Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
A’Design Award & Competition, one the world’s largest and most diffused international design awards announced results of the 2022-2023 design competition: 1,884 Winners from 114 countries in 139 different design disciplines. Best products, projects and services worldwide that demonstrate superior design, technology and creativity are rewarded with the A’Design Award; the symbol of excellence in design and innovation. There are...
“In our practice, elements of design, public art, interaction and place-making come together to help our audience experience and navigate their environment in new, occasionally unexpected ways.”...
“Signage is a clear reflection of the society and context where it is placed and it must evolve with it. For example, the classical binary bathroom ‘men’ and’ ‘women’ does not represent the growing LGBTQ community, thus these signs are getting close to becoming obsolete. Through signage we can help society to move forward and make spaces where everyone feels...
“Signage can only function in a relationship with other things, such as architecture, furniture, user activities, etc. So it is necessary to work together with design specialists in other genres, such as architects and landscape designers. And architectural signage remains for many years. The goal therefore is not to create a design that is transiently interesting or impactful, but one...
“It is different because of the spatial issue. It is essential to keep in mind the connection and movement between the spaces. The notion of scale is also different: everything must be legible depending on the volume of the room or the area where the signage will be installed. All of this comes into play to create a space accessible...
“There are functional needs and emotional needs. If we manage to cover the former and meet the latter, we will be designing memorable experiences.”...
“These designs help people navigate and understand their surroundings by using visual elements such as symbols, maps and typography to convey information. The goal is to create a logical and intuitive system for guiding people through a physical space, such as a building, campus or city, and to enhance the overall experience of that space. All of these types of...
“To design a truly effective way-finding system, designers must understand user needs and frustrations, e.g., are there any ambiguities in the journey?; are there any in-built personal biases that will impair their comprehension? Cultural or language barriers? What are the key reasons for visiting the space or building? Are there emotional factors that may impact how a person comprehends the...
“The integration of a strategic approach with thoughtful, distinctive and opinionated visual languages allow the creation of memorable and recognisable identities that live far beyond bi-dimensional brand experiences.”...
“We have to understand very well from an early stage how people are going to relate to space. That is to say to anticipate what will be their behaviour when they face a staircase, a corridor, a button, an arrow or, of course, an icon/signage.”...
“Meeting the brief’s technical requirements is more important than fulfilling one’s creative expectations. It is important to understand that no solution will be good enough until it works as it is expected to work. This is something that we try to apply to all design projects, but we find it is more significant in way-finding and icon projects, as the...
Topos Graphics works with clients “to articulate their voices, then craft a suite of graphic solutions,” it says. “Our partners are intellectually curious, culturally conscious, and value design. We believe that collaborative processes create meaningful results.”...
