Wayfinding: People, Signs, and ArchitectureThis book brings together, for the first time, expertise on all three of the elements which wayfinding is comprised: architecture; graphics; & verbal human interaction, within the context of the built environment. The authors, take the reader from a better understanding of the many types of wayfinding difficulties that people have, & why they have them, through an explanation of what wayfinding is & how the process works, to detailed examinations of the architectural, graphic, audible & tactile components involved in wayfinding design. A prescription, in effect, for a much-needed, brand-new design discipline. |
Contents
Standing in the way of wayfinding solutions | 12 |
Chapter 4 | 22 |
Chapter 7 | 54 |
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able Alvar Aalto anchor points architects arrows behavior blind person building form Canadian Standards Association cap-height Chapter 13 Forms circulation system cognitive mapping color coding cues decision diagrams decision executing decision plan destination zones directional signs disabled displays door efficient elevator entrance environment Environmental communication Environmental Graphic Design environmental perception example exit floor Forms of graphic function Gestalt glyph graphic designers graphic information grid hierarchical identify important information system landscape landscape architecture layout legibility letterform major mental mobility impaired office zone parking particular Passini path pattern Paul Arthur perceived pictographs Place Bonaventure population require route shoestring signage space spatial organization spatial orientation Spatial planning square structure symbol tactile Tactile signs tend tion understand urban users visitors visually impaired Washrooms wayfinding decisions wayfinding design wayfinding difficulties wayfinding information wayfinding problems wayfinding process wayfinding tasks wheelchair x-height