Kubota Garden Project Statement
Design Team Tokuzato & Holmes
Kubota Garden is a twenty acre park located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. It was pioneered by Fujitaro Kubota, who built a successful gardening business in the 1920’s. The Kubota family generously granted the public access to visit the beautiful garden featuring waterfalls, steams, ponds, rock gardens, and an expansive collection of plants.
Visitors to the garden have increased over time, which is now owned by the City of Seattle and maintained by the parks department. Seattle Parks Department is looking to update the wayfinding signage in the park. The goal is to enhance the user experience of the Garden by highlighting all that the park has to offer.
The Kubota Garden will be featured in a campaign to showcase Seattle area Gardens and Parks to visiting tourists. The wayfinding project is planned in advance of the campaign to prepare the Garden for increased traffic in the summer of 2010.
The target audience is older audits of varied ethnical back grounds. The Japanese manner of the garden should be maintained in the signage. Thought should be taken to accommodate people with limited sight.
Fresh Fish Design, of Seattle, has been hired to redesign the wayfinding signage. The final presentation in due December 15, 2009, and should be printed at 300 dpi on 11x17 paper. The design team should document the design detail to be manufactured by the Seattle Parks Department.
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