#ENVYPSYCHO: Wayfinding Assignment 03 (IDP)

Hello! This blog post is about my progress for Assignment 3 which is a way finding based on my IDP assignment. In this post I will show my progress from the first step to the final product.

This was the board that I prepared for presentation day. At the time I quite liked the way it looked like despite it having a simple look. However, it wasn't up to par so I had to upgrade it. I was struggling to juggle many final submissions during the point of time I was creating this board so I admit it wasn't as good as I could have done given less pressure.

This was the second try. It looks more organised and neat than the first board and the circulation can be seen a bit better than the first one. However, I made it too tall (it was only supposed to be up to 7cm which for some odd reason this instruction flew right through my brain which was at this point of the semester, in a constant state of stupor) and it still wasn't really up to par. The signage was too simple so I had to improve on that as well. When I found out I had to fix this up one more time I did feel sad at first (though it was my fault) and I was stuck artistically on how to make it better.

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Some details on Wayfinding Tjonteng 2.0 before I move on...

Aerial shot of before...

... after, Wayfinding Tjonteng 3.0. I'm not sure what Miss Annie feels about this but after looking at my progress I do feel that it has greatly improved along the way and I am happy with this result. Of course, as any other work, there could always be more improvements to be made. I think this layout is also the most visually pleasing after trying twice before to tackle this assignment. I also upgraded the signages and used a dark background rather than white as the neon did not look as appealing in the second phase.

I tore apart the second assignment and constructed a bubble-shaped spatial diagram and arranged my characters where they would be glued. I also made a smaller spiral staircase to indicate the boundary between the first and second floor.

I redrew each character with a height limit of 5 cm and inked the characters this time to see if it looked better, and they did stand out much nicer and looked more presentable. I didn't put the letters but added a key map which I will show a bit later on.

Dining and public restroom...

The first floor area which is the private space meant for the owner. You can see her enjoying a bubble bath, sleeping, working, and changing. 3 out of 4 of those activities are kind of very intimate, so you know it's a private space.

Retail area, where customers admire the work, pick out merchandise to buy, and there is also a changing room to see if the clothing fits.

Final product with an simple infographic next to the model...

My finalised neon signages. I like how it turned out, I spent a lot of time improving it and it looks more aesthetically pleasing and reflects more on graphic design.

The infographic I prepared, added a key map for clarity, added the materiality to show the mood, and added a quick guide to batik (which I took from my precedent study slides)

The previous signage concept.

I changed a lot of things, from the font, colours, design... I also changed Wine and Dine to Jom Makan! to reflect Malaysian hospitality as the concept would suit my retail better.

In the end, it was a long and painstaking journey to get this far and do all these assignments but I appreciate the support, guidance, and understanding given by my lecturers. I really pushed myself a lot this semester and this was one of my favourite subjects to do. However, it was also one of the hardest and really tested my capabilities as a designer. I had a lot of fun, was lost and confused so many times, literally shed blood, sweat, and tears but this is one of the results. :)