Lisa Bambach is an SEGD Cincinnati Chapter Co-Chair
Lisa K. Bambach is a designer and educator based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a B.S. in Graphic Design and a Minor in German Studies from the University of Cincinnati and has studied at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel, Switzerland.
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This year, 2022, marks the first anniversary of SEGD’s student chapter at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). As part of the collaborationSEGD partnered with DAAP to present the first-ever DAAPworks SEGD Awards.
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“People do not travel, nor experience life, in a rigid way that can be wholly preordained,” contends SEGD guest contributor Lisa Bambach. In this essay, inspired by International Wayfinding Month, Lisa examines how experiential designers can create wayfinding systems that go beyond “pointing in the right direction,” and instead encourage exploration, allowing individuals to make their own way, no matter where they might find themselves along their journey.
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In her designs for a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) in Cincinnati’s Westwood neighborhood, SEGD member and contributing writer Lisa K. Bambach faced a big challenge: how to define an outdoor public drinking area without erecting barriers to separate the “legal” space from the “illegal.” To do this, Lisa designed a series of information touchpoints—digital, physical and even disposable—to alert imbibers about the DORA’s rules and boundaries. Read Lisa’s account to learn how she did this.
