Narrative Environments contributes to inclusive, informed, and healthy communities by aligning the experience of place with brand.

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Most skiers have their favorite run, and likely their favourite trail name. We spoke to elders and community members to uncover the history behind every trail name, then designed close to 50 symbols, one for each.

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We build brands

Visual identity
Brand positioning and naming
Print and marketing collateral

We create experiences 

Branded environments
Wayfinding and signage
Experiential graphic design

We connect with audiences

Website development
Social media campaigns
Motion graphics and animation

We protect culture and heritage

Interpretive planning
Strategic planning
Exhibition design

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For the past month, we have worked with our latest client, the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia. We are headed to fabrication and will share the results shortly. Until then, it's been exciting working for an organization whose focus i
Sign location plans are an industry standard for indicating each site sign. Some colour code their plans, some are automated, and others are hand-built, and there are varying perspectives on labelling, especially numbering. Developing sign location p
James Orton Woodruff, a New York resident who established the Superb Stamp Pad Co., is often credited with producing the first rubber stamps using a machine. In the early 1870s, other entrepreneurs joined in, and by the early 1870s, the rubber stamp
The history of St. George’s is the story of tennis, a game that arrived from England in the 1870s, sparking a tennis boom across North America. For the first fifteen years, St. George’s consisted of three grass courts on Dartmouth's Canal
Forbes Magazine (2005) once ranked the pencil as the fourth “…most important [discovery] in human history.” Stating that mass education and literacy were possible because of the pencil, Forbes states “Cheap, reliable and conv
Kerry and I have collaborated on numerous projects over the past twenty-plus years, and our friendship goes back four decades. We have helped each other with design knowledge and expertise, from websites to brands. Already established in Halifax&rs