EMT Málaga Information Post for Temporary Bus Stops
Industrial design and urban furniture development for EMT Málaga temporary bus stops, featuring a double-screen information post.
context
This project involved designing an information post for EMT Málaga temporary bus stops in collaboration with Málaga City Council, integrating new digital passenger information displays into the public transport system.
EMT Málaga needed an urban solution to identify and equip stops serving temporary bus routes. The project had to resolve information, visibility and presence in the city through a single element.
rojomandarina approached the project as an exercise in industrial design and product development applied to urban mobility. We designed, developed, manufactured and supplied the post, delivering an urban element ready for implementation in Málaga.
Client: EMT Málaga
Capabilities: product design, industrial design, urban furniture design, product development, manufacturing, design engineering, prototyping, supply, smart city, design for cities
Sector: mobility, urban design, urban furniture, urban solutions, design for cities
challenge
Designing for a temporary bus stop presents an interesting contradiction. The element must be recognisable, robust and part of the city, while also being able to disappear completely.
The post also had to integrate two information displays, signage, lighting and the possibility of future planting without becoming a collection of separate components. Everything had to work as a single product in harmony with the city’s architecture and identity.
Installation was equally important. Its temporary nature required simple assembly, maintenance and complete removal whenever route configurations changed.
solution
We designed a double-screen information post that serves both directions of the road from a single structure. Each display is tilted by 10 degrees to improve legibility and the relationship with the user.
The two screens are not treated as additions. They form part of the product’s architecture and determine its proportions, orientation and presence in public space.
The system also incorporates a double modular planter, a double-sided information panel and integrated LED lighting. Together, these elements create a piece capable of informing, identifying and supporting the waiting area.
The post combines stainless steel with oven-cured anthracite-grey coated steel. The contrast gives the object depth, outdoor durability and a restrained presence within the urban landscape.
Its materials, proportions and formal language were developed to coexist with Málaga’s architecture and urban identity. The aim was to integrate technology, information and urban furniture without interrupting the visual continuity of public space.
Below the pavement, a service chamber contains a removable fixing system that allows the post to be dismantled completely. This enables the furniture to adapt to permanent routes, occasional services and temporary situations.
The project did not end with design. rojomandarina developed the solution through to materialisation, coordinating manufacturing and supply so that the design decisions were carried into the built product installed in the city.
result
The result is a recognisable and durable piece of urban furniture designed to communicate service information and adapt to different mobility scenarios in Málaga.
The double screen enables consultation from both directions of the road. Its inclination improves visibility, while integrated LED lighting reinforces the post’s presence at night.
The planter introduces a more familiar scale within a technological element. The post therefore does more than inform: it creates a small place within the city.
Its removable system allows the infrastructure to appear when required and disappear when it is no longer needed—without making a temporary solution look provisional.
Designing for the city also means designing for change: creating objects capable of remaining, adapting or being removed without losing coherence.
The project received a 2024 CLAP Selection Award in Industrial Design, within the urban furniture, lighting and signage category.
KEY FEATURES
- Industrial design applied to urban mobility
Product design and development through to manufacturing
Final supply for EMT Málaga
Double-screen information post
Information visible from both directions of the road
Screens tilted by 10° to improve legibility
Adaptable system for temporary and occasional routes
Complete installation and removal through a below-ground service chamber
Integrated double modular planter
Double-sided information panel
Integrated LED lighting
Stainless steel and anthracite-grey coated steel
Materials specified for outdoor use
Integration of technology, information and urban furniture
Product design developed for real urban use
2024 CLAP Selection Award
