Edenspiekermann

Animated pictograms from edenspiekermann. (Click to see animation.)

Changing around th background colours.

I found this set of pictures among lots of pictograms, and felt they really stood out. I think changing around the colours is really striking. Maybe using black as the back ground seems more easier to understand and follow.

Library literacy services

Dewey Pictograms

Reproducible images portraying collections within the Dewey Decimal Classification System, enabling people with disabilities, low literacy skills, etc., to better locate materials in the library's collection; these can be mounted on bookstacks or special mounts in the collection.

Many thanks to OCLC (all copyright rights in the Dewey Decimal Classification System are owned by OCLC; Dewey, Dewey Decimal Classification, DDC, OCLC and WebDewey are registered trademarks of OCLC) and to Oakland (CA) Public Library for making these images freely available. The resource is a result of a collaboration between the Oakland Public Library and the East Bay Learning Disabilities Association (EastBayl da.org), supported by the California State Library.

The 88 images were created by Shelby Designs & Illustrates (Oakland, CA) and the work was supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.....

http://libraryliteracy.org/staff/differences/dewey.html

The Newsletter of Western Center for Microcomputers in Special Education

DISKoveries: New from Boardmaker

by Joan Tanenhaus

http://www.thecatalyst.us/zDoneArticles/23_2_Tanenhaus.pdf

Create

Arts Council Artist in Community Scheme Project Realisation Award

training to be a service user

Artist-in-residence Colette Lewis

RehabCare Hollyhill Cork

2004

project description
In July 2001 the management of a number of Sheltered Workshops for people with disabilities in the Rehab Group transferred from National Learning Network (formerly NTDI) to RehabCare, which is the health and social care division of Rehab. These sheltered workshops were originally set up in the 70’s as a facility for people with long term disabilities considered unable for open employment. At the initial stage of this ‘changeover’ there was a lot of concern from people in these workshops as to what this change in management would bring. The primary change has been the closure of many of the sheltered workshops being replaced by programmes with a rehabilitative, developmental and therapeutic focus. For some this created a sense of ‘work’ displacement and for others an opportunity for self-development.

Harry Pearce (Pentagram)- Launchpad Signage

Just something that caught my eye from the excellent Harry Pearce of Pentagram. The link below is worth a look too.

http://pentagram.com/en/new/2008/09/new-work-launchpad.php

Michael Bierut (Pentagram)-Library Initiative

Heres a good link to the Library Initiative art directed by Michael Bierut of Pentagram for the Robin Hood Foundation.

http://www.pentagram.com/en/new/2009/03/murals-for-the-library-initiat.php

Athens 2004

The Athens 2004 Sport pictograms were inspired by three elements of ancient Greek civilization. The simplicity of the human form is inspired by the Cycladic figurines. The artistic expression of the pictogram derives from the black-figure vases, where solid black shapes represent the human body and a single line defines the detailing of the form. One of the few pictogram solutions which finds a balance between artistic expression and clear communication

Moscow 1980

Interestingly the Moscow 1980 pictograms were ,by request of the Olympic Games Committee, were undertaken by students of several art colleges as part of their dissertations. The winning designs, by Nikolai Belkow, are smoother in outline appearance then the Otl Aicher 1972 pictograms (and reused in 1976) as they are constructed at angles of 30 ad 60 degrees.

Roger Excoffon Grenoble '68 Pictogram

OpArt inspired pictograms of the 1968 winter olympics using scan lines to create movement. The movement created is indicative of the respective discipline eg. the slalom twists

From Brian Nolan

National Disability Authority
Signage guidelines
http://www.nda.ie/cntmgmtnew.nsf/0/1E4453E67C647DCB80257088005E9F3A/$File/access_handbook_07.htm

Design Reference
http://l2m3.com/index.php?lang=en&key=projekttypLeitsysteme&id=98

http://www.iconwerk.de/

http://www.thenounproject.com/

A SIGN SYSTEMS MANUAL Theo Crosby, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes

Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes -the British company that would later form the nucleus of design group pentagram, decided to produce
a book A SIGN SYSTEMS MANUAL"This book illustrates and describes a simple basic system for designing, constructing and displaying signs, together with examples of schemes which havbe been produced by leading international designers. The first part of the manual is a brief survey of the history of alphabets, the development of letters and type. This background is essential in order to understand the reasons, evolutionary and functional, behind the peculiarites and characteristics of lettering and typefaces."

Contents:

Terminology
Letter Styles
Letterforms
Letter Proportions
Display and Sign Letters
Airport Letters
Airport Alphabet
Unit Measurement System
Letter, Word and Line Spacing
Margin Spacing
Panel Sizes
Letter Sizes
Message Sizes
The Arrow
Typographic Layout
Panel Layout
Panel Contributions
Symbols
Sign Classification
Colour Coding (this is the only color in the book)
Sign Location and Fixings
Unit Spacing Chart
Specifications, Reproduction and Material
Sign Schedules
Type Style Rules
Sign Programmes

Posters from the 1972 Olympics

Came across this Visual Timetable in this series of posters designed by Otl Aicher for the Munich Olympics. See more here.

Sassoon

I've been researching the typeface Sassoon that I was talking about on Tuesday. Not much info available but from what I could find, it was originally designed as a more legible font for infants, learning to read. The Family was then expanded to include Sassoon Sans, Sassoon Book, etc. and the typeface’s creator, Rosemary Sasson, considers it a legible, unintimidating font for adults also. Got this screen grab from Fontshop:



























Not shown in its best light there but I have seen it used to good effect. Check out this signage for the children's area in the basement of the Science Museum, Designed by Norman Hathaway—who said the following about Rosemary Sassoon:

“Rosemary Sassoon is the only person I know of who has done extensive readabilty testing with children. Her resulting typeface features details that help dyslexic kids differentiate between characters. Aside from all that, I think it’s an attractive face. I like that Sassoon doesn’t consider herself a designer, but a researcher. Perhaps that mindset made for the innovative end result.”

Read more here.

Tactile Learning

I was just reading this page, and apparently children with down syndrome are primarily tactile learners.
http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/93950.aspx

Heller on Olympic Pictograms

Design critic Steven Heller briefly details the history of the Olympic Pictogram, the standouts and the not so successful attempts. This was also shown at Offset '10, during Lance Wyman's Q&A. Just happened to be sitting right next to Heller as it was being shown, which was bizzare.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/24/sports/olympics/pictograms-interactive.html

Link to AIGA standard signs

Heres a link to the eps/gif templates for standard signs provided by AIGA that we came across in digital media and that Brian Nolan mentioned on Tuesday

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/symbol-signs

Some more photos from St. Michaeals House

Some different photos from St. Michaels House... next visit the photographic research could be more expansive then this. More documentation of the building as a whole is needed I think.