Gn signage final documentation

PG Campus Signage System POOJA VASU | GAGAN NARHE Project Head: KRISHNA PATEL | Guide: RUPESH VYAS

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@2015 NID PG Campus Gandhinagar Signage Manual Gagan Narhe | M. Des 2013 | Graphic Design Pooja Vasu | M. Des 2013 | Graphic Design Project Head: Krishna Patel Guide: Rupesh Vyas

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Index

Introduction

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Methodology

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Information Architecture

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Font Selection

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Colour Scheme

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Icons

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Evolution of SIgnages

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Outdoor: Directional signages

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Indoor: Directional siganges

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Locational Signages: Indoor

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Locational Signages: Outdoor

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PG Campus; souce: nid.edu

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Introduction

Post Graduate Campus is situated in the city of Gandhinagar, in Gujarat.

The campus is spread over 11,362 square meters.

Campus consists of Lifestyle Accessory Design, Apparel Design & Merchandising, New media design, Toy and Game Design, Strategic Design Management, Transportation Design disciplines.

The campus being relatively new the structure is still subjected to many changes in the future according to the institute requirement. The main area focused was on directional signages in the campus. Currently there are 3 functional zones: MAIN BUILDING TRANSIT CAMPUS: place for many extra curricular activities and also for the Mess and Canteen RESIDENTIAL AREA: Hostel, Faculty residence The recent addition of the Amphitheatre, Auditorium and NIDUS also had to be accommodated.

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Methodology Studying the layout of the campus Before starting to design the signages, it was important to study the layout of the entire campus. Knowing which places are the most accessed by whom and what kind of information is expected for a first time user to navigate without any hindrance.

Faculty Residence

Main Building

Hostels

Transit Campus Amphitheatre

Whole Campus Overview

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Suggested Information Architecture

Based on the study of the campus layout and analysis done with respect information dissemination at various touchpoints, the following Information Architechture is proposed.

The factors considered are:

Location

Navigational Guidance Ease of Understanding Predictability Scalability

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Whole Campus Overview

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Key Signage Design Elements Once the information was streamlined according to the need, the following Design elements were considered for the further development of signages:

Typography Colour Icon Set Maps

Typography A detailed study of existing national and international guidelines and best practices was done in context to font selection.

After considering many suitable fonts, Frutiger fonts were finalised.

Frutiger family has 19 typefaces. It’s the most widely used font across the globe; the Swiss road signs, BAA Airports in UK to name amongst the few.

The different variants and the narrow version makes it a perfect font for rigorous applications ina complex sigange system This has also been used by NID in the signages at the main Paldi campus.

The use of this font also helps in maintaining the uniformity in the visual language amongst the different NID campuses.

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Kohinoor Devanagari font

Selection of a proper Devanagari font was very crucial keeping in mind the latin typeface, Frutiger.

The font finalised was Kohinoor Devanagari Font. The even stroke weight makes it appropraite to read and functional in complex signage system.

Amphitheatre अॅडमिनिस्ट्रेषन अपैरल

administration Apparel Studio Krishna Patel

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Colour Scheme The next step included selection of a proper colour scheme keeping in mind the existing colour palette of the campus.

Existing colour palette

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R - 243 G - 114 B - 34

R - 201 G - 33 B - 41

Selected Colour Scheme

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Icons As a part of this Signage system, various icons have been designed. Standardised measurements and both generic, specific icons are used depending on the context.

The two sets created were: Navigational icons Service icons

Navigational Icons

Service Icons

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Details of Icons

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Evolution of Signages

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Directional Signages: Outdoor 1”

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Legible viewing distance: 36’

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Directional Signages: Indoor

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20 Legible viewing distance: 25’

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Locational Signages: Indoor | 8 X 40�

Ground Floor

First Floor 30

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Legible viewing distance: 49’

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Locational Signages: Indoor | 6 X 30�

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Faculty Names | 4 X 16�

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Legible viewing distance: 12’

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Index: entrance

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Legible viewing distance: 12’

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Locational Signages: Outdoor 36”

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PG Campus

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Gandhinagar

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1“ 1“ 1“

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1 Main Building

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2 Amphitheatre 3 Transit Campus

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Skill Development Workshop Mess Board Room 1

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Front Gate

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Campus

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PG Campus

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Gandhinagar

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Campus

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3 Transit Campus Skill Development Workshop Mess Board Room 1

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Outdoor: Locational

6”

5”

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Wayforward Revised map Prototypes Material options: Corian

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Reference IRC: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD SIGNS Wayfinding, People, Signs & Architecture, Paul Arthur GIFT City Signage Manual Urban Wayfinding Planning and Implementation Manual

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