Brochure for Lan Su Chinese Garden by Sockeye

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CLIENT

Lan Su Chi­nese Gar­den, for­mer­ly Port­land Clas­si­cal Chi­nese Gar­den, is locat­ed in Old Town, in down­town Port­land. It occu­pies one city block and was built in coop­er­a­tion with Port­land’s sis­ter city, Suzhou, China. 

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APPROACH

Lan Su, trans­lat­ed, means gar­den of the awak­en­ing orchid. Spot illus­tra­tions rein­force key ele­ments and themes that edu­cate vis­i­tors about anoth­er world­view; one that places empha­sis on nature to find true mean­ing. Infor­ma­tion is eas­i­ly found using the always avail­able map flap and tiered index-style pages, mak­ing sure vis­i­tors don’t feel lost and are eas­i­ly able to explore every nook and cran­ny of the garden.

There was a need to keep the production cost low, while having a level of detail that was customized. Our solution was to create tiered pages with a folded map. This was a low-cost solution, that also made it very easy to use—even if the hand-folded map flap added cost (didn’t know previously that not all folds can be done by machine). In retrospect, we wish we would have known there was a slightly different texture on either side of paper that resulted in a subtle color variation on pages.