Introduction:
Visual Research/Inspiration:
Materials:
This is a visual guide to the materials that I will be using for my physical environmental signage, with the primary material being concrete to match the exterior of the PEROT building, accompanied by stainless steel for a sophisticated, modern touch. Each of the other materials are unique to each floor of the museum, and can be found used more on their respective floors.
Branding:
For my logo, I took inspiration from the exterior of the PEROT building itself, as you will see later that the exterior has many thin concrete lines that stick out of the building a tiny bit. This is the main design element I borrowed, and incorporated it into the bottom half of my wordmark. The top half is solid to symbolize the sturdiness of the concrete that the building is made out of, and the blocky shapes are reminiscent of the large window on one side of the building that holds an escalator within.
Schematics:
Locations for each of my environmental signs, both exterior and interior.
Environmental Signage:
Unfortunately the signage sketch of the vertical light-up PEROT sign was not created in my final designs, but my two exterior designs are the logo on the side of the building, made out of stainless steel, and a concrete slab that is hollowed out in the middle to be filled with dirt and plants. This concrete slab sign features the logo in stainless steel attached to the front, as you will see below.
This is a donation display sign located on the wall to your left while you ride the escalator up to get to the first museum exhibition. This is the first interaction that guests would have with using different materials in my signages for each floor. Specifically in this signage, if the donor only contributed to one specific floor/exhibition, then they would have their name laser engraved into the material for the corresponding floor material. If they donated to the museum as a whole, then stainless steel would be the material that is used for their name.
Like I mentioned earlier, each of the different materials used corresponds to the floor number. This is demonstrated below with the elevator number signs that I have designed for each floor.
This signage below would be located on the opposite wall of the elevator doors, that way you would see this signage when you get off of the elevator. The materials in the arrows would also change depending on the floor, as this sign is designed to tell you which exhibition is on that floor and in which direction.
