Creative Wayfinding 01

As well as wayfinding having a practical function for getting places, It is also an opportunity for creativity.

Creative signage using wooden slats protruding out from the wall. This is more of an installation design as apposed to signage or pictograms.

This signage design uses layered material to give it 3 dimensions. I think the clever use of white allows the layers to form interesting shadows and thus be the main feature of the signs. The contrast of the white sign with the dark wooden background allows the signage to be noticed.

This Spanish sign design focuses more on the surface upon which the wayfinding is written. The sign poles are cleverly designed to aid the viewer as to which direction to follow to locate what is written on the sign. The typeface used has been matched with the sign pole structure allowing the design to fully come together and work in harmony.

Not all signage and wayfinding has to be displayed on a wall of sign pole. This design is displayed along the floor of the building. The coloured lines take you from one starting point to a number of different rooms. This allows the viewer to physically follow the lines to their desired destination.

An example of wayfinding displayed across a wall. These floor numbers have been painted on to be legible from one view point. The numbers are painted across a number of surface facing different directions so in some cases, the number wont be as legible. But when standing in the correct location, the number will appear completely normal in form. The only disadvantage of this design, however clever or nice it looks, is that from a number of angles it will just look silly and a waist of paint and wall space.