Brochures · Maps · Print
Birkenhead Heritage Trail
A heritage trail through Birkenhead Point for the Birkenhead Heritage Society, a volunteer charity. I designed the brochures and drew the maps, working with a wide group of people who care about how the area’s story is told.
The brochure
One design, for print and for screen.
Birkenhead was one of the first settlements on the North Shore, so the material carries real significance for the people who live there.
The DL brochure is designed to do two jobs at once: it folds and prints as a brochure to pick up and carry on the walk, and it reads just as well as a download on screen.
I also took some of the photography.
Open the Gateway Walk brochure (PDF) →
Mockup shows the folded brochure. The flat artwork is the printed outside and inside.
The maps
Three maps, drawn from scratch.
I drew three maps for the trail. One covers the cemetery walks, including the Māori urupā, so accuracy and care mattered as much as clarity.
The printed DL map brings all six trails together, colour coded, so a walker can see at a glance which walk is which.
The people
Many voices, one story.
The work ran over many meetings with the society’s board, a heritage historian and the residents association, alongside mana whenua.
I worked through the content with people who were close to it and careful about how it was told, and kept the design steady while the wording was agreed.
What it shows. Print and map design carried through long work with a group of stakeholders, on material a community cares about.
The brochures and maps are published at birkenheadmuseum.org.nz, and the Gateway Trail is carried in Auckland Council’s Walk Auckland app.
Brochures, maps and printed work.
Designed to print properly and to work on screen as well.