#IMDDA | Ian

#IMDDA | Ian

5th May 2022 | Sarah's Notebook

International Masterclass on Dementia Care, Design and Ageing at the University of Stirling on 15th May 2019 In 2019 I attended the DSDC (Dementia Services Development Centre) event at the University of Stirling with the purpose of building on the knowledge I gained...
Climate Positive Action with Ecologi

Climate Positive Action with Ecologi

9th February 2022 | Picto News

In October 2021, Picto joined Ecologi, an organisation that partners with climate projects worldwide to offset carbon emissions and – as an added bonus – plant trees. Ecologi makes it simple to take climate positive steps and plant trees where they’re needed...
Why I’m fascinated by signs

Why I’m fascinated by signs

26th January 2022 | Sarah's Notebook

Sign design has come a long way since I started out as an innocent young graduate working as a general designer for one of the country’s larger sign manufacturers back in 1989. My first few years of “proper work” were varied; designing packaging, furniture layouts,...
An obsession with the Loo

An obsession with the Loo

15th December 2021 | Sarah's Notebook

Selected Loos of London by Paula Simoe, part of Hand-drawn London, an exhibition at the Museum of London, 21st April — 11th September 2011 Being involved in signs and wayfinding I think I’ve become obsessed with toilets in public spaces !  How many are there ? Where...
Dementia Friendly Signage

Dementia Friendly Signage

24th November 2021 | Sarah's Notebook

Clear and helpful? We have to do better than this. I’m not going to name and shame. The hospital in question recognises that this is not ideal and wants a more coherent and less confusing ‘designed’ solution. Sadly I often come across this kind of thing — ‘dementia...
The Great British Wayfinding System

The Great British Wayfinding System

26th October 2021 | Sarah's Notebook

The design for our British road sign system was conceived in the late 1950s. It still exists in its original form, it’s something many of use use on a daily basis and I for one always believe what it tells me! I’ve read many articles celebrating its existence and seen...