Event categories: Past event
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Straight forward-how wayfinding works and why strategy matters
Date: 11 July 2024 Thursday, 11 July (1pm BST) Wherever people gather, wayfinding can be the difference between order and chaos. It’s the unsung hero of the built environment. For wayfinding to work properly, it needs to have a strategy, plastering a site with signs or not signing at all can be equally bewildering for…
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Lighting the way to sustainable signage
Date: 27 June 2024 Thursday, 27 June 2024 (1pm BST) A crash course seminar in sustainable signage illumination, with Applelec’s Lauren Flint. Lauren went back to basics: dispelling myths, busting the jargon and explaining the key features you need to look for in your illumination solution and what that means for your signage/wayfinding designs, as…
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Whenfinding? Accessible wayfinding, welcomes and autonomy
Date: 30 May 2024 This talk, by Alastair Somerville of Acuity Design, used examples from projects for Imperial War Museum, English Heritage, National Trust, and Transport for Manchester to show how a sequence of wayfinding materials that pay attention to the active interaction of an individual’s capacities in relation to the organisation’s capabilities can help…
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Inclusive design for wayfinding information
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Navigating cities with an inclusive perspective
Date: 14 March 2024 14 March 2024 (1pm GMT) Nourhan Bassam, author of recently published ‘The Gendered City’, delved into the challenges faced by women and marginalised groups in urban environments, and explored the need for inclusive and gender-sensitive urban design. She presented a range of viewpoints on understanding and addressing the experiences and perspectives…
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Non-places, the age of haste and the art of commuting
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Putting the fun back in functional
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Why public space matters
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Other ways: complexity, dialogue, and otherness in wayfinding design
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Wayfinding as a social activity
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