Dear Terence Love
I do NOT mean signage, cartography or other wayshowing related studies
though they are closely related of course. I am looking for recent studies
on how humans orient themselves in the built environment.
Solvej :-)
On 13/04/11 11.30, "Terence Love" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Solvej,
> Good question. Can you say more about how you are defining way finding.
> There seems to be lots of design research literature on design issues
> relating to wayfinding. A huge amount if you include 'map design', i.e.
> cartography, a sophisticated and very well established area of design
> research. See also the literature on *use* of signage. A simple Google
> search on "design research wayfinding" gives a few hundred references. I'm
> guessing you mean something different?
> Dr Chris Kueh's thesis on wayfinding is available from Curtin University, as
> is a good Master's thesis on wayfinding within the campus.
> Best wishes,
> Terry
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> Colfelt
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> Subject: WAYFINDING
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> Theres is no designrelated research studies in wayfinding (not wayshowing).
> Or is there ?
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Solvej Colfelt
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