Summary
This weeks reading was about wayfinding systems, designing for navigation, signage, and interactive spaces. The chapter examines specific companies and their roles in the creation of a wayfinding system for their clients. I was particularly drawn to the companies who did projects like my infographic final will be, which is a wayfinding system for Uwajimaya, a small shopping mall. Hunt Design did a wayfinding system for Fort Baker which will serve as important insporitation for the signage i plan to deploy to Uwajimaya. There are 2 pictures in particular: the map, and the vertical icon sign for trails. The vertical sign especially, since Uwajimaya is an Asian style market, the signage could read vertically. If done well, it would be instantly understood to all people. For the map, Mijksenaar designed a map for a public space in Amsterdam which has a similar shape and similar amount of stores inside of it, that it provides a great starting point template for information that i need to assemble.
Links
Wayfinding Comics: these were super funny!
Studio Hippy Wayfinding Portfolio Piece: their icons are sweet
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