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Where do we go from here?
Acclaimed wayfinding designer and theorist, David Gibson reflects on what he has learned since publishing The Wayfinding Handbook in 2009, and why it’s now time for a new edition.
Date: 28 Jan 2021
Venue: Via Zoom
Intuitive wayfinding beyond vision
How intuitively we’re able to navigate our environment impacts all aspects of our lives: how we live, work, and play. For people who are vision impaired, there is yet to be a fully integrated, intuitive solution that enables independent navigation and wayfinding. We will explore solutions to how the user experience and neuropsychology of visual information can be perceived through other senses.
Date: 17 Dec 2020
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Case study library: isGroup’s award-winning construction signage for IM Properties HQ
Project Name: IM Properties Headquarters Client: IM Group Sector: Offices and estates Location: Solihull, Birmingham (UK) The role: Working closely with f.r.a., Bam Construction and IM Properties, isGroup were com-missioned to manufacture and install signage for IM Properties’ brand-new campus facility in Solihull. Read More…
Department of Transport issues guidance on signage to Covid-19 vaccination centres
With the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme now taking place the length and breadth of the UK, the Department of Transport has released guidance on temporary signage to guide traffic to vaccination centres. Download the PDF.
Wanted – ambassadors to help drive the government’s accessibility agenda
At the beginning of January 2021, the government announced that it is recruiting 14 disability and access ambassadors to join the Cabinet Office as part of its ongoing National Strategy for Disabled People. The new recruits – to be recruited across different Read More…
Looking back at 2020
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Pascall + Watson among five firms shortlisted for stage two of Network Rail’s station design competition
Following on from the Design Council and Network Rail’s ThinkStation workshops held in late 2019 into early 2020, a three-stage competition was launched in the summer. Architects, designers and engineers were invited to: reshape the travel experience of passengers who use Network Read More…
Did you see them? TFL’s iconic roundels transformed Oxford Circus Underground station exits to celebrate the launch of Sony’s PS5
A short-term promotional stunt by Sony Interactive Entertainment to celebrate the launch of their PS5 console on 19 November 2020, saw some TFL Underground stations transformed for just 48 hours. Those of you who had reason to be travelling on TFL Underground Read More…
2020 – 2021 British Cartographic Society Awards: enter now!
The British Cartographic Society (BCS) runs annual awards to recognize the very best cartographic work and scholarship from around the world. Award winners across nine categories are traditionally announced at the British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium. With this year’s scheduled conference cancelled Read More…
V&A Museum wayfinding system wins SEGD Award for two SDS member companies
Congratulations to SDS member companies dn&co and Reade Signs who, along with allpointswest (and in conjunction with accessibility consultants JBC London), have won the prestigious SEGD 2020 Honor Award for the V&A Museum London‘s 2019 completed, comprehensive wayfinding strategy. The scheme includes Read More…
Social distancing and new signs of the times
Chris Girling, Head of Wayfinding at member company CCD Design & Ergonomics was recently in conversation with international news agency Reuters about the challenges facing effective social distancing signage as we physically navigate our new peri-Coronavirus pandemic normal. In the space of Read More…
Walk this way to sustainable wayfinding and wellbeing in 2020 whilst maintaining social distancing
The built environment plays an important part in encouraging walking. And yet, as wayfinding practitioners we are well aware that designing accessible, attractive and safe environments doesn’t necessarily make them easily legible, memorable or navigable. These last three factors contribute significantly to Read More…