Assignment four – Open this way

Brief

Research

As there was no layout available on the design museum web page i used google maps to have a look at a birds eye of the museum.

I also discovered you could view the top floor of the inside of the museum.

I found this really helpful as so often design museums have such amazing architecture like the Guggenheim in New York and it would be a shame to miss it.

As the design museum is currently still closed while we are in a global pandemic of coronavirus unfortunately i cannot visit the museum and all it’s glory. So a google map view is the best i can do at the moment to develop ideas for the map layout.

I also wanted to have a look at ways other museums have developed a signage system, i love the idea of the arrow being a part of the design rather than for its primary purpose.

Developing wayfinding systems in museums - MuseumNext — Generally the signage uses a clear sans font in either black or white depending on the colour scheme to contrast.

Tacoma Art Museum signage and wayfinding - by Studio Matthews ... — I will also need to consider signs for toilets, stairs and elevators alongside signs for the exhibitions entrance and exit.

Also looking at the current layout of the website i want to keep it as similar with this as possible. Using the same colour scheme and style.

Some pages use quite plain backgrounds alongside the same type.

And some use images of the actual museum. I’m not sure how well i’d be able to achieve this without images.

Sketches

I did some basic sketches of map layouts, signage and webpage designs just to get a basic idea before choosing the design I want to develop further.

Developing ideas

Final Piece

I decided on combining the look of the web page 2 design and the triangle style taken from the screenshots of the ‘DESIGNER’ wall from the design museum.

Final Map – I wanted to keep the design of the map very simple and easy to navigate.

The signs will be bright and colourful while keeping with the theme.

Final Sign – these will be situated at the entrance of every new room showing the previous exhibit and the next.

The web page i have kept with the design and added text taken from the brief.

Final Web page – Looking at this again i would change the circle designs to triangles to keep with the theme.

Review

The overall look of the exhibition works really well, coinciding the colour scheme, font and general look together with the already put in place design taken from my research. Looking at the features i would probably add more information if i was to repeat the task as the information is very minimal but as i imagine this exhibit will not be free, its good to keep the mystery about the exhibit to encourage people to attend. I wanted to keep with a one way system for the map as i believe this is what would take place now due to current restrictions from the coronavirus global pandemic. I also feel it would add a level of structure to the exhibit which seems fitting given the nature and the title ‘Open this way’.

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