Signage and wayfinding are critical components of the urban landscape. In spite of their importance, there has been no journal or comprehensive scholarly platform dedicated to this topic. As such, scholars from a variety of academic disciplines (law, planning, engineering, business, art, economics, architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, and graphic design) publish work in journals within their home disciplines and rarely have a chance to communicate their cross-disciplinary findings. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding seeks to bring them together.

Sponsored by the Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education (AACSRE), this online, open access journal seeks to be the home for scholarship in the field of signage and wayfinding, and to make such scholarship accessible to academics and practitioners alike.

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 8, No. 1 (2024)

This issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding underscores the significance of involving end users, including the public, in the design and policy development of signage systems. The issue explores the multifaceted roles of signs and symbols in reflecting community character, supporting business branding, aiding wayfinding, and enhancing placemaking. Emphasizing evidence-based design and research, the articles present diverse methodologies, including stakeholder theory, qualitative studies, and shadowing techniques, to inform signage practices.

Published: 2024-10-01

Editors' Introduction

Pat Crawford, Robert Dalton, Marisa Ten Brink

3-4

A Stakeholder Approach to the Regulation of On-Premise Signs

Christopher Auffrey, Mathew S. Isaac, Steven W. Kopp, Hannah Marriott, Aparna Sundar, Charles R. Taylor, Franklin Velasco Vizcaino

5-22

The Journey to the Grave

Evaluating a Swiss Cemetery Wayfinding System Using Shadowing Techniques

Harald Klingemann, Jimmy Schmid, Andrea Umbricht, Daniela Rota, Nicole Hametner

35-50

Sihlfeld Cemetery, Zurich Switzerland - Supplementary Maps and Photos to Accompany The Journey to the Grave

Harald Klingemann, Jimmy Schmid, Andrea Umbricht, Daniela Rota, Nicole Hametner

51-58

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