Open Space Signage in a Pandemic and Beyond
From Parks to Parklets to Public Price
By Cheri Devlin, Altitude Design Office
Read Time: 4 Minutes
In this year of pandemic, designers have learned the importance of creating signage and wayfinding systems which are adaptable, durable, and easy to maintain over time. Altitude Design Office suggests seven ways designers can be more flexible when reacting to unforeseen events.
Looking ahead to the future of professional sports, Dimensional Innovations surveyed fans to determine what it will take to bring them back to sporting venues to enjoy live games. This article previews Dimensional Innovations talk at this year's 2020 SEGD Branded Environments event.
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
Gensler’s solution for infection control in airports relies on a combination of actions that begin with prescreening passengers as they enter the building.
The charity partnered with JCDecaux Australia, a subsidiary of outdoor advertiser JCDecaux, to craft a campaign in Sydney, Australia, which focused on the critical question, "R U OK?"
The deadline to apply for the program, from American Express, is September 21. The new effort, dubbed the "Coalition to Back Black Businesses," is offering eligible businesses $5,000 in grant funding and training programs worth up to $10 million over the next four years.
Read Time: 6.5 minutes
By Tim Hill, Client Development Director at Noë & Associates, and Alison Richings, Wayfinding Design Director at Endpoint
Having enforced time away from all of those distractions of life has helped us think more consciously about how and where we choose to live, work, socialize and spend our money in the soon to come post-lockdown world. For developers, urban planners, and architects the challenge will be creating living and working spaces that are both strategically and creatively attuned to a new world.
Watching over the past few months as countries have opened back up, it’s become clear that we are not interacting with the world the way we used to. Behaviors have changed, especially in public spaces. Now, those who are maintaining and designing public spaces have to consider how to keep people safe in those spaces, and that means everyone from maintenance staff to volunteers to visitors.
Architecture firm Gómez Platero has designed a new memorial to honor those affected by COVID-19. Sited in Uruguay, the monument is made to be an expression of hope in an uncertain time.
