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Thinking on
wayfinding.

80 essays across 6 themes, written from our own projects rather than press releases.

Hospital wayfinding: designing for people under stress

Nobody visits a hospital to admire the signage. Most arrive anxious, many for the first time, and the wayfinding has to work anyway. Here's how it's done.

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Hospital wayfinding at the National Rehabilitation Hospital: oversized floor-level supergraphic beside lifts, with a compliant tactile and braille lift-lobby sign

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A bilingual department sign at a hospital corridor junction, the point where a visitor decides which way to turn

How wayfinding actually works: the thinking behind the signs.

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79 essays

The Craft of Wayfinding · 8 min
What is wayfinding? More than the signs on the wall
The Craft of Wayfinding · 7 min
Hierarchical wayfinding: from strategy to execution
Accessible by Design · 8 min
Part M signage: what accessibility requires, and how to meet it
Compliance & the Law · 7 min
Bilingual by law: the Official Languages Act and your signage
Accessible by Design · 7 min
Dementia-friendly signage: designing for memory and perception
Wayfinding by Environment · 8 min
Campus wayfinding: helping universities feel navigable
Smart Wayfinding & Technology · 8 min
Smart wayfinding: the digital layer over a physical system
The Craft of Wayfinding · 7 min
The four types of wayfinding signage, and when each earns its place
The Craft of Wayfinding · 6 min
The destination schedule: the document every wayfinding project lives or dies by
The Craft of Wayfinding · 5 min
Progressive disclosure in wayfinding: how much should a sign say?
The Craft of Wayfinding · 6 min
Wayfinding typography: type people read at speed, at distance, under stress
The Craft of Wayfinding · 6 min
Colour in wayfinding signage: coding, contrast and culture

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Sign schedules, BIM models
and the standards.

The working documents of a wayfinding project, free to use on your own. No form, no email address, no follow-up call.

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Compliance & standards

Hospital wayfinding: designing for people under stress

All essays

What is wayfinding? More than the signs on the wall

Hierarchical wayfinding: from strategy to execution

Part M signage: what accessibility requires, and how to meet it

Bilingual by law: the Official Languages Act and your signage

Dementia-friendly signage: designing for memory and perception

Campus wayfinding: helping universities feel navigable

Smart wayfinding: the digital layer over a physical system

The four types of wayfinding signage, and when each earns its place

The destination schedule: the document every wayfinding project lives or dies by

Progressive disclosure in wayfinding: how much should a sign say?

Wayfinding typography: type people read at speed, at distance, under stress

Colour in wayfinding signage: coding, contrast and culture

Sign schedules, BIM modelsand the standards.

Sign schedules, BIM models
and the standards.