Final Designs

 

For my final designs i decided to have a messy colour feel to it. I didnt want the colours to be in a specific place, but all over the drawings so it has a more exciting feel to it. I think BRIT is a very carefree exciting school with a lot of things going on, i really wanted to present that with the colours and orginisation of it all. I used colours for each sign that relates to where it is leading to, for example i used green for the cantine as it would give a more food friendly feel to it. In the foyer i used a mix of colours as it is the centre of all the departments within the building.

I tried drawing objects and illustrations that related to the sign. I looked at Verhoevens work and how she drew her designs for inspiration. I didnt want things to look too neat, so i decided to go with using a ink quill to draw. I used a sharpie pen for the arrows to make it look more clear, as although i want it to look messy i think having something that looks too messy defeats the point of having signs around the building if the people can read them.

What i found difficult was thinking of designs that would appeal to most people, i didnt want some things to look stereotypical like using a paint brush and pencil to represent VAD, so i decided to be more creative and find something else that doesnt have to represent the department but can show some kinda familiar relation to it.

Looking up different illustrators and ways of doing wayfinding really helped me in how creative i can be. at first i wasnt sure what my limits were but when looking at Great Ormands street hospital i felt that not everything should be taken seriously. 

I think the designs went well and came out how i wanted to, although i think more boldness of colour would help a lot with the designs