Wayfinding Analysis

Background in wayfinding, plus success and challenges in todays modern spaces.

10400 Specifications - Designer Series

Specifications for the modular Designer Series.

The proper use of Custom Colors

Sign systems that live in today’s warm welcoming hospitality environments must beautifully complement the interior finishes. Many times an amebic organization lives in this warm, welcoming environment – where change is a constant – hospitals and medical centers are good examples. This puts a lot of pressure on a sign system to keep up. Accurate wayfinding is one issue but color is another. Many designers, in an effort to maximize how well the sign system complements the colors in a décor, will specify custom colors from paint company palettes or Pantone color charts. The result is generally a beautiful sign system – to begin with. In a rapidly changing environment, however, this can be a detriment. Modular directional signage, for instance, generally has adjacent inserts with a destination area on each insert or slat. It’s virtually impossible, over the life of the sign system, to match the custom paint color exactly the same. You can verify this yourself by walking into almost any facility that’s been fitted with this solution. What’s the answer? Create a beautiful sign with custom colors in the modular panels that don’t change with high frequency and use only standard colors and materials in frequently changing areas where inserts are lined up next to each other.

 

Color Charts

2nd Surface Engravable Reverse Engravable Laser Engravable

1st Surface Engravable ADA Substrate ADA Raised Text Appliqué

Braille and Raised Text

The Problem with Photopolymer

The WayFinder Process