Accessible Wayfinding Empathy, Human-Centered Design, and a Blank Slate
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Jun 22, 2017
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wayfinding graphic design accessibility disability university
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Wayfinding and signage are important components of a building's structure and interior space for visitors with and without a mobile/physical disability, especially on university and college campuses. This paper documents a semester-long project where students in an upper-level design elective course identified a building on campus that had an inconsistent and missing wayfinding system. Documenting their ethnographic research and empathetic experiences, students were able to develop a wayfinding system based on research that focused on individuals with a mobile or physical disability. They produced and installed the system in the fall semester of 2016.
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Associates, Harry Weese. (1971) Interior Standards for Harry G Harmon Fine Arts Center.
Drake University. Drake Brand Standards Guide. (2016) Retrieved September 25, 2016 from http://www.drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/marketingcommunications/downloads/DrakeBrandBook_Fall2016.pdf
Goodwin, James E. (1970, July). Begin Fine Arts Phase One. Drake Perspectives, Volume 2, No. 6, pp. 1, 2.
IDEO. "What is Human-Centered Design?" Design Kit. Web. 10 Aug. 2016. What is Human-Centered Design? (n.d.). Retrieved August 10, 2016, from http://www.designkit.org/human-centered-design
Mayer Reed. (2006, February 09). Drake University : Campus Signage Design Standards [Drake University Campus Signage Plan and Design Standards to Enhance Campus Wayfinding].
O'Grady, J. V., & O'Grady, K. V. (2009). A designer's research manual: succeed in design by knowing your clients and what they really need. Beverly, MA: Rockport.
Roux, C. (2014, March 23). What is Wayfinding? Retrieved September 17, 2016, from https://segd.org/what-wayfinding