Signage and wayfinding design : a complete guide to creating environmental graphic design systems /

"Covers development of room/space numbering systems, approaches to sign typing and numbering, and message schedule management"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calori, Chris
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Vanden-Eynden, David, 1951
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, New Jersey :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119174615
Summary: "Covers development of room/space numbering systems, approaches to sign typing and numbering, and message schedule management"--
Carrier Form: 1 online resource
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119085836
1119085837
9781119085829
1119085829
Index Number: T385
CLC: TP391.4
Contents: Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowlegdements; Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is Environmental Graphic Design?; The Spectrum of EGD Activity; The Importance of EGD Today; Digital Information Systems and EGD; You Can't Learn This in College; What's Ahead in This Book; Chapter 2: The Design Process; The Client Is Part of the Process; The Design Process Applied to EGD; Phase 1: Data Collection and Analysis (Predesign); Phase 2: Schematic Design; Phase 3: Design Development; Phase 4: Documentation; Phase 5: Bidding (Postdesign)
Phase 6: Fabrication/Installation ObservationPhase 7: Postinstallation Evaluation; Chapter Wrap-Up; Chapter 3: Overview of the Signage Pyramid Method; Genesis of a Design Approach; The Signage Pyramid's Component Systems; The Signage Pyramid and Resource Allocation; Chapter Wrap-Up; Chapter 4: The Information Content System; Kinds of Sign Information Content; Hierarchy of Content; Developing the Sign Information Content System; Navigation: Message Hierarchy and Proximity; Other Factors Affecting the Sign Information Content System; Pictorial Information Content; Signage Master Plans
Chapter Wrap-UpChapter 5: The Graphic System; Typography Overview; Choosing a Typeface; Typographic Treatment; Typographic Considerations in Signage for People Who Read by Touch; Symbols and Arrows; Diagrams; Other Graphic Elements; Color; Layout; Overview of Sign Graphic Application Processes; Chapter Wrap-Up; Chapter 6: The Hardware System; Shape; Connotations of Form; Sign Mounting Considerations; Sign Size Considerations; Sign Lighting Overview; Sign Materials Overview; Basic Sign Materials; Electronic Digital Display Units; Stock Sign Hardware Systems; Sign Materials and Codes
Overview of Sign Coatings and FinishesChapter Wrap-Up; Gallery; Image Credits; Bibliography; Index; EULA