Comments on: Some Core Values for Wayfinding Systems http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/ Tue, 14 May 2013 15:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: KENT BATEMAN http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-352838 KENT BATEMAN Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:35:50 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-352838 This was really helpful. Would love any further posts on the subject if you ever have more you’d like to say.

]]> By: El Clinto http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-351821 El Clinto Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:04:21 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-351821 This answered my email to you beautifully. : ) Thank you sir!

]]> By: David Hemphill http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-351552 David Hemphill Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:58:20 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-351552 These are spot-on. The entirety of designing these systems is making it easier for first-timers and those less familiar with our spaces. At Evolve Church (where I serve as volunteer worship leader/designer/whateverman) we were, until recently, a completely portable operation, which presented a unique constraint to our wayfinding signage design process. It had to be portable (stand-up banners), it had to be reconfigurable (if we moved locations, which we did), and we had to choose the right words to describe each destination as to be recognizable, but in-keeping with our identity (sanctuary, worship center, main worship, or auditorium?).

We eventually settled on a simple left-right arrow theme, as that seemed to be the most reconfigurable. And in an attempt to be great artists, we stole great ideas from other churches (like Newspring).

]]> By: Jon Edmiston http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-351511 Jon Edmiston Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:46:46 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-351511 Great post Joshua! Would love to see what you guys come up with. Below are some links to posts I’ve done in the past on signage. Perhaps one might help.

http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=407
http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=414 (oops we have an arrow pointing at text…)
http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=418
http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=463
http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=648

]]> By: Mama Dalton http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-351504 Mama Dalton Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:17:47 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-351504 Yes, YES, YES!! For 29 years, I walked in the side door of my church, and every single time I did I faced a blank wall. And every single time I did, I wondered “How would a visitor know where to go if they wanted to find the kid’s class or theirs or the bathroom or the choir or the sanctuary or the office?” It was the absolutely perfect place for a SIGN and I could never get ANYONE to put one up.

Oddly, at the main entrance, they did put up one SIGN. It pointed the way down the hall toward the office. There was no other way to go! But when traversing the hallway, all those doors, the church office did not have a…oh nevermind.

]]> By: Brendan http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2012/09/27/some-core-values-for-wayfinding-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-351502 Brendan Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:11:42 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/?p=9889#comment-351502 Thanks for these tips! I’m thinking through some signage needs right now and this post gave me some good encouragement and insight.

I’m the only designer on staff at my church and reading posts like this helps me feel like I’m getting input form a team of designers! If you think of it, I would love to see some of the results of the campus signage projects you’re working on.

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