Final changes

After getting feedback in class, I have decided to make some final adjustments and reprint. I took out the elevator shafts and resized the directory. Here are the results:

Oh, and I made an image of what the interactive version would look like:

Just imagine that you could rollover any level you wanted to see and it would appear just as Level 2 is here.

Map + Directory

Colors

This uses seven out of 10 of the PSU colors

From the PSU Identity Standards manual

Six floors + basement

Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 22
small group meeting

• inspiration research
• narrow focus/select audience
• mood board
• post to flickr

Tuesday, Oct. 27
small group meeting, 5% of grade

• research subject
• map comp #1 w/ variation
• post to flickr
• post to blog

Thursday, Oct. 29
work at home

• research identity standards
• develop questionaire

Tuesday, Nov. 3
small group meeting

• gather questionaire responses
• interpret data
• post results to blog

Thursday, Nov. 5
one-on-one meeting

• further development of 3D map
• post to flickr
• post to blog

Tuesday, Nov. 10
small group meeting, 10% of grade

• overall format, composition
• 6 floors and surroundings placed on map
• type and color palette variations
• post to flickr
• post to blog

Thursday, Nov. 12
small group meeting

• all relevant data gathered and entered
• variation of composition, colors, heirarchy, etc.
• post to flickr

Tuesday, Nov. 17
small group meeting

• placement of all floors, walls, and objects on map
• directory variations
• post to flickr

Thursday, Nov. 19
small group meeting

• adjustments to arrangement of map
• finalize directory
• post to flickr

Tuesday, Nov. 24
full class digital critique, 15% of grade

• low res pdf of work (portfolio quality)
• post to blog

Thursday, Nov. 26
turkey.

• give thanks
• sleep
• final adjustments to map and directory
• print practice run

Tuesday, Dec. 1
small group meeting

• have work printed
• formal portfolio level presentation
• photograph work
• color corrections
• audience feedback
• post to blog

Thursday, Dec. 3
full class

• presentation of work
• audience inclusion and participation

Tuesday, Dec. 8
FINAL PROJECT DUE @ 2pm

• review methodology

Audience Survey

i missed my small group meeting today in order to spend some time interviewing a dozen or more people on campus about the new rec center.i got some intriguing feedback, mostly helpful. however, as you will see below, some feedback was a little harder to interpret.

Note to self: do not interview smartasses.

It was nice to talk to people around campus, they were all very friendly, and only one turned me down to fill out my survey!

I got a lot of unexpected information as well, including a person who is expecting to get a job at the new building, but had no idea where…

Luckily, I had already talked to the wonderful folks at the Outdoor Rec Office and was able to help him out.

In general, people had little knowledge of what the building was going to have inside of it, but plenty of them knew when it was going to open.

Not so surprisingly, no freshmen, grad students, or transfers knew ANYTHING about the building. The only people that seemed to really know what was going on are those few who work for PSU. My goal is to reach those who lack this information, and see if I can’t create a map that shows what the building has to offer that they can easily understand.

New Rec Center

I have decided to make an exploded 3D map of PSU’s new Rec Center. It is a large mixed-use building with 6 floors, learn more here.

As you can see, I spent my weekend doing some trial’n'error with illustrator:

Campus Signage

Just added 60+ photos of PSU signage to Flickr, check ‘em out:
Term Long Flickr Page

Term Long = PSU wayfinding

an ugly example of a campus map

My idea (for the moment) is to revitalize the existing wayfinding signage and maps that are currently used on campus.

I still haven’t documented all of the current signage, (or lack there-of.) In the interim, take a look at my visual inspiration on Flickr.

To properly reserach this project, my audience’s perceptual organization of campus will need to be recorded. I intend to interview their wayfinding experiences, focusing on do’s and don’ts of mapping and signage.