# Findable

> Findable is a New Zealand wayfinding practice. We map how people actually move through a building, design the system that guides them, then make and install every sign ourselves — strategy, fabrication and installation under one roof.

Based in Dunedin and working nationwide, Findable covers the full job: wayfinding strategy, sign design, manufacture and on-site installation. Most projects fall into one of two camps elsewhere — consultancies that design but don't build, or fabricators that build but don't plan. Findable does both, which is why the system on the wall matches the intent behind it.

Findable also specialises in signage compliance for public buildings under the New Zealand Building Code — NZBC Clause F8, F8/AS1, Clause F6, and NZS 4121:2001 for accessibility.

## Contact

- Email: hello@makeitfindable.com
- Phone: +64 21 973 302
- Address: 7 Waokauri Place, Māngere, Auckland · Dunedin Central
- [Contact page](https://www.makeitfindable.com/contact): Enquiry form for new projects

## Projects

- [All projects](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects): Six case studies across health, civic, film, commercial, industrial and hospitality
- [Te Kāika](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/te-kaika): Bilingual te reo Māori wayfinding for a kaupapa Māori health hub in Dunedin. Architect: McCoy Wickson Architects
- [South Dunedin Community Complex](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/south-dunedin): Bilingual civic wayfinding for a library and community services building. Architect: Cadzow Design
- [519 Great South Road](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/519-great-south-road): Directory and tenant identification for a multi-tenant Auckland office building. Architect: Isthmus Architects
- [Kōawa Studios](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/koawa-studios): Campus wayfinding for a Christchurch film production studio. Architect: Ignite Architects
- [Maersk Hamilton](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/maersk-hamilton): Industrial wayfinding separating vehicle and pedestrian routes across a logistics site. Architect: Stiles and Hooker
- [Ebb Hotel Dunedin](https://www.makeitfindable.com/projects/ebb-hotel-dunedin): Guest wayfinding for a boutique hotel in a heritage building. Architect: Gary Todd Architecture

## Insights

- [All posts](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs): Notes on wayfinding, signage and the spaces between arrival and destination
- [Signage compliance for public buildings](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/signage-compliance-public-buildings): Plain-English guide to NZBC Clause F8, F8/AS1, Clause F6, NZS 4121:2001 and AS 2293 — what New Zealand public buildings must provide and where compliance commonly fails
- [Wayfinding is a system, not a sign schedule](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/wayfinding-is-a-system): The four-zone framework Findable uses — Arrival, Orientation, Navigation, Destination — and why specifying products before strategy goes wrong
- [Decision points: the eight-second rule](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/eight-second-rule): Finding and fixing the moments where visitors hesitate
- [Reading a floor plan like a first-time visitor](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/reading-floor-plans): Sightlines, naming, and why plans hide what matters
- [Transforming arrival](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/transforming-arrival): How the first ninety seconds shape a visitor's experience
- [Briefing a wayfinding project](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/briefing-a-wayfinding-project): What to gather before a project starts
- [From factory floor to final fix](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/how-signs-get-made): How signs are actually fabricated — shop drawings through to install
- [Signage that survives: materials for NZ weather](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/signage-that-survives): Salt air, UV and southerlies — material specification for New Zealand conditions
- [Why sign mounting details matter](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/mounting-details): Substrate, load over time, and clean removal
- [Lighting and legibility: signage after dark](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/signage-after-dark): Halo-lit, face-lit and externally lit signage decisions
- [What operators ask before a tender](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/operator-questions): Common early-stage questions answered
- [From SignX to Findable](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/signx-to-findable): Why the practice went end to end
- [Trail wisdom from Nepal](https://www.makeitfindable.com/blogs/trail-wisdom-nepal): What Himalayan trail markers teach about wayfinding in buildings

## Optional

- [Terms & Privacy](https://www.makeitfindable.com/terms): Terms of use and privacy policy