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STOP PRESS – ISA-UK postpones the 2020 Sign & Print Awards
Update (05.05.2020) due to the impact that the COVID-19 lockdown has had on the economy and manufacturing industries it is with regret that ISA-UK has taken the decision to postpone this year’s Sign & Print Awards until 2021. The awards had been Read More…
Design Council and Sustrans form a partnership to help deliver active travel neighbourhoods
[Sustrans supported project: 1.2 km traffice free path between Kingston-upon-Thames and Merton] The Design Council has recently formed a strategic partnership with Sustrans to ensure the design of our streets and spaces prioritises cycling, walking, and sustainable transport. This is timely in Read More…
ThinkStation initiative informs the July launched Network Rail/RIBA ‘re-imagining railway stations: connecting communities’ competition
Some of you may have had the opportunity to participate in one or more of the ‘ThinkStation’ series of 11 engagement workshops run by the Design Council in collaboration with Network Rail, across the UK, in autumn/winter 2020/21. These workshops were based Read More…
Wheelchair accessibility info now more prominent in Google Maps
In late May 2020 Google Maps launched a new ‘Accessible Places‘ mode which when toggled on more prominently shows wheelchair accessibility. Whilst the navigation app has offered such information for years it is only now that it can be prioritised. It is Read More…
This way! Applied’s new wayfinding system helps NHS staff navigate unfamiliar territory to reach Bath’s RUH Trust sites
New wayfinding solutions, some potentially more permanent than others, have sprung up – overnight in some cases – across the world over the past few months in response to the emergent COVID-19 pandemic. One such system designed by Applied Wayfinding has been Read More…
Air designed open source pictograms available free-of-charge to communicate health and safety messaging during the Coronavirus pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has generated a need for consistent and clearly communicated signage to help businesses and organisations message new, key health and safety regulations to the general public. With this in mind, Air has designed open-source pictograms are available to download 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…
ABG Design features in the Parliamentary Review on creative industries
Photo featuring ABG Design co-founders Howard Miles (left) and Chris Hubert (right). Congratulations to SDS member ABG Design who feature in the most recent edition of The Parliamentary Review, with its focus on creative industries. The Truro-based studio, founded in 1999 by Read More…
Changing Places win March 2020 Budget backing victory
Some great news for inclusion that you may have missed in recent weeks. To celebrate that in his March 12 2020 Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to accelerate the provision of Changing Places toilet facilities in new and existing buildings. As well Read More…