Way-finding study task

Way-Finding Research (Primary)

We've been tasked to Identify, document and record examples of way-finding, signage and pictograms in use in certain environments around leeds.

How are these designs used to enhance the experience of a user and how are they used to navigate and directed people around spaces?

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These signs are all over Leeds directing people to certain points of interests such as landmarks and visitor centre. They work very well as the signs are very simple showing little but important information to the user such as what place their heading to and how long it will take to get there on foot. Great for students.

Again, these maps that are scattered across Leeds and

other city's across the UK have been created to show people who are new to the area around. While more complicated that the blue signs, its needed to to show the users both where they are and how to get to their destination. It utilises the same 'how long it'll take to walk' ideal like the blue sign but in a cleaver way. On the map it'll show your location and around that is a large red circle which states how long it'll take to walk to a location in this area. this allows people to quickly decide on the spot where they want to go.

      

        

  

     

    


All of these way finding systems around Trinity have all got a overarching theme to them. Each one is focusing in getting information to the user as fast as possible, that can be with the flashy appeal of the system, the fact that the info is condensed and quick to read, and, while each one has a different look and feel to them, each one is legible to the point you only have to glance at most of them to get an idea of where you are going. this is a must for a chopping centre like trinity as it gets crazy busy which means stopping can be hard.