SIgn of the Times - Slate Magazine

Slate Magazine has been doing a great six part series of articles this week on the topic of wayfinding, maps and signage. They have had articles that discuss "The Secret Language of Signs" to "The Big Red Word vs. the Little Green Man, The international war over exit signs". The articles are very informative and will learn about who actually came up with those little green man running signs. Check out the complete list from the week and the first article is available at this link to Slate Magazine.

Spell Check

Fellow designers, don't forget to spell check your work. To see what can go wrong, check out this collection of "Misspelled Signs". If you would like to claim any of these signs as your misspelling just let me know.

Signs From Above

I was recently back up in San Francisco for the weekend. What a beautiful city. I explored the Ferry Building this time. I found numerous small food stores within. This I expected but the unexpected was a beautiful renovation of this historic building. From a graphics point of view, I saw these wonderful signs for each of the shops. The signs where all well designed and hung above the portals of the stores. Each one was individual and gregarious. If you get a chance to visit the Ferry Building in SF, make sure you look up. You will be happy with the signs from above.