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Crafting letters today
Craft skills and the objects made by craftspeople offer a reminder of our physical place in the real world. Pip Hall and Erik Spiekermann both work with letters that are physical objects. Pip works cutting letters in stone and her talk will explore contrasting approaches in lettercarving for poetry. Erik is currently involved in letterpress printing and will share with us the process for bringing historical printing presses and other related machinery from the analog into the digital age.
Date: 20 May 2021
Venue: Via Zoom
What colour can (and can’t) do for wayfinding
Colour is the richest, most emotional and most powerful means of visual communication and stretches beyond cultural boundaries. Use it accordingly in wayfinding.
Date: 22 Apr 2021
Venue: Via Zoom
Latest news items
New edition of Sign Design Guide needs your input
Some fields of design have clearly defined accessibility guidelines, such as the web content accessibility guidelines. We have the Sign Design Guide. This was published by the Sign Design Society twenty years ago and is still much in demand and widely cited Read More…
Modulex Group CEO takes over majority ownership of the company
Modulex Group CEO Ketil Staalesen took over majority ownership of the company in April 2021. Norwegian-born Staalesen who considers himself a ‘citizen of the world’ has worked for Modulex for twenty years. Commenting on his aim to take the company into a Read More…
Case study library: ABG Design wayfinding solution contributes to Doncaster’s regeneration
Project Name: Doncaster Urban Centre Masterplan Client: Doncaster City Council Sector: Towns and cities Location: Doncaster (UK) Role: Signage, wayfinding and mapping The Brief: Ensuring Doncaster town centre is the focus for business and enterprise, building on the success of the current Read More…
Astra Signs launches its new brand identity
Trafford-based Astra Signs, founded in 1984, has launched a new brand identity and online shop as it expands its products and services to embark on the next phase of growth. The rebrand design was redeveloped and produced in-house by Astra Signs’ Head Read More…
Reader’s Corner book of the month: May ’21
Featuring publications of relevance to our industry, including those cited in SDS e-newsletter lead articles and suggested additional reading, we’ve recently relaunched the SDS Reader’s Corner book of the month page. Each month we will showcase a suggested read that relates to Read More…
Missed Colette Jeffrey’s RIN talk on wayfinding/waylosing?
If you didn’t join-up for Colette’s talk live on 10 February 2021, you can view it now via the Royal College of Navigation (RIN) YouTube channel. Getting lost in a building has proved fatal for two navigators recently. Most research on ‘waylosing’ 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.
Looking back at 2020
By Andrew Barker What a year it has been – do I hear any disagreement with that? When 2020 began I had little idea how the year was actually going to unfold, and how little it would have to do with the Read More…
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…