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- Healthcare signage design: a review on recommendations for effective signing systemsPublication . Rodrigues, Rita; Coelho, Rita; Tavares, João Manuel R. S.This article provides a set of recommendations, selected from the systematic literature review carried out, regarding signage systems for healthcare institutions that can be used for designing or redesigning more competent signage systems. The signage systems in healthcare settings are usually poorly designed due to the expansion of the original facilities, a lack of awareness of existing guidelines by the developers, and a lack of agreement between the existing recommendations. There are several guidelines and recommendations available in the literature; however, each work was developed for specific cultural contexts, so there is a lack of uniformity among them. Hence, there is a need to uniformize the guidelines for signage design in healthcare, in order to provide supportive information for developers to build and implement effective and efficient signage systems. This study examined the available literature on the subject and established a set of guidelines organized in categories to help the design process. A literature review was conducted, and 34 selected publications were analyzed from which recommendations were created. A best practices manual was also studied and used as the analytical framework to establish the design categories of the developed recommendations. This review resulted in guidelines divided into nine design categories that should be considered in the design and implementation process of signage systems in healthcare facilities.
- A modular graphic identity solution in rebranding an educational programmePublication . Faria, Carolina; Fernandes, MartaChallenge Based Innovation (CBI) is a university programme where student teams create innovative design projects in collaboration with CERN. Each university participating in CBI creates its version of the program. Thus, this is not a closed program, but open to different curricula, periods and student backgrounds. Despite the impact on the participants and potential of the program, it is not as internationally recognised as it could be. This paper presents results of an experimental project that rebrands and redesigns the graphic identity of CBI in order to increase its recognition, better communicate its goals and project outcomes. The process involved an understanding of the problem, provided by interviews with the main stakeholders, along with the identity development attained through brainstorming, sketching, experimental prototyping and iterating. The result aims to be a distinct modular brand, that represents the openness of the programme and its connection with technology and society.
- O cartógrafo, o alquimista e o ilusionistaPublication . Tavares, AbelA partir de exemplos singulares de representação e projeção do real, propomos uma perspetiva crítica sobre como os atuais instrumentos digitais de desenho utilizados em projeto, sancionados por uma suposta objetividade e inocuidade tecnológica, intervêm no processo de construção e (des)codificação do real. Processo esse, tendencialmente exclusivo, onde parece não haver lugar à dúvida, imprevisibilidade e imperfeição. E onde a tecnologia digital parece oferecer uma miríade de soluções, que mais não são do que uma frugal lista de simulacros estereotipados feitos de lugares-comuns.
- Users’ perceptions of signage systems at three portuguese hospitalsPublication . Rodrigues, Rita; Coelho, Rita; Tavares, João Manuel R. S.This article is a report on the quantitative data collected from patients, family members, and visitors using the outpatient areas of three hospitals in Portugal. It details the users’ views regarding the existing signage and presents suggestions to improve the design and implementation of the signage systems. A questionnaire was used with 1,287 respondents. The results showed that almost all users had a positive opinion regarding the current signage. However, some of the users’ answers and observed behaviors indicated that the majority tended to ignore the signs and preferred to ask staff for help. Additionally, when asked for suggestions, many of the respondents were able to point out existing problems that affected their wayfinding. Although the signage was generally evaluated as good, many of the users perceived a variety of problems and, as already mentioned, asked the staff for directions, which results in lost time and hidden costs for the institutions.