Save time and money by understanding the steps for successful wayfinding design to improve the visitor experience at your facility…

2. When people visit your facility, you want to
make a good impression by guiding them from
the moment they step through the doors.
Interactive wayfinding gives your audience a
convenient one-stop source for information.
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3. Good wayfinding designs should welcome,
engage and motivate your audience to action.
You’ll save time and money by understanding
the steps involved to build a successful
interactive wayfinding design.
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4. 1.Assess the Need
• Determine your audience and assess your goals
• Display considerations
– Determine the number of displays, size, orientation and consider ADA
requirements
• Enlist key technical and creative staff early to ensure a
seamless process
– Installers, Architects, Facility Management, Designers, Developers,
Implementers...
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5. 2. Collect & Validate Assets
• Logos and style guides
• Count the numbers
– Determine number of buildings, floors, destinations and directories
• Identify database feeds or external data
– Directories, Weather, Time & Date, RSS feeds…
• Make a list of all locations being mapped
– Rooms, Cafes, ATM Machines, Bus Stops, Conference Rooms, etc.
• Once complete, where will this reside?
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6. 3. Locations Please
• Obtain maps & other key assets
– CAD or Vector files
• Map design
– Flat, 2D, 3D, color coded
• ROI collection tools
– QR Codes & email collections
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7. 4. Map It
• Don’t forget the goal
• Are you showing the path or simply an indicator?
• Are you showing every room or general sections of the floor?
• Style the campus map similar to the floor maps
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8. 5. Design It
• Determine display resolution
• Comp each screen and show functionality and navigation
• Consider ADA requirements, indicators, icons and colors
• Entice the user to want to touch the display
• Task flows and wire frames to keep the project goal and scope on track
• Test your design on a display of the same size and resolution
• Check for wasted space or graphics that are too large or small and
colors that don’t contrast
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9. 6. Build It
• Connect with developers early in the process
• Allow enough time to ensure all components work together
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10. 7. Test ,Test & Test It Some More
• Upon completion of development, test the interactivity, data
connections and feeds
• Run through all destinations to make sure all required
locations are mapping
– Test Mapping, Icon Locations & Ease-of-Use
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11. 8. Implement It
• Clean up files. Use naming conventions
• Produce screenshots for implementers because you may not
be around at time of setup
• Give detailed instructions on how the digital wayfinding is to
function once implemented
• Be prepared to do this again…
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12. 9. Make Adjustments
• Gather feedback from the end users and make the necessary
adjustments
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13. 10. Lastly...Test It Again
• Testing your digital wayfinding’s functionality is imperative to
its success and adoption
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