Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture

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Publication Date: September 1,1992

Category: Landscape



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The authors define wayfinding as “the strategies that folks use to find their way in familiar or brand-new settings, predicated on their perceptual and cognitive abilities and habits,” plus they cite the practical and commercial advantages gained by improving wayfinding facilities, since people frequently decide where you can shop by the amount of difficulty it requires to make it happen. Portland, Or. Drawing and diagrams amplify and clarify the commentary throughout. Annotation copyright Reserve Information, Inc. They demonstrate that wayfinding, to work, must consider architectural, graphic, aural, and tactile components, plus they describe how these elements may be used individually and together to make sure wayfinding success.


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