Wayfinding - a video

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Enjoy this interesting video on wayfinding from Tony Howard, the Managing Director of the London based Transport Design Consultancy.

The Amazing Facadeprinter

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Printing on a wall usually comes with many difficult challenges, the Facadeprinter solve those challenges. The Facadeprinter is a fun and innovative way to communicate a message on a large scale.

The Facadeprinter is a simple, software controlled robot. It consits of a two axis turn table and an airpressure printhead. The printer shoots the artwork from a distanced position dot by dot onto the chosen area. According to this method inaccessible and also uneven surfaces can be printed on. Buildings can be displayed without costly scaffolding.

The Facadeprinter is a large scale communication tool. Print- esthetic and method are distinguishly different from conventional print- and advertising tecniques. Artworks are applied onto the walls directly, like the drawings of a `magic pen´. At present the maximum print dictance is 12 meters, the maximum print height is arround 8 meters. The shooting frequencey is up to 5 dots per second.

The Facadeprinter was designed by two product-designers, Martin Fussenegger and Michael Sebastian Haas in Germany. It has been used in several applications and shows. One interesting application is as a way to mark locations during emergencies for those seeking assistance.

I think we will be seeing more of the creative tool in the future for both artistic and informational needs.

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.