Tūāpapa
National Museum · WellingtonIdentity 1998
Bicultural museum modernism

Every visitor
leaves a mark.

A thumbprint that spirals into the koru — the human fingerprint fused with the unfurling fern. Charcoal signage walls, one haematite crimson, white type set with museum-wall air.

Ground
Charcoal wall
Accent
Kōkōwai red
Voice
Archivo heavy
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