Guest editor Collette Jeffrey summarises the principles and methodology behind Applied Information Group’s Legible London project for the Sign Design Society Newsletter, Directions 46.
News 2008
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Sign Design Newsletter goes Legible for the day
Legible London takes three steps forward
24-11-2008
Welcome news indeed that the Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TfL) has announced three pilot locations for the Legible London pedestrian wayfinding system and has named the designers who are to implement them. Applied Information Group (AIG) will be responsible for a Clear Zone Partnership pilot in Bloomsbury, Covent Garden and Holborn, which are located within the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden. Atkins are developing the South Bank and Bankside pilot, in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, and City ID and partners Faber Maunsell are responsible for a Richmond and Twickenham pilot in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. AIG has been confirmed as overall System Designer to oversee design development of Legible London.
If successful, Legible London will be rolled out across parts of Central London and the Olympic area before 2012.
Malcolm Garrett reviews Kingston University MA show
15-11-2008
Applied Information Group’s Creative director Malcolm Garrett recently reviewed the Kingston University MA Show at the Bargehouse Gallery, on London’s South Bank.
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Kingston University MA Show, review
Design Effectiveness Gold for Legible London
11-11-2008
The Legible London prototype wayfinding system installed in the West End in November 2007 was awarded a Gold Medal in the Design for Society section of the DBA 2008 Design Effectiveness Awards. The Award is shared by AIG, its clients Transport for London and partners Westminster City Council, the New West End Company and the Greater London Authority. Conrad Bird, Head of Strategic Campaigns at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and one of the award judges, commented that it was: “A thoughtful, well-researched example of how design can influence and drive genuine citizen behaviour to the benefit of society, self and business”.
UK Border revealed
06-11-2008
When the government decided that the UK’s passport control operation needed to become more “visible”, design company Applied Information Group looked at the whole experience of people passing through our border controls.
Kasper de Graaf, along with UK Border Agency director Chris Hurrey spoke to the Sign Design Society on 5 November 2008, and offered insights and observations about working with their product design partners Lacock Gullam to build and install a complete UK Border prototype environment at Stansted Airport, as well as temporary signs at all Heathrow and Gatwick terminals.
AIG creates identity for Open Futures
18-09-2008
The Helen Hamlyn Trust has enlisted Malcolm Garrett at Applied
Information Group to create an identity for its Open Futures skills and
enquiry based learning initiative. AIG were asked to develop a look and
feel for the programme that would reslove existing naming concerns and
could handle the complexity of resources and different requirements
while remaining accessible and attractive for primary schoolchildren,
teachers and parents who are the primary intended audience.
Open Futures is an education initiative for Primary Schools funded and directed by The Helen Hamlyn Trust. Its purpose is to help children discover and develop practical skills, personal interests and values which will contribute to their education and enhance their adult lives.
The programme has four strands – growit, cookit, filmit and askit – developed with and delivered by partner individuals and organisations – Andy Cameron, RHS, Focus on Food and Sappere – and has been launched in time for the new school year in 2009.
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Open Futures
i-design 08 at London Design Festival
17-09-2008
As part of the dynamo london series of events, Malcolm Garrett from Applied Information Group has directed the i-design conference, the UK’s leading conference for interactive design, at the London Design Festival. NMK's Ian Delaney and Tara Solesbury head up the organising team.
This year’s theme: ‘it's all about meaningful interaction’. The host for the day is Adrian Shaughnessy (Independent Art Director and Author) and is introduced by Simon Waterfall, Creative Director, Poke, and President of D&AD.
Speakers include:
Brendan Dawes, Creative Director, MagneticNorth
Ann Longley, Digital Strategy Director, Media Edge: CIA
Colin Jenkinson, Design Director, Cogapp
Ximo Peris, Creative Director, Smoothe
Andy Cameron, Interactive Creative Director, Fabrica
Stacey Spiegel, President, Parallel Worlds Lab
Michael Nutley, Editor-in-Chief, New Media Age
Tim Fendley, Creative Director, AIG
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, CEO, Tinker.It
Sue Hunt, Director Rich Media Europe, DoubleClick, DoubleClick
Paul Dawson, Head of Interactive Media, Conchango
Timo Veikkola, Strategy and Insights Director, The Future Laboratory
Martyn Ware, Illustrious Company, presents: Future of Sound
i-design 08 showcases the best and most innovative work in the field and features keynote speakers at the top of the profession. The programme is designed to be inspirational, informative and challenging.
i-design 08 is presented by dynamo london in association with NMK and AIG, with support from skillset and Fabric Interface.
AIG to tackle multi-modal wayfinding strategy in Vancouver
22-01-2008
Canada’s Greater Vancouver Region is to update its entire wayfinding system as part of a CA$14bn (£7bn) investment plan for the area, with a scheme designed by Applied Information Group.