Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture [Hardcover]

Paul Arthur (Author), Romedi Passini (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0075510162 | ISBN-13: 978-0075510161 | Publication Date: September 1992

In today's complex maze of urban structures, wayfinding is no longer simply a matter of putting up directional signs, it is multi-faceted problem that requires sharp design skills. This text spells out the principles of wayfinding and applies them to architectural design. beginning with spatial, orientation, and perception factors, the book shows how well-designed routes and destinations must integrate a wide range of stimuli - graphic, verbal, auditory, and tactile. Plus, convenient checklists show how to prevent potential wayfinding problems in the design stage and to troubleshoot them in existing structures. Supported by numerous real-life examples and hundreds of lively illustrations, this book is a complete guide to spatial direction and logical orientation in buildings and public spaces - jam-packed with proven techniques for helping people find their way through today's confusing world.

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"In the past few years, a body of knowledge about how people find their way around in buildings has accumulated, appearing in journals and presented at conferences; but until now it has been diffuse. Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini's WAYFINDING have pulled together most of this knowledge, and it appears within the covers none too soon." -- Design Book Review, 1992

Product Details

• Hardcover: 238 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0075510162
• ISBN-13: 978-0075510161
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,229,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture (Hardcover)

I was fortunate enough to meet Paul Arthur and have dinner at his house in Toronto when I invited him to be part of a presentation on accessible signage I was giving at the annual international convention of the International Sign Association. He was a pioneer in the use of pictographic symbols for wayfinding, but this book is about much more than symbol signs. It was written before the ADA signage standards became widely known, and of course Paul was from Canada, so their codes, which he helped write, were a little different. He makes the subject, in all its complexity, seem entertaining. You get caught up in the beginning pages as he follows someone trying to catch a train on time, and you are hooked -- or at least I was! You might also want to check out his posthumously published book, "Wayfinding: PictograhicSystems / Noverbal. Universal." The publisher is Focus Strategic Communications Incorporated, 1905, Ontario, Canada.