Mapping is a key issue in environmental and experiential graphic design, since the discipline’s goal of “connecting people to place” often requires getting people from Point A to Point B.
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Mapping Articles
Design Diary: Colorado State Capitol Wayfinding
Read Time: 15 minutes
ArtHouse Design (Denver, Colo.) shares their Phase 1 timeline from the Colorado State Capitol wayfinding system project, which took cues from the building’s architectural features and storied past.
By ArtHouse Design’s Associate Design Director, Zach Kotel
 Clean, Classic, Compelling—Wayfinding New York's Roosevelt Island |
 Process and Prototyping in Mont-Royal Park |
Thoughts and Opinions
What is Wayfinding? Part 4—What's Next in Wayfinding?
Read Time: 4 minutes
Although we are seeing great strides in the application of technology to wayfinding, it is clear today that there is much room for expansion and improvement in this field.
 Wayfinding for Skiers |
Good-looking Bad Maps |
Mapping Academic Research
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Mapping EGD Firms
The Buzz: Mapping Web Links
SEGD Mapping Podcasts
The ideal way to learn from your desk. These courses consist of podcast recordings of webinar and workshop materials delivered by the top professionals in EGD in the SEGD community.
$10 for individual Podcasts and $30 for the Podcast collections (best value) for members. Click for content details.
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Mapping News
Paula Scher Featured in "Abstract" Series on Netflix
Pentagram’s Paula Scher is featured in the new documentary series “Abstract: The Art of Design,” now streaming on Netflix. The show explores the lives and ideas of leading figures in design and architecture, with each episode focusing on a single creator and their practice. Scher’s entry, directed by the noted documentary filmmaker Richard Press (“Bill Cunningham New York”), looks at the influence New York City has had on the designer’s work, her lifelong love of typography, and the map paintings she creates alongside her client projects.
Inspiring Community via Connectivity—Thinking Caps Design in Phoenix
Recently Thinking Caps Design placed 2nd in a design competition held by an Arizona chapter of AIA (American Institute of Architects).
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