OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Putting Booklet Together

I started off by using my chosen colour scheme to inform the design.

I placed one of the care home images onto the top half of the page - I felt this was the best image to use as it portrayed a 'happy' resident 'in-situ' in the home.

I then halfed the page using the pen tool and picked the pink colour to match the sign on the wall in the image.

I placed a logo onto the space with the home name.




Brief introduction page explaining the purpose of the guide. Large image alongside to demonstrate the system in-situ.



Floor-plan of the care home with each of the zones highlighted - easy for residents and vistors to see where what is.



I placed 5 lines onto the page to represent the 5 lines on the floors of the home - this demonstrates clearly to the reader that these are what they need to look out for. I added a brief explanation of how the system works with an example of the signs alongside.



Double page spread of wayfinding system in-situ.



I wanted to add a sort of 'key'/list of each 'thing' in each zone. This means that if a visitor etc were looking for the dining room for example, they could look, in the guide and see which zone it is in.







Example of entry to blue zone, and shown on map alongside.



Final page - summing up and further directions.



Back page - same layout as front, with contact details.

OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Care Home Brochures

After finalizing the wayfinding system, I wanted to put together a booklet that would be at the reception desk when you enter the home.

The booklet would be a small, brief guide on how to get around the home using the system. This would be given to residents upon moving in to help them get to know the system. Visitors would also be given the booklet when they are new to visiting the home so that they are able to get around.

I started by looking at existing care home brochures to get a general impression of how they look.



-Lots of imagery
-Floral details/imagery
-Logo present on each page
-Fair amount of text
-Blue and white theme




-Multiple colours
-Lots of text
-Moderate use of imagery
-Serif typeface



-Two colours used - green/white
-Logo  present on each page
-Fair amount of imagery used
-Floral shapes used to match logo




-3 colours - primary
- Empty space used
- Simplistic
- Imagery used to match logo
- Minimal imagery



- Lots of text
- 3 colours
- Basic imagery

OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Wayfinding Mockups

I have placed the pictograms and wayfinding elements into some images of a care home in order to demonstrate how the system would look/would be used within the correct setting.

OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Adding Zones and Routes

In terms of the actual wayfinding, I thought about splitting the care home into 5 different zones. This would allow for the residents to navigate their way around in an easier way using the said zones.

Demonstrated on map below;


Each zone would be a different colour, you would then follow the line/trail on the floor to get to that zone.

An example of this would be a resident looking for the library - the carer would simply say
"That is in the yellow zone. Follow the yellow line on the floor and look out for the sign once you are there".

Another example would be a visitor turning up and asking where their mother was for example. A staff member would simply tell them they were in the pink zone for example, and the visitor would be able to locate this themselves.

Residents would get to know which rooms were in which colour zones and the colour association would really help with memory. A confused resident may remember that their personal bedroom was in the red zone, so no matter where they were, they could follow the red line and know that they will eventually end up in a familiar area.



Signs like these would be placed as you enter each zone from whichever direction so that you know when you are in each zone. In each zone, all the signs will be in that colour so that will also make it clear for people.


   

OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Finished Pictograms

Using the colour schemes I put together earlier, I decided to go with the 4th palette which is the one I felt worked best under the yellowing of the eye lens.





I randomly colored each pictogram using the palette.





I also added some arrows incase these were needed in addition to the pictograms.

OUGD505 - Design Practice 2 - Studio Brief 02 - Product Range Distribution - Finalizing Pictograms

Garden;
   


Disabled Access;
  


Library;
   

Once I had finished putting all the pictograms together, I thought about putting them into a square/box to outline them. I felt this would properly finalize the pictograms into a workable functional use.

I started with a basic square box shape, but I felt that alongside the pictograms this looked a little too harsh. I experimented by rounding the edges of the square for a softer effect.


I tried placing the pictograms inside the box, which gave me a better idea of how they would work together. I could instantly see that the pictograms looked better in the rounded square box.