System in action

My wayfinding system will be produced by handpainting the pictograms. 

Using outdoor paint, the symbols will be painted onto each location. Using paint is a low cost method of production, and while requiring more labour the end effect will be visually striking. Whilst the paint used would be outdoor paint, making the sign more durable, due to bad weather like rain and wind, the sign would be bound to fade slightly. However as my signs have been inspired by the 1800’s and also by ghost signs, this is a desired effect. This makes the signs work successfully either when newly painted, or in a few years time after being worn by bad weather. I chose this method as opposed to vinyl signs as I thought the fsding of the paint would look very effective in a few years time. Handpainting is also a more relenvant method to my chosen era of inspiration, tying the production method in well together with my era of resarch. 

In feedback crits, my peers supported this idea as they thought the method worked with the idea well. Additional feedback was that the signs could be painted onto wooden boards instead of straight onto walls, inspired by traditional sign painting, however I preferred my intended placement as it gave my wayfinding system a degree of permanence. 

For my pictograms I avoided using typography as I thought it may detract from the puzzle theme of my pictograms.

The colour I chose to create my pictograms in was a bold red. The use of red is more likely to catch people’s attention and as a colour of excitement, perhaps encourage them to follow the system. 

CMYK: 15, 100, 90, 10

Pantone: 186C, 200C