Wayfinding Inspiration

For our first project this semester on wayfinding, I looked it up to see what it really was or could be along with seeing the images in class, and I really liked what I saw. There was a lot of big text, bold colors and great design, especially design packages overall, but there was no way my group and I could do anything like that in just a couple of weeks. And even though we couldn't do it all, it doesn't mean I can't dream up how I might use these things for my project or for any kind of wayfinding on campus.

Now I would like to share some of the photos on wayfinding I found, like, and drew inspiration from and say what I would do on KU Campus with these ideas of wayfinding.

This photo I liked and we could actually use in Strong, the building my group chose. It already has some signs similar to this, they are just more horizontal and stick out farther and have a yellow, serifed text on them. I think this text looks much better and the design is very sleek and modern. I think something like this or maybe just a happy medium of the two would look great in Strong Hall.

I liked this photo because I like the layers and color use to show different areas. I think this kind of idea would work well in building with multiple floors, obviously, and we could even incorporate KU colors or just one color with different tones. I had originally used this idea for my group but scratched it later because it was just too much and too modern for the style and feel in Strong Hall.

I liked this photo mainly because I like the sleek, modern look and how contrasty it is. I like the orange popping off the white and grabbing your attention. This could be used in any of the drab, gloomy looking buildings on campus, just to give them some new life. No offence KU, I love you :)

I like the idea of wrapping big text around a corner to grab attention from multiple angles. A group member of mine, Jake, thought of doing this for our group with one of our signs that leads to the stairs. I think this could be really cool and useful in any building on campus. It might even be cool to have it in all of the buildings just for some cohesiveness throughout campus.




So those are just some of the inspirational photos I have saved up on my flash drive. I have some others and I might blog more about those another time. But I definitely want to keep these images around for more inspiration on other projects that might come up.

Have a great weekend!
-Rhiannon