Swindon Heritage Action Zone*

Overview: Work within The Works brand to design external information panels 
Role: Graphic designer
Related project: HAZ schools' murals at the Mechanics' Institute 


A series of 2.4 metre high information panels and murals hide the derelict Mechanics' Institute at the centre of the Railway Village.

HAZ Swindon Mechanics' Institute mural information panels

The 5-year HAZ project (Historic England, Swindon Borough Council, the Towns Fund) has revitalised the area. The Mechanics' Institute restoration will requireadditional funding. The panels tell the stories behind the adjoining murals' themes.

Mechanics Institute mural information boards, railway village

The brand's typographic style rightly recieved public criticism – it's hard to read.