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. |
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able Alvar Aalto architects arrows behavior blind person building form cap-height Chapter 13 Forms circulation system cognitive mapping color coding complex settings cues decision diagrams decision executing decision plan destination zones directional signs disabled displays door effect efficient elevator entrance environment Environmental communication Environmental Graphic Design example exit facilities floor Forms of graphic function Gestalt glyph graphic designers graphic information hearing impaired hierarchical identify important information system landscape landscape architecture language layout legibility letterforms major mental mobility impaired office zone overload parking particular Passini path pattern Paul Arthur perceived pictographs Place Bonaventure population require route shoestring signage space spatial organization Spatial planning street structure symbol tactile Tactile signs tend tion typographic understanding urban users verbal visitors visually impaired Washrooms wayfinding decisions wayfinding design wayfinding difficulties wayfinding information wayfinding problems wayfinding process wayfinding tasks wheelchair x-height