Public Art Saint Paul - Bee Real Project / Branding, Collateral

Bee Real. Bee Everywhere.

In this art-meets-science project, artists Christine Baeumler, Amanda Lovelee and Julie Benda challenge Saint Paulites to imagine a future for urban pollinators. The project activates through the "Office of Urban Pollen Exchange" education/outreach cargo bike and biologically-functional and artistically-designed pollinator "skyrise" sculptures that are being installed in city neighborhoods. We had a honey of a time creating the project's eye-catching identity, bike graphics, signage and seed packets to be handed out to get people started on their own urban habitats.

Work & Credits

Our Work: Visual identity, signage, bike graphics & collateral

Project Partner: Public Art Saint Paul

Project Artists: Christine Baeumler, Amanda Lovelee & Julie Benda

Diagram of scope of this public art project showing Skyrise bee houses, Office of Urban Pollen Exchange bike, seed packets and community engagement

Front view of Office of Urban Pollen Exchange cargo bike with branded graphic wrap

Leaned over Office of Urban Pollen Exchange bike with branded graphics

Photo of Cargo bike detail featuring #BeeEverywhere graphics

Side view of Office of Urban Pollen Exchange bike with pollinator-friendly plants and Saint Paul Minnesota skyline in the background

Branded graphic with “Imagining a future for urban pollinators” copy

Photo of person wearing Bee Real Bee Everywhere branded bike helmet

Photo of pollinator-friendly plant seed packets featuring the Bee Real and Public Art Saint Paul logos and a stripe pattern

Photo collage of community outreach events

Line of alternating pollinator plant and building icons

Pollinator Skyrise Signage.

Public Arts Saint Paul's artistic team of Amanda Lovelee, Christine Baeumler and Julie Benda (pictured below) collaborated with the University of Minnesota's Bee Lab and a sculptor to create an urban pollinator "skyrise". The Skyrise is designed to attract native, solitary stem-nesting bees such as mason bees. A team from the U of M is monitoring the habitat sculptures and collecting data. These experimental pollinator habitats were installed along Como Lake, Lake Phalen, Como/Hamline and on the grounds of the Weisman Art Museum. We designed the identity and interpretive signage for the Skyrise sculptures to engage and inform the public.