Waycludi Signage Hospital System by Malgorzata Sobocinska-Kiss is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
BronzeGraphic· 2021
Waycludi Signage Hospital System
Client: Twins Studio Malgorzata Sobocinska-Kiss
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
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About Waycludi Signage Hospital System
Waycludi is a wayfinding system designed for a county hospital in Pruszkow, Poland. The system follows the seven principles of universal design, so the information is useful for all visitors, and especially for people with special needs or reduced functionality. About fifty dedicated icons and a special typeface were created for the project. High contrast and clear legibility were kept in every element, and the signs are matched to specific places in the building. The aim is to help each patient find the shortest route to the doctor's office.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Waycludi Signage Hospital System is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Waycludi Signage Hospital System is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Waycludi Signage Hospital System splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wayfinding System for County Hospital in Pruszkow, Poland is designed in terms of compatibility with seven principles of universal design, wich allows to be useful project for everyone, especially for people with special needs and reduced functionality.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project consists of many different elements that are matched to specific places in the hospital, so it is not possible to define dimensions in general.
- Tags
- Wayfinding, signage, information system, visual communication
- Production Technology
- The main methodology used in this design was universal design principles.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part of the project was to take into account legal factors without giving up creating a good design.
- Research
- Before starting the project, surveys were conducted
to understand the needs of patients and hospital staff. Every development stage of design was analized in terms of compatibility with principles of universal design to make project usefull for users with reduced functionality. There were designed dedicated about 50 icons and special font Waykiss.
After the project was implemented, surveys were conducted among patients and hospital staff. - Inspiration
- The inspiration for this project was hospital's patients needs of information. Every development's stage was analized
in terms of compatibility with principles of universal design to create project usefull for people with reduced functionality. - Project Duration
- The project started in Pruszkow, Mazovian District, Poland in January 2018 and finished in February 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The hole system was designed to help people with reduced functionality to find the shortest way to the doctor's office in the hospital buliding. I wanted to maintain highest contrast and legibility of all information.
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