WAYFINDING

I was searching about Wayfinding and I find out a company which creates contemporary solutions while using technology. This company is called Fd2.

Fd2 was formed in 1985 as Fuller Dyal & Stamper and for more than 20 years the firm's talented, designers, writers, architects and project managers has been helping organization solve complex wayfinding challenges.

Leading a wayfinding revolution: Integrated Wayfinding Solutions from fd2s are changing the way organizations think about wayfinding. Simplifying complex environments by looking beyond signage to consider the full range of user touchpoints. And giving facilities managers technology tools to effectively manage and maintain their entire wayfinding system.

Interactive Wayfinding: Using the Internet and other self-service technology to deliver customized wayfinding information on demand.

Once patients and visitors arrive at the facility, interactive elements such as touch-screen kiosks can provide customized, printable directions and maps to specific destinations. And when tied to existing databases, can even allow patients to retrieve details about current and future appointments.

Technology

Blueline Wayfinding Management System: The Blueline Wayfinding Management System is a centralized application for end-to-end management of all the components of a wayfinding system, including signage of course, but also printed maps, web sites, and information kiosks as appropriate.

Wayfinding Touch Screens and Kiosks: Driven by Blueline or an administrative utility, these onsite amenities provide the public with point-to-point directions based on the logic of the wayfinding system.

Wayfinding Web Sites: Free mapping web sites like Google or Yahoo Maps can be useful tools, but they stop at the front door of your institution. Our customized systems can provide visitors with all of the information they need to reach their final destination, including parking recommendations and interior direction sets.

These informations are all about interactive wayfinding, they are usefull and high technolocigal. All these things make people's life easier. I mean, who are related with technology use these things and it is easy for them but if you are not using technology too much, it is a real pain for you. For some people it is easier to use a printed map or some pictograms which shows directions. This is the only negative point that I can say.



For some people it is easier to check the signs instead of using technology..

Here are some of my work for library and arts floor for Beykent university..

Date of birth:1980's
Parents:Monotype designers for Microsoft
Description:Classical sans serif
Nationality: British

20th century type, Arial;
Arial is the archetype of traditionnal sans serif typefaces. It is very close of the two most famous sans serif, Helvetica and Univers. However, there are subtle differences in the drawing of many letterforms. It is a simple and functional type and its graphic unity is remarkable. Designed for Microsoft by the designers team of Monotype, Arial is thanks to Windows as famous as Times New Roman.

Characteristics Strengths and Weaknesses;
Contemporary sans serif design, Arial contains more humanist charecteristics than many of its predecessors.The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller than in most industrial style sans serif faces. Terminal strokes are cut on the diagonal which helps to give the face a less mechanical appearance. (being less mechanical is, I think better). So that it can be used for text settings, presentations,magazines, newspapers and advertisements.

Arial is found after Helvetica and Arial, known that it is similar with Helvetica. I think this is the only negative thing about Arial. Arial is as simple as Helvetica and it is used for Microsoft. There is a question, both typefaces are sipmle and look like eachother but Helvetica is used in daily life much more than Arial. I think, if two typefaces are similar, it becomes a little bit competative...

Helvetica in red overlaid with Arial in blue...

Name:Ad lib
Date of birth:1961
Parents:Freeman Craw
Description:Advertising type
Nationality: American

Unclassified type, Ad lib;
Designed by Freeman Craw for American Type Foundry (ATF) in 1961, this titling typeface reminds the woodcut types of the XIXth century. This angulous typeface has been widely used for the lettering of holliwood movies (Batman I for instance).

Characteristics Strengths and Weaknesses;
It is a bit like the fonts in comics. It seems enjoyable and it is useable for holliwood movies , cartoons. It is energetic and lively. But on the other hand, it is created only for holliwood movies, I think this means; the use of doman is not frequent. In my opinion, if a typeface is created, and if it is a good typeface, it must fit more subjects.