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Wayfinding can be defined as spatial problem solving. It is knowing where you are in a building or an environment, knowing where your desired location is, and knowing how to get there from your present location.

Wayfinding Articles

LAX by Selbert Perkins
2023 SEGD Wayfinding and Placemaking Symposium - Speakers Announced

Read Time: 3 minutes

SEGD Wayfinding and Placemaking Symposium: Transportation and Transformation
April 27 - 28, 2023, Los Angeles, CA

Wayfinding and placemaking are at the heart of transformative transportation experiences. The importance of well-designed and executed solutions to complex transportation challenges is critical to the project's success or failure. Join us IN PERSON for the largest Wayfinding + Placemaking event in SEGD history!

Photo Landmark Navigation: More than Maps. Eyedog.US is the Intuitive Indoor Wayfinding Solution for You
Photo Landmark Navigation: More than Maps. Eyedog.US is the Intuitive Indoor Wayfinding Solution for You
Crossrail Connection: Designing the new Elizabeth line for Transport for London (TfL)
Crossrail Connection: Designing the new Elizabeth line for Transport for London (TfL)

Thoughts and Opinions

Designing Down Under
Designing Down Under

Designing Down Under
Read Time: 4 Minutes

In the Sydney metropolitan area and across the Australian state of New South Wales, BrandCulture has implemented new wayfinding strategies for the region’s rail systems. In the Sydney suburb of Randwick, BrandCulture developed wayfinding and interpretive signage for Newmarket, a new mixed-used commercial and residential development.

BrandCulture: The Future of Built Environments After COVID-19
BrandCulture: The Future of Built Environments After COVID-19
How Will Buildings and Places Communicate Following the Pandemic?
How Will Buildings and Places Communicate Following the Pandemic?

Explore SEGD Award Winners

Metquarter, Liverpool
Metquarter, Liverpool
The Vessel at Hudson Yards
The Vessel at Hudson Yards
The Ian Potter Southbank Centre (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music)
The Ian Potter Southbank Centre (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Wayfinding Program
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Wayfinding Program

SEGD Talks - Wayfinding videos

Design for Dignity - Lonny Israel, SOM
Design for Dignity - Lonny Israel, SOM
Lance Wyman - The Visual Diaries
Lance Wyman - The Visual Diaries

Wayfinding Best Practice

Wayfinding Academic Research

Wayfinding EGD Firms

SEGD Wayfinding 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.

Enhancing Wayfinding for Aging Travelers and Persons with Disabilities
2016 Webinar | Digital Directory
Webinar 2015 | Budgeting 101

SEGD Toolbox

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Wayfinding News

RSM Design Envision Comprehensive Wayfinding for OMNI PGA Frisco Resort
RSM Design Envisions Comprehensive Wayfinding for OMNI PGA Frisco Resort

ENGAGING THE GUEST AT THE OMNI PGA FRISCO RESORT

RSM Design's New Wayfinding within Ovation Hollywood
RSM Design's New Wayfinding within Ovation Hollywood

For close to a decade, RSM Design has collaborated with development teams to reposition the project formerly known as Hollywood & Highland, and now rebranded as Ovation Hollywood. Home of the Academy Awards within the Dolby Theater since 2002, and adjacent to the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this newly envisioned mixed-use complex is at the epicenter of the Hollywood experience.

Wayfinding EGD Events

2020 SEGD Wayfinding & Placemaking Event
2019 SEGD Wayfinding & Placemaking Banner