1. SIGNAGE
Signs are around us all the time. From
warnings of danger to the simplest of
instructions they are about us all the
time.
In this project you will design a
prototype set of signs that are
informative, aesthetically pleasing and a
good promotion tool for the client
2. Investigation
Criterion A Investigation
You are to give a four minute presentation to the class on how people
get around in the modern world using signs to guide themselves.
Your presentation in which ever form you choose to compile it, is to be
uploaded to your wikispace. The URL is to be pasted below.
For fun. Underneath each of the icons give a word or two to indicate what these sign might be telling someone.
URL :- Signs PPT, Animal Flower Caves
3. Investigation
Criterion A. Investigation
You will be taken to a tourist attraction in Barbados that has poor signage. You will survey the site with a view to
establishing what signage would be useful in the given situation.
You will need a camera to photograph the attractions and the signage that is in place. You will need pencil and paper to
make a sketch map of the site.
From the data gathered, you will perform a needs analysis for the signage at the site. This will form the developmental
basis for your ‘Design Brief’ and the ‘Specification.’
The collected data is to be collated in a presentation document stored on your wikispace with the URL pasted below
Design Brief.
I am going to design and make something that will …………..
Specifications.
The solution/ finished product will :-
a. Be very durable
b. Cleary be able to see
c.
4. Investigation
Criterion A. Investigation
How will you establish whether or not you have been successful?
Your criteria for success is laid out in the specification. But how can you
quantifiably establish that you have succeeded.
Write down below the details of the tests you would use on your finished product
• To test my Sign I will simply see if you can see it clearly by standing about
25 meters away and test if you can see my sign clearly from that distance.
• Also, I wanted to test if my sign is durable because that can effect if the
sign is to be able to see clearly. This can create problems because if it isn’t
durable the pant or logo can strip off and the driver (the person it is
directing) will not be able to see it clearly. So I will put water on it, blow it
with wind and see if the conditions that it will potentially will be in can
effect it.
5. Design
Criterion B. Design
On paper, sketch out a range of different designs for your prototype. Scan the sketches and
paste them below . Add notes to each sketch comparing the sketch to the specification,
6. Design
Criterion B. Design
Make a detailed drawing either electronically or by hand, of your chosen design.
Ensure that you include enough detail so that the design could be produced.
Underneath the drawing, explain fully why you think this is the best design.
55 cm – Length
24
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Animal
Flower
Cave
8. Design
Criterion B. Design
You have the design itself, but there are other decisions that need to be made.
Answer the requirements below. For each answer., explain why the answer is a suitable solution
1. What material will the sign be made from?
2. How will you fix the sign onto the wooden poles?
3. How will you weatherproof the sign?
2. How big does it need to be?
I would like the material to be made
out of wood because it can be found in
the recycling center (so it would a
sustainable piece of work). Also, so
that is would still be up on the wooden
pole even if it was raining.
The material needs to be big
enough so that if it was up high or
in a shrub then you still would be
able to see it. Also, so that readers
can read it from far away.
To make it weatherproof I would like to paint
over my piece of work with gloss that would
not harm my signage, and also using
materials that won’t react and damage the
sign if it rains, is windy etc. For example if I
use markers like Sharpies it may spread over
the sign and damage the effect of being able
to read the sign.
Using nails, I would hammer them
onto the pole, but using more than
two (2) nails because the wooden
pole may rot and wear away due
to weather conditions. I would like
it to be durable.
9. Planning
Criterion C. Planning
You now know what the sign looks like, what it is made from, how it fixes to the
wall and how it Is protected from the elements. So how will you make it?
Full details of how to make the sign need to be worked out.
A pictorial storybook of how to make the sign and assemble it onto the pole is needed. You will
sketch the different stages, scan them into this document and add notes to complete the story.
11. Evaluation
Criterion C. Planning
Show here how you tested the product and came to conclusions about how well it worked.
Remember to add your own grades against the different criteria.
Personally, I think that my sign did well because it has clear information and
points to the direction of the place intended to be. It is also painted blue, and if it
is within some plants that are green hopefully the blue will stand out.
Like this one
