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.