MA Project
Central Saint Martins College of
Art and Design

The aim of the project was to design a signage system for a cultural site in Bulgaria. The city is the second Bulgarian capital, Great Preslav, of the first Bulgarian kingdom in the Ninth century. This city was the cultural center where the writings of the medieval Slavs spread to many other parts of Eastern Europe and in parts of Asia. Nowadays, Great Preslav is a cultural park with museums preserving the history and the treasures of the medieval Bulgarians. In response to the site, a signage system was developed specifically for the area in consideration of the history of the Glagolithic alphabet (which were used by the Slavonic people, and later replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet). The Glagolithic alphabet was based on a grid created from a cross, a triangle and a circle that represents hope, faith and love from the Orthodox Church. This grid and the characteristics of the Glagolithic alphabet were used for the creation of the pictograms and the signs themselves. The intention of the entire system is to represent the identity of a culture that was heavily influential in shaping the history of the early Bulgarian society.

Sign Design Society Awards 2005, UK, Commendation
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