Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum
I have again conducted some primary research into the way finding systems of Leeds City Museum and how they compare to the Leeds Art Gallery. I found that the designs we a little more simple and defiantly were designed for a much younger target audience. This is because primary schools seemed to frequently visit the museum and the whole layout and tone of voice really reflected this.  

 In terms of colouring, type and consistency through out the museum most of the signs were fairly consistent in there size of text and the emphasis on a much more readable and clear typeface compared to the Leeds Art Gallery. The lettering was of a much bigger size also as kids and adults above the age of 50's needed to be able to read the signage with ease. The colouring was fairly muted with mainly greys and whites for the text and background and the occasional use of orange and blue within the designs. 

There was a clear difference in tone compared to Leeds Art Gallery the signage was clearly designed to a much more varied target audience this is evident in the muted colours and more plain and readable type choice. Shown below is the use of burgundy pictograms depicting various important places in the museum these are designed to be readable in any language and represent a word with a picture. I personally am very interested in using pictograms within my designs as the created informed and easy to read designs that rescind with everyone not just people who read the same language additionally kids also can understand them with ease.

 

 


 Again showing the different contexts the signage can be read and interpreted. Here we can see how the signs have been put in a lot of different heights and sizes this is done to increase the readability and keep the viewer informed of everything around them. The job of the designer of a way finding system is firstly to inform the viewer of exactly what is were and how to get there this is the primary function. Then secondly to add character and a tone of voice to the museum. Signage can really change the perception of a place and how it is understood by different people.