Final Resolution Wayfinding - OUGD 405

Development of my wayfinding system consisted of having to use a wooden texture which then was beveled to create a slight 3d effect. The typeface would be stencilled on in white paint in Helvtica bold. Creating these mock ups was particular hard task due to my lack of Photoshop skills. The layout of the typeface was left aligned below the number however reconsidering this the very bottom shop names would be quite low down for a taller person to see, they may be better raised above the numbers. Figure 1 shows how the boards would stand figure 3 shows how they can be adapated to work in diffrent locations around the centre. They are large boards which shoppers can get up close to, having them as a physical thing which shoppers can bump into helps to create an environment they are interacting with more. (see figure 2) The lift and stairs was replaced with a bamboo panel that uses Helevtica bold this is an improvment as they was using a very thin font with poor legibility. Again this was stencilled onto the board.  As customers then walk into the lift area they can see a large elevated number similar to the freestanding boards along with floor information . Befor they used a bright light board which was over crowded, the bright LEDs made white type affected readability also. Figure 5 is an example of how the smaller boxes would work. These would be applied throughout have one outside stores, escalators, toilets etc. due to there adaptable shape they could be applyed almost anywhere within the building. I do not have specific colour used for this wayfinding system apart from white, But the materials which will be used is a bamboo plywood called plybooStrand (see figure 6) PlybooStrand uses strand technology to turn 100% rapidly renewable bamboo into a beautiful yet exceptionally durable green building material. It can be cut and sanded using conventional woodworking equipment. It can be glued and fastened with the same materials used on wood. The bamboo is cut and laminated into solid boards or sheets. The wood is approximately as hard or harder than red oak. Its the fastest growing “tree” on earth, but is actually a grass with wood characteristics. It grows in shoots up to 90 feet tall, but just a few inches in diameter. . Regeneration occurs from the existing root structure which helps prevent soil erosion this makes it sustainable source. The Bamboo tree grows in China.