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 →
What do I Actually do at Work?
Some of you reading this post may know, that for the past 3 years I have been working at a local sign designers. We cater mainly for small businesses, although we also deal with the occasional larger contract from London Underground or London City Airport. I figured it was about time that I uploaded a... 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 →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 1
For my first year of college I had to do this thing called 'Personal Development Plan' ('PDP' for short) this was clearly not a great system of confusing sections to fill in on a Word document, this had to be done at the end of every week and, if used correctly, should aid the user... Continue Reading →
Icon Concepts & Ideas
Just a very quick post showing where I'm currently aiming my thoughts. I've progressed onto thinking about how icon's should be made up. Circle, square? Pointed edges or rounded? Border or not? All these questions I have to ask myself. I have also been toying with the idea of using a similar system to the... Continue Reading →
GDP 4: Initial Stages & Test Concepts
I just thought I would give a brief overview of what I have been doing so far, in regards to my Graphic Design practical project for my degree. First things first, the initial ideas I came up with, basically these are the things i felt I would find interesting to do a practical project on: Re-design a... Continue Reading →
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