Labeling identifies products. Signage identifies places.
Signage is a major component of all wayfinding,placemaking and identity systems, and exhibitions. SEGD is a global community of the designers, fabricators and vendors involved in using signage to create a sense of place and to enhance peoples experiences when navigating their way through spaces.
Wayfinding Is Where Place Meets Information Design
An introduction to wayfinding, an interdisciplinary approach to solving navigational problems
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 Open Space Signage in a Pandemic and Beyond |
 Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways |
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The novel coronavirus has shown how vulnerable many sectors are to future pandemics. While occupancy levels are lower, it’s the perfect time to create more resilient, adaptive spaces, and the experiential graphic design industry has the potential to lead the way.
Sydney studio BrandCulture has published a series of articles explaining how COVID-19 will impact the design of built environments from hospitality and education to healthcare and public spaces. Here are a few of its key observation-based predictions, broken down by sector:
 Good-looking Bad Maps |
 Who Needs Signs? |
 Cornell Tech |
 Project 100 |
 Tacoma Art Museum Rebrand and Sign Scheme |
 Xintangwanke Mall International Cinema |
 Charles Amundsen - Trumped! |
 Martin Treu - The Experiential City |
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Poblocki Sign Company LLC, a leader in the custom sign industry, added sales offices in three states to better service customers with custom architectural signage.
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Colleen Connolly, recent graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University’s graphic design program, believes that museums can educate and serve more diverse audiences by providing multilingual exhibits, signage, and resources. She was awarded a Fulbright Arts Research Grant to explore bilingual (Chinese/English) signage and exhibitions in Taiwanese museums and tourist sites. Taiwan has declared that it will achieve its goal of being a completely bilingual country by 2030, necessitating nationwide conversations on how providing bilingual design can create more accessible spaces for people of different cultural and language backgrounds.
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