Event categories: Past event
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Function, meaning, and value in healthcare experience design
Date: 9 July 2026 Thursday 9 July 2026 (1pm BST) Recording of Ingūna’s talk H2E studio co‑founder Ingūna Elere joined the Sign Design Society for an online seminar exploring how clinical and structural constraints in healthcare environments can be transformed into spaces that are intuitive, emotionally supportive, and deeply human. She presented her three‑tier framework…
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Legibility of typefaces in visual information systems
Date: 18 June 2026 Thursday 18 June 2026 (1pm BST) Recording of Robert Jarzec’s talk The talk examined what truly makes text easy to read, and why legibility often fails in real‑world situations. Robert Jarzec drew together contemporary legibility research and the practical experience of type designers and typographers to show that reading is shaped…
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Freedom to design
Date: 21 May 2026 Thursday 21 May 2026 (6pm BST) Recording of Alex and Vladimir Siniukov’s talk Our recent session with Alex Syniukov and Vladimir Siniukov showed how wayfinding projects can achieve far greater creative freedom by reducing the burden of coordination. They demonstrated how fragmented workflows and spreadsheet‑driven updates slow teams down — and…
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Type Archived
Date: 23 April 2026 Thursday, 23 April 2026 (1pm BST) Richard Ardagh’s talk Richard Ardagh talked about his recently published book, Type Archived, which documents the treasures of traditional typefounding held at London’s legendary Type Archive. Showcasing highlights from some eight million items, these collections form a tangible history of typography and printing in the…
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Nudges and signposts: how behavioural science can help wayfinding design
Date: 26 March 2026 Thursday 26 March 2026 (1pm GMT) Andrew Barker’s talk [Image of woman walking away from the camera down a path through park land. Source: Image by GreenCardShow from Pixabay.] In this seminar, designer and behavioural researcher Andrew Barker explored how behavioural science can strengthen the effectiveness of placemaking and wayfinding projects.…
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Type and place: Design that strives to belong to its audience
Date: 26 February 2026 Thursday, 26 February 2026 (1pm GMT / 2pm CET) Zeynep Akay’s talk We all know typography is essential in visual communication. But what makes successful typographic design go further than just relay a message, and ground the content in a voice, plant its feet in a specific place? City identities are…
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UX for the built environment
Date: 29 January 2026 29 January 2026 (6pm GMT) Sarah Manning’s talk Sarah Manning (Spaceagency) explored how architecture and cities act as living interfaces – connecting us to meaning, story, culture, and human connection. Moving beyond screens and digital journeys, their work focusses on the cognitive aspects of navigation: the signs we read; the elements…
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Clear metro signage for all
Date: 18 December 2025 18 December 2025 (1pm GMT) Fenne Roefs’ talk Fenne Roefs’ (Mijksenaar) talk explored how the Amsterdam Metro is rethinking its wayfinding system to make it more inclusive. It’s a story of design as inclusion: how small changes in signage can transform the experience of hundreds of thousands of daily passengers, bridging…
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Wayfinding 2.0 (AI)
Date: 20 November 2025 Thursday 30 October 2025 (8am ET / 1pm GMT / 2pm CET) Peter Reynolds’ talk Peter Reynolds’ talk looked at how emerging technologies, especially AI and IoT, are going to change the way we plan, develop, and manage wayfinding systems. It’s about how we, as designers and consultants, will work differently…
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The CLÓSCAPE Project: Researching the Cló Gaelach in the Irish Streetscape
Date: 30 October 2025 Thursday 30 October (1pm GMT) Nicole Volmering’s talk The CLÓSCAPE project focusses on the use of the cló gaelach in the Irish Streetscape, specifically on historic street signs in Dublin, and seeks to preserve a digital record of the signage for preservation and research. In this talk, Nicole Volmering addressed the history of the…