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  • Mattress store in Madrid

    Yellow accents highlight different routes through Madrid mattress store

    A sinuous curtain rail and bright-yellow carpeted islands help to define areas for testing products within this mattress store in Madrid, Spain, designed by local studio JotaJota+. More about Yellow accents highlight different routes through Madrid mattress store

    Alyn Griffiths | 30 March 2026 | Leave a comment
  • Japan House London exhibition on pictograms

    Japan House London exhibition explores how pictograms "transcend linguistic and cultural barriers"

    Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs is the latest exhibition at Japan House London, investigating the integral yet often overlooked role of graphic signage in our day-to-day lives. More about Japan House London exhibition explores how pictograms "transcend linguistic and cultural barriers"

    Jane Englefield | 30 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Maple House wayfinding and signage by BOB Design

    BOB Design reveals four projects that show the secrets to successful signage

    London studio BOB Design is a specialist in wayfinding graphics. Director Mireille Burkhardt talks Dezeen through four projects that combine clear navigation with design flair. More about BOB Design reveals four projects that show the secrets to successful signage

    Amy Frearson | 3 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • New MTA map design

    New York City releases first new subway map in decades

    New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades

    Ben Dreith | 4 April 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Totetsu Training Institute wayfinding design by Motive Inc

    Motive Inc bases signage for Japanese rail company on train tracks

    Japanese studio Motive Inc has created a highly tailored wayfinding design for the training institute of railway maintenance company Totetsu Kogyo, using stylised floor markings to guide visitors through the building. More about Motive Inc bases signage for Japanese rail company on train tracks

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 12 September 2022 | Leave a comment
  • The Mother Road by Hayley

    Hayley Eichenbaum captures the "punchy absurdity" of Route 66 roadside architecture

    Photographer Hayley Eichenbaum has created a series of images documenting the roadside architecture of America's Route 66 that takes its cues from the often uncanny appearance of film stills. More about Hayley Eichenbaum captures the "punchy absurdity" of Route 66 roadside architecture

    Jane Englefield | 22 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Charles Holland Architects designs The Tooley Street Triangle wayfinding installation for the London Festival of Architecture

    Mirrorball tops colourful wayfinding post for London Festival of Architecture

    Charles Holland Architects has designed a pyramidal wayfinding post called The Tooley Street Triangle as a "symbol of celebration" for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Mirrorball tops colourful wayfinding post for London Festival of Architecture

    Natashah Hitti | 3 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Social distancing installation at MAAT by Sam Barrow

    Sam Baron creates brick and mirror signage to allow social distancing at the MAAT

    Lisbon-based designer Sam Baron has created a set of signs made from bricks, tape and mirrors to encourage social distancing at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, which reopened this week. More about Sam Baron creates brick and mirror signage to allow social distancing at the MAAT

    Tom Ravenscroft | 18 June 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Stacked building blocks form signage for children's daycare in Sydney

    Australian design studio Toko modelled signage for the East Sydney Early Learning Centre on the shapes and colours of children's building blocks. More about Stacked building blocks form signage for children's daycare in Sydney

    Emma Tucker | 2 January 2017 | 2 comments
  • Here East London signage and wayfinding by dn&co

    Signage based on circuitry designed for east London tech hub

    Studio dn&co's wayfinding for London's Here East campus features symbols borrowed from circuit drawings. More about Signage based on circuitry designed for east London tech hub

    Emma Tucker | 21 November 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Scale-like glass tile sculpture installation as wayfinding for Clerkenwell Design Week 2016 by Giles Miller Studio

    Giles Miller covers Clerkenwell billboards with glass scales

    Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Giles Miller Studio has created a series of four glass-tile sculptures to help visitors navigate this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, which kicks off today in London (+ slideshow). More about Giles Miller covers Clerkenwell billboards with glass scales

    Alice Morby | 24 May 2016 | Leave a comment
  • i29 uses multicoloured walls and mirrored volumes to create temporary exhibition space

    Dutch interior architecture studio i29 combined contrasting block colours and mirrored walls to create this pavilion for an annual design fair in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about i29 uses multicoloured walls and mirrored volumes to create temporary exhibition space

    Alice Morby | 12 October 2015 | 3 comments
  • Adrian Frutiger

    Adrian Frutiger, type designer and creator of London's street-sign font, dies aged 87

    Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died. More about Adrian Frutiger, type designer and creator of London's street-sign font, dies aged 87

    Rob Alderson | 14 September 2015 | 4 comments
  • Waar is Ekko? by Kok Pistolet

    Waar is Ekko? combined posters and signage for a music festival by Kok Pistolet

    Dutch Design Week 2013: graphic designer Kok Pistolet painted over sections of 40 posters around Utrecht to turn them into directions from each location to a venue for a music festival (+ slideshow). More about Waar is Ekko? combined posters and signage for a music festival by Kok Pistolet

    Grace Quah | 2 November 2013 | Leave a comment

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