Submitted by Ambrose on Fri, 2015-05-01 10:28
I thought I liked this year’s map. At least the sale is on the map. But people have asked UH enough weird questions that she suspected the map isn’t showing stairs or elevators or how to get to other buildings.
But I just checked the map and these things are all there. Yet people aren’t finding this information. This is a failure of the graphic design.
And the app? Sorry, it might have been a cool idea, but people aren’t using the app as far as I can see. People are asking me where to find the paintings. People aren’t using the app; they’re using the printed maps. And 21 colour codes with neither alternate text nor icons is non-inclusive design.
Last years I thought the signs were bad. This year’s signs are no better.
And showing at GradEx certainly changed my views of just how bad our signs are. People don’t know where they can find more things on the first floor. We have no directional signage.
All this is embarassment for a design school.