I really like the idea of paths to help guide someone through a floorplan (Jetsons anyone?), and yesterday someone brought up the idea of shapes creating the path as opposed to colors or lines for direction. I like that.

My group decided to pursue the mock-ups individually, so today I'll be working on signs that display a room number and discipline name (i.e. "Drawing"). Symbols are another element to add to them, but Robert brought up a good point about these symbols looking too generic or clip art-ish, so I'm thinking about a different approach to test. What if the room name looked to be created from the medium it represents? "Painting" looks like it's painted on. "Graphics" may look like a sticker. Symbolism isn't just the use of symbols. Besides, it's an art building. I think we can take the liberty of making these things have some personality.


I was also thinking about a general map/directory that's stylized to possibly resemble a maze, because, c'mon, who didn't get lost their first day? Of course my passion for video games brought that idea: Pac Man or that old-school mouse and cheese PC game, Rodent's Revenge. It may be fun to have Blinky and the Ms. or a block of cheese and rodent appear to be running through the hallways of that map.