THESIS

Last week I was thinking about my thesis subject. I really want to do something related to fashion magazines. I decided to choose fashion and style as subject matters of my magazine. The purpose of my publication is to bring real beauty back. Fashion magazines have established themselves as one of the most powerful influences in the process of self-formation for young people. The purpose of my magazine is to go through ordinary people and show how each one of them is beautiful and unique in their own way. Our fashion magazines are so into models and celebrities that have made teenagers and women more into beauty rather than other important things. They get fashion magazines to see what celebrities did in order to look good. They all are dominated by images of young, slim and attractive females. Hopefully I can come up with more ideas so I can build a stronger concept.

High Park

I visited HighPark last tuesday to get some ideas about the way finding system at the park. I drove there but it was really hard to find a parking spot. You could only see signs for faculty parking. I was really confused and I could not find anyone there. After finding a parking spot, i took my camera and started walking around. there were no signs so i got lost and i started interviewing people. they all had the same problem. One guy told me that he has never seen other parts of the parks because of the poor wayfinding system. you have to know direcions otherwise you'll get lost.

Wayfinding design

Ron Apelt, John Crawford and Dennis Hogan published a guideline about wayfinding design. they believe that, a successful wayfinding system should provide information for users to:

• confirm they are at the correct start or finish point of an individual journey
• identify their location within a building or an external space
• reinforce they are travelling in the right direction
• orient themselves within a building or an external space
• understand the location and any potential hazards
• identify their destination on arrival
• escape safely in an emergency.

The four main categories of graphic wayfinding elements are:

• identification
• reinforcement
• orientation
• destination.

The four main criteria in wayfinding design are:

• architectural clues
• graphic communication
• audible communication
• tactile communication

“The Way finding design guidelines” by Ron Apelt, John Crawford, and Denis Hogan, is an important resource that provides practical and effective solutions to help designers do their roles in improving access to public spaces such as parks, buildings and etc for all people.