo’s community to reduce waste and improve recycling efforts. Designed by WILD/FREE Creative, the designs were installed on Recycling vehicles, in addition to the creation of a colouring book aimed at youth. 

  Hidden Messages

  
  
  Active Transportation and Culture partnered on Hidden Messages, an innovative project that brought poetry to city paths, trails and walkways. This project paired design studio Webb Creative with Nanaimo’s Poet Laureate, Kamal Parmar, to create disappearing poems spread across the City at ten locations:
  

  McGirr Sports Field Trail 

  E&N Trail at Northfield Road

  Haliburton Multi-use Path

  Colliery Dam

  Bowen Park Trailway

  Queen Elizabeth Promenade

  Departure Bay Walkway

  Walley Creek Trail

  Front Street

  Metral Drive at Mostar Road

  
  

  Activated by water, the poems revealed themselves on rainy days, encouraging folks to get out and explore the City's growing network for cyclists and pedestrians in all kinds of weather.  If sunny days kept the words hidden, trail users could use their mobile devices to listen to an audio clip of the poem using the accompanying QR code link, read aloud by the Poet Laureate!

  Surfacing

  
  
  A new mural for the washrooms at Maffeo Sutton Park / Swy-a-Lana. This new surface treatment to cover the walls of the washroom block in Maffeo Sutton Park was painted by Curtis Van Charles Sorenson. 

  The four sides of the building are a series of local coastal landscapes and animals, inspired by the wild parks and natural settings of Nanaimo. The fields, lands, animals and plant life are translated through a stylized palette combined with corner break-out sections of black and white graphic elements.   

  Poems for Windows

  For this yearlong series of poetry posters, Poet Laureate, Kamal Parmar, asked for contributions by local community members and the public. A mixture of poems were created and then designs for the posters made by design roster participant Webb Creative. This short term project responded to the conditions of COVID-19 to ensure there would be safe opportunities for the community to connect with poetry as a creative outlet. Poems were presented in civic facilities and shop windows around town. 

  Utility Bin Covers 

  
  Design by Emily Thiessen 
  

  

  Design by Robert Plante
  

  

  Design by Amy Pye

• 2021 Projects

  Seasonal Greeting Card

  

  Design by WILD/FREE Creative

  

  Design by Erin Gibbs

  Utility Bin Covers

  

  Joel Good, Eagle and fish design at Harewood Youth Park, 2021

  

  Noel Brown, Eagle and Frog in Maffeo Sutton Park, 2021

  

  Sebastian Abboud, Utility wrap on Skinner Street, 2021