Wayfinding Is Where Place Meets Information Design
An introduction to wayfinding, an interdisciplinary approach to solving navigational problems
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Experiential Graphic Design Feature Articles
Wayfinding Is Where Place Meets Information Design
12/02/2020
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fd2s Designs Integrated Flexible Wayfinding for MHealth Facility
03/27/2018
The University of Minnesota Health’s new MHealth facility in Minneapolis was purpose-built for facility flexibility and patient convenience, which presented graphic design firm fd2s with a unique wayfinding challenge. |
Deconstructing Tragedy—Fort Needham Memorial Park
01/30/2018
In 1917 an unprecedented explosion dramatically changed the history and landscape of Halifax. A multidisciplinary collaboration between Ekistics Planning & Design and Form:Media (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) resulted in the renewal of a public park replete with a deconstructed approach to memorializing the tragedy—just in time for its hundredth anniversary. |
Official Signs & Icons 3—Signing Bicycle Facilities
01/02/2018
In 2017, symbol guru Mies Hora published the third edition of his compendium of signs, symbols and commentary, "Official Signs & Icons 3." Among the many varied and useful resources in the book, there is a new section entitled "Signing Bicycle Facilities." |
Bluecadet Helps NASA Visitors Gain a New World View with Data Lens
11/28/2017
How does dust from central Africa end up in the Amazon, or in air filters in Maryland? The scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center know. Their Visualization Studio recently worked with Bluecadet on “Data Lens,” an interactive experience that helps visitors understand Earth’s complex and interconnected systems. |
A Clear View with Don Meeker, 2015 SEGD Fellow
08/18/2015
By anyone’s standards, the work of Don Meeker—activist and information designer—has touched the lives of more people than any other in his era. |
Xlab 2014: Christian Marc Schmidt: From Mobile to Wearable
10/13/2014
Christian Marc Schmidt started his creative design and technology studio Schema in 2012 based on the belief that the information age calls for new interfaces that allow us to not only consume content, but to create it ourselves. He says wearables are the new frontier in experience design—and he’ll tell you why at Xlab 2014 November 6 in New York. |
Andreas Uebele
01/15/2014
Architype |
Hablamos Juntos Universal Health Care Symbols
12/31/2013
"We Speak Together"A groundbreaking research effort produces universal symbols for health-care settings—and underscores the value of evidence-based design. |
Ronald Shakespear, FSEGD
12/01/2013
Ronald Shakespear: Making the City LegibleSEGD's 2008 Fellow on design, cities, and storks |