Infographic and Wayfinding Topic 2
This weeks investigation is all about informative graphics and wayfinding. I will be studying 3 wayfinding designs in this post. The first investigation is a pedestrian crossing at an intersection with a diagonal crosswalk. In my observations I noticed how the pedestrians interacted with the section and what they were doing while crossing. The people crossing all interacted in various different ways with the crossing and the signals. There were those who would eagerly wait for the signal to turn green so they could cross as soon as possible, while others would wait leisurely to cross. Other people would be walking and looking at their phones and not paying much attention to their surroundings. The signage around the crossing was adequate, pedestrians knew where they could cross. However there was not enough signs for the street names to inform them where they are. The buttons for the crossing lights are easily accessible by all heights of people, there is even a beeping noise ...