Wayfinding Signage

I primarily studied wayfinding and signage design using visual cues and unique shapes to draw participants through the butterfly garden space. The visitors would start at the entrance to the garden and would notice the visual cues of the first sign and be drawn to investigate. Reading the sign would then convey the purpose of the LED glow coming from the lights as a visual means for representing the unseen weather realities of the garden. Using the template on the sign as reference, users will be able to recognize the minute changes in temperature, wind, and brightness from the other signs strategically placed around the garden. Using ergonomic viewing data and research, signage proportions have been tailored to be a height suitable to not only adult viewers, but children as well. Then, that information was synthesized into a framework of signage that fulfilled the ergonomic prerequisites as well as being a unique form of construction. The form was also influenced by the construction constraint of being one piece of metal that is folded to produce the desired shape.