Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Designing good signage, wayfinding or visual information


  • It has to be simplistic, so that the viewer does not need to waste time looking at busy information (Large text, symbols, simple typeface)
  • Maps have legends/keys to signify the elements on it
  • some signs have braille so blind people can read it, this makes the sign target a bigger audience
  • Different use of colour to represent different things
  • positioning of the sign so the eye sees it.


David McCandless created the infographic called Snake Oil.
Snake Oil is piece of information design representing scientific evidence for popular health supplements, showing tangible human health benefits when taken orally by an adult with a health diet.
The size of the circles represents the amount of google hits.
It is also interactive to show the supplements most helpful to certain situations.

Finding Graphic information around campus:

This bin uses an isotype symbol of a figure throwing away waste into a bin. This symbol has become a very widely used graphic as it is much simpler than having text as any language can understand a picture.


This map of the university uses a numbering system to reference the legend at the side of the page allowing the audience to find where they are going.


Geographical mapping of data collection in the form of a graph.


Poster Illustration showing mapping terrain and land height represented using colours.


Mapping data using coloured areas.


Mapping a landscape using different symbols to show height above sea level, the type of rock etc.


Mapping data of an earthquake.


using data to form a bar chart.


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