Posts by Tania Vitiuk

A guest contribution by Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson. Good wayfinding systems shouldn’t come with an expiration date. Instead, they should be resilient to the test of time, adapting and readapting to withstand anything from the elements to wear and tear to changes in the building’s layout or visitor needs. A wayfinding system does this…

A guest contribution by Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson. The deeper you get into the art of wayfinding, the more hats you need to wear. You need to be adept at understanding graphic design, industrial design, engineering, behavioural science, and architecture. You also need a good dose of common sense! So in the face of…

A guest contribution by Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson. When you’re devising a wayfinding scheme, it’s the strategic framework upfront that plays the most crucial role of all: putting the right sign in the right place. After all, locating signs isn’t as simple as plotting them, installing them and assuming they’ll do their job. To…

A guest contribution by Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson. Compared to the Arctic Tern, a migratory bird that flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic Circle and back again every year, we fare pretty poorly. Despite our limited wayfinding instincts, wayfinding strategies rely on a solid understanding of how humans navigate. Wayfinding theory can fill…

A guest contribution by Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson. When we think about sense of place, we don’t often think about wayfinding. We might think about architecture, landscaping, furniture or exhibitions and while those are all powerful influences, signage and wayfinding are among the most fundamental factors in how we perceive place. A sign can…