Archives: Events
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How Can Wayfinding Design and Environmental Graphics Help Make the Built Environment Safer Against Gender-Based Violence?
Date: 26 January 2023 26 January 2023 (6pm-8pm GMT) Panel discussion In this panel discussion we explored how wayfinding design and environmental graphics can improve safety for everyone in public spaces. Redesigning inclusive pictograms to consider the needs of cis, trans, and non-binary people is a start. But there is much more that we can…
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Twelve Sorts of Wayfinding Information
Date: 15 December 2022 15 December 2022 Andrew Barker talk There are only twelve sorts of wayfinding information. Twelve? Is that a lot or a little? On the one hand, it sounds really restrictive to say ‘actually there are only twelve ways you can present wayfinding information’. On the other, can you even name twelve…
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Mind friendly wayfinding – the significance of neuro-sensory context
Date: 10 November 2022 11 November 2022 Steve Maslin talk This talk comes from an inclusive design consultancy perspective and addresses the subject of mind friendly environments. Until relatively recently if you sought guidance, from an inclusive design perceptive, on matters relating to people’s neurological needs and requirements, you were usually only pointed to the…
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Navigating the National Museum, Norway
Date: 20 October 2022 20 October 2022 Alison Richings talk How do you make visiting the National Museum, Norway about more than just viewing Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’? This was a key question asked by the client team for the new National Museum, and one that Endpoint were tasked to address and solve. Endpoint’s Alison…
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Legible Cities & the Wayfinding Trinity
Date: 15 September 2022 15 September 2022 (6pm-8pm BST) Tim Fendley talk Tim Fendley (Applied Information Group) talked about how to create a legible city, from the perspective of three interlinking factors: an understanding of people and their emotions; institutions and how they behave; and the capability of technology. Tim shared insights from twenty years…
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The Art of Wayfinding: Why People Get Lost and How Designers Can Help
Date: 14 July 2022 14 July 2022 (1pm-2pm BST) Colette Jeffrey talk Getting lost in buildings and cities has fascinated Dr Colette Jeffrey for many years. From her experience as a designer and a doctoral researcher, Colette’s talk addresed the different ways people navigate, six key influences that cause waylosing and how designers can help…
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Wayfinding in Airports: The Ultimate Design Challenge?
Date: 30 June 2022 30 June 2022 (12.30pm-2pm) Moniteurs talk This talk spans thirty years of signs and information design for airports. Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich (Moniteurs) explored the unique identities and wayfinding systems at over a hundred airports, sharing past stories, current challenges and promising future trends for navigating airports around the world. Heike and Sibylle…
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Outdoor Adventure Wayfinding
Date: 26 May 2022 26 May 2022 Terry Moore and Paul Naylor talks Outdoor adventuring should be fun but can be dangerous! Mountain rescue callouts involving people using battery-draining GPS mapping technology have increased, as have the number of inexperienced navigators getting lost in outdoor spaces. Professor Terry Moore’s talk shared his experiences of outdoor…
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Smart Inclusive Wayfinding: Is Waymap the Solution for Mobility and Independence for All?
Date: 28 April 2022 28 April 2022 Ethan Brooks and Julian Jackson talks Wayfinding is typically dependent on visual cues. So how do people with vision impairments find their way? They are at quite a disadvantage, encompassing not only knowing how to reach their destination but also how to avoid all those obstacles en route.…
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Functional Design for Public Places: How to Design Inclusive Wayfinding Information
Date: 24 March 2022 24 March 2022 Janik Frithioff talk Danish graphic designer Janik Frithioff shared fascinating examples of functional design solutions, and explores the key principles for designing wayfinding, traffic information, typography and visual communications for public places. When designing for ‘everyone’ Janik believes the goal must always be to develop solutions for as…