Graphics: wayfinding

North Greenwich station is a busy London station with places like O2 and Emirates Airline as well as Ravensbourne only minutes away. With a range of users and people passing through the station way finding and signage is vital to a good easy journey. My task is to create a signage and way finding system which helps people navigate from the tube to destinations outside the station. Identify problems with the current system and how new users are having to navigate this.

We were told to go out into Greenwich station and look out for all the way finding points we could. One thing i did notice is that there is a lack of colour. The entire station was very boring not everything was clear. The most the station had was a couple arrows and words. It may be easy for us londoners to get around but for those who are tourists or looking for the O2, something so simple has been proven to be so difficult.

There were some good examples of way finding on the Behance website that are really good to take inspiration from.

Above are good examples of how way finding should look like. Everything around should give you a sense of direction. I like the use of colours because they are good visual representations and colours are simply easier to follow aswell as having some text. When marketing colours are one of the main aspects needed to attract a customers attention. So i thought why not do the same in way finding colours are what attracts peoples attention so following colours will be a smart way of getting people to know where they are.

Ther is a video game called mirrors edge and it is full of signage and way finding. The player guides Faith over rooftops, across walls, through ventilation shafts, and otherwise within urban environments, negotiating obstacles using movements inspired by parkour. The game has a brightly colou4red style and differs from most previous first-person perspective video games in allowing for a greater freedom of movement with regard to its 3D environment. In the game you are instructed to play the game and "follow the red" to progress. Following the red makes it easier to progress through the game as it acts as a wayfinding system alone.