Talking Toilets

Talking Toilets

We’re back on the subject of toilets… foreseeable to most, I’ve decided to continue my toilet talks. Today the location in question is the Gloucester service station situated on the M5,  between junctions 11A and 12. This exceptional facility definitely isn’t your...
Landmarks — Propellers of the City

Landmarks — Propellers of the City

Propellers of the City Broadbent Studio | 2015 Keel Square, Sunderland Returning to my interest in landmarks (Landmarks — Part 1, posted September 2016) this caught my eye during a visit to Sunderland. The first thing I noticed driving past, was coloured light...
Q&A | Lucy Richards

Q&A | Lucy Richards

Lucy Richards is Founder and Creative Director of StudioLR in Scotland. A very well respected figure in the industry, Lucy is a fellow member of the SEGD and we first met at an EG symposium at The V&A in 2012. What’s your favourite building – and why do you like...
Landmarks — Part 1

Landmarks — Part 1

People find their way around using a variety of means and one of those I’m particularly interested in is the use of landmarks. Landmarks can be many things both natural and man-made — a specific building, a distinctive tree, a field with animals grazing, a sign....
The Mind of a Wayfinder

The Mind of a Wayfinder

Ohio based designers Studio Graphique set themselves the challenge of defining how a wayfinders brain works as part of white paper they published on demystifying the discipline of wayfinding.  The result is the fascinating image above. Welcome to my head !  ...
‘A Century of Change’

‘A Century of Change’

I discovered these wonderful murals and subsequently the story behind them by chance as I looked for somewhere to park in Stockton town centre. The murals caught my interest and after a quick google here is what I found… In 2005 artist Zak Newton who is responsible...