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Spaceagency guide to wayfinding

by Li Aihong, Peter Feldmann, Sarah Manning

This visual guidebook outlines the principles of wayfinding design, covering signage placement, information design, and graphic systems. It provides a practical framework for developing accessible navigation and introduces emerging technologies in the field.

Accession 9789881998231 ISBN 9789881998231 Publisher Artpower International Publish Company, Limited

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Topics and Themes

1. **Wayfinding & Signage Systems**
The book's core subject is the end-to-end process of designing and implementing wayfinding systems, covering principles for signage placement, information hierarchy, and how to structure a wayfinding project from concept to execution.

Connect to books about: environmental graphic design, signage design, urban navigation, architectural communication.

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2. **Information Design & Visual Communication**
The book treats wayfinding fundamentally as an information design challenge — how to translate complex spatial data into clear, legible, and actionable visual cues for users moving through space.

Connect to books about: information graphics, data visualisation, visual literacy, graphic communication.

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3. **Place Identity & Branded Environments**
A key thread is how wayfinding systems can contribute meaningfully to the identity of a place — not merely directing people, but reinforcing a location's character, brand, and sense of belonging through design.

Connect to books about: place branding, environmental design, experiential retail, architectural identity.

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4. **Human Navigation & Spatial Cognition**
Underpinning the practical design advice is a concern for how people actually orient themselves, read environments, and make navigational decisions — drawing on how humans naturally perceive and move through space.

Connect to books about: cognitive mapping, spatial psychology, urban wayfinding behaviour, human factors.

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5. **Accessibility & Universal Design**
The book explicitly addresses how to build coherent graphic languages that ensure accessibility, reflecting a commitment to designing systems that serve the full spectrum of users, including those with disabilities or language barriers.

Connect to books about: universal design, inclusive design, ADA compliance, disability and the built environment.

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6. **Graphic Design Methodology & Design Process**
Structured as a six-chapter design guide, the book models a professional methodology — from brief to implementation — making it as much a book about how designers think and work as about wayfinding itself.

Connect to books about: design thinking, design process, project management for designers, professional practice.

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7. **Built Environment & Architecture**
Wayfinding exists in physical space, and the book is deeply engaged with the relationship between design systems and the buildings, campuses, transit networks, and urban environments they inhabit.

Connect to books about: architecture, interior design, urban planning, landscape architecture.

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8. **Emerging Technologies in Design**
The book looks ahead to next-generation wayfinding technologies, situating traditional signage within a broader digital and technological landscape that includes digital interfaces, sensors, and interactive navigation tools.

Connect to books about: smart cities, digital signage, UX/UI design, augmented reality in architecture.

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