THE WAYFINDING HANDBOOKInformation Design for Public Places

David Gibson

Where am I? What can I do here? Where can I go from here? How do I get out of here? Consciously or not, we ask such questions every day as we navigate the places and spaces of our lives. The Wayfinding Handbook is an exciting new volume in our acclaimed Design Brief series. Professional wayfinding designer David Gibson draws on more than thirty years of experience in collaborating with architects, planners, developers, managers, and civic leaders to offer an insider's view of this rapidly evolving discipline. Using real-life examples, Gibson illustrates the way type, color, mapmaking, dimensional forms, material selection, and new media are used to create effective wayfinding systems.

2009 / 152 pp / 5 b+w images / pb / 978-1-56898-769-9 / $24.95