Roundhay Park Tropical World

Roundhay Park Tropical World 

while doing some research into different galleries, public spaces and museums I came across Roundhay Rark Tropical World and decided I wanted to visit to see there signage and way finding and see wether it would be a good fit for my project. All these photos document my primary research of the Tropical World signage and information. 

These images above show the orange on brown logo and basic information. I felt the designs felt a little inconsistent and was not at all memorable. The colour combination didn't stand out and felt uncomfortable on the eye and the use of white for the 'Main Entrance' stood out too much compared to the rest of the text. I felt even at this early stage that the designs needed to be improved upon and would be a interesting and challenging project. 

 

The signage was extremely disappointing these laminated paper signs were frequent throughout the Tropical World and seemed to put a downer on what is a very interesting and individual place. The signs with the underlined capital lettering in bold arial type felt abrupt and even a little rude. The designs defiantly didn't reflect the overall feel of the place. This is something I feel could be greatly improved on and a more child friendly and pleasant design would transform the whole aesthetics of the Tropical World.

 
Throughout the Tropical World there were these rather crude and hard to read placards that showed information about the exhibits and fun facts about them. When looking around the exhibits I didn't see any visiters reading or interacting with the designs as the type was hard to read and over complicated and the illustrations were unclear and rather badly drawn. The lighting and placement didn't help this as it was inconsistent and was far too dark at times. I felt this was real shame as the exhibits needed more information and as Tropical Worlds audience mainly consistent of children and families there was such an opportunity for an interactive side of the exhibits. If I do chose to design the Tropical world way finding and signage I feel this is something that could be explored to create much detailed and informative work.

 

Again throughout the Tropical World there was this kind of informative information on each animal shown however once again there felt as if there was no real effort and continuity within the signage and how it was displayed and they could have greatly showed the wealth of different animals they had on display. As you can see here the designs are very harsh on the eye and don't seem very inviting this is evident from the overload of information and lack of colour. The designs are not very child friendly and insisting and a more expansive and expressive use of type and colour would greatly improve these designs.

 

These images just show the inconsistency and lack of direction within Tropical World there seems to be no real way finding around and when seen it is not at all engaging or even informative. These few images show the different places the signage has been used in different contexts and styles. I believe that  creating a consistent informative and more interesting way finding system for the Tropical World of Roundhay Park would be an excellent response to this project and I feel I would be able to creating something of a great value and would be appropriate response to this project brief. My next steps are to try and look at the ethos of the place and what makes it unique and how this could translate into my own designs.