2021 Wayfinding and Placemaking

The 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking Symposium will bring together innovators and award-winning experiential designers who are working across the globe to create meaningful experiences that connect people to place. Looking at projects from airports and education campuses to corporate headquarters and public spaces, we will reflect on design through a dynamic cultural lens.

Sessions and roundtables will provoke conversations around cultural sensitivities and nuances, while exploring processes and design solutions that build meaningful connections and thoughtful representation.

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This event date is subject to change.

2021 Wayfinding and Placemaking Agenda
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Despina Macris is a Director at Dotdash Wayfinding in Brisbane, Australia
Despina Macris
Anna de Jonge
Anna de Jonge
Sarah Manning
Sarah Manning
Cybelle Jones, Gallagher & Associates
Cybelle Jones
Lauren Harrison
Lauren Harrison
Michael Gericke, Pentagram
Michael Gericke
Sarang Kulkarni
Sarang Kulkarni
Peter Hecht
Peter Hecht
Phil Kim
Phil Kim
Baarish Date
Baarish Date
Carla Ramirez Sosa
Carla Ramirez Sosa
Linzi Eggers, Cloud Gehshan Associates
Linzi Eggers
Daniela Terán
Daniela Terán
Jessica Stoffers
Jessica Stoffers
Fabiano Vincenzi
Fabiano Vincenzi
Anna Crider, SEGD Board President
Anna Crider
Lance Wyman, SEGD
Lance Wyman
Peter Feldmann
Peter Feldmann
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Beyond the Binary: Setting the Wayfinding Standard for Inclusive Restrooms

Beyond the Binary: Setting the Wayfinding Standard for Inclusive Restrooms

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Happy first day of Pride Month 2022! Here at SEGD we have been striving to do better to create inclusive programming and partnerships that provide impactful social education and inspire positive action toward a truly egalitarian society--and need the voices of the community to do so. To kick off the month, we would like to feature Beyond the Binary: Setting the Wayfinding Standard for Inclusive Restrooms. This topic, featured at our 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking event, is an important one as we strive to make the world a more inclusive place. We look forward to celebrating Pride month with all of you!

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SEGD Vanguards

SEGD Vanguards

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Honoring the people who are doing incredible, visionary, meaningful work—right now. Just as the SEGD Global Design Awards recognize excellence across the spectrum of design, and Achievement Award winners constitute SEGD’s commitment to excellence in our field of practice, there’s a new way to recognize those whose meaningful work is creating a better world through design, today.

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Lance Wyman's seminal 1968 Olympics Graphic Identity

1968 Mexico City Olympics

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In anticipation of our SEGD 2021 Wayfinding+Placemaking event next week, we are honored to have SEGD Fellow Lance Wyman present on Thursday June 24th at 10:15am ET about the evolution of his work in Mexico City, beginning a half-century ago at the 1968 Olympics and continuing today, collaborating with the Mexico City Government for their Integrated Mobility project.

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Join us for Wayfinding and Placemaking, June 23 and 24

2021 SEGD Wayfinding + Placemaking Symposium: Connecting People to Place—Globally

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Beyond the Binary: Setting the Wayfinding Standard for Inclusive Restrooms

Beyond the Binary: Setting the Wayfinding Standard for Inclusive Restrooms

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The presenters at SEGD’s upcoming 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking virtual conference (June 23-24) will explore topics about connecting people to place while navigating cultural sensitivities and nuances. Carla Ramirez Sosa and Anna de Jonge of Mijksenaar will present on a particularly challenging topic: the role of wayfinding in the implementation of inclusive public restrooms. Here’s a preview of their presentation scheduled for June 23.

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Graphic Life: Michael Gericke, Celebrating Places, Telling Stories and Making Stories

Graphic Life: Michael Gericke, Celebrating Places, Telling Stories and Making Symbols

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Images Publishing releases a new book featuring the work of graphic designer Michael Gericke, celebrating his 35+ year career at Pentagram. Michael will be a keynote speaker, sharing his book and approach to his work at the SEGD 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking virtual conference this month on June 23rd & 24th.

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SEGD 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking - Global Dialogues

SEGD 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking - Global Dialogues

"Our work as designers is truly a universal language—visual, pictorial, experiential." Despina Macris, Director DOTDASH, SEGD Board Member, and Co-Chair of the SEGD 2021 Wayfinding + Placemaking Symposium

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