Hey everyone, another post which shows some of the updates I've made to the airport wayfinding system I am looking into. This week I looked into the typeface weight on the signs and also how they should be laid out in terms of spacing between icons, arrows and text. Below are a few image examples... Continue Reading →
Airport Wayfinding Icons – Updated & Explained
Hi Everyone! I have decided that I would like to revisit my degree project right from the start and expand/improve upon everything I had previously done for it. The first thing I decided to do was to take another critical look at the icons I had produced. Since looking at the icons again I'm not sure why... Continue Reading →
BA Hons Graphic Design Main Project Work
How can the navigational systems within airports be improved to give the flier a smoother stress free travel experience? Abstract: The purpose of this study is to consider airport signage and develop a navigational system, which could be used at BAA Heathrow with a view to form the basis of an international standard. This includes... Continue Reading →
Experimenting with 3D Promotion
Hey all, Just thought I would place up an example of one of my portfolio pieces i have just finished as an example of how I would like to promote my system. This would come after a page which shows them all as 2D items Tom Out!
International Standardisation of Airport Navigational Systems – ISANS
This is the name (and abbreviation) I have decided to use for my final major project. The abbreviation "ISANS" occurred through a nice accident of just brainstorming different names I could give my system. So where am I at within my project? Well I have managed to finish off the majority of my symbols, leaving out only... Continue Reading →
Airport Icons, Development Phase.
For my Final Major Project in BA Hons graphic design I decided to take on the challenge of developing a new wayfinding system for international airports, and possibly more specifically London's Heathrow. This will include signage layout design, Icon development, Typeface development / exploration and a small promotional campaign. I thought I would share some... Continue Reading →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 10
Today was quite interesting. Began with a meeting which put down all the relevant dates for both the essay and development of ideas modules. I came out of it feeling rather nervous and demoralized, not because I haven't done anything, but because I know I have lots and lots still left to do. However, I... Continue Reading →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 9
(I apologise for one day late, once again i set it to private not public) Another Thursday come and gone, I'm not sure what it is about Thursdays, but I seem to have a lack of attention. I started thinking about my presentation and how best to get my ideas across. Of course I need to start it with a... Continue Reading →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 5
Today the morning was spent getting into groups and carrying out an exercise, which was; Edward de Bono's six hats exercise. This consisted of 6 people having different roles within the group discussion to try and evoke different thought strategies from people. Overall it was quite successful, although I didn't understand the point in the positive... Continue Reading →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 4
Today i looked over some of the signs i had taken pictures of at Heathrow airport and evaluated them. Did i think they worked well? why/why not? and how could they be improved? here are some examples(to view larger please click the image): The below image is of the standard signage that they have at... Continue Reading →
Visually Interesting 