“The Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery located within San Jose State University is hosting an amazing exhibition of graphic design by the office of Otl Aicher for the 1972 Munich Olympics. The exhibition features, posters, books, brochures and signage conceived for the 1972 Olympic identity program”  Dave

The exhibition runs August 26 to September 26, 2008
For more information: visit the exhibition website.

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“The visual identity set in place at Cologne Bonn Airport presents a recognizable and specific airport.  It is more than just a surface signature - it is a visual echo of the airport’s own individuality.” Toan Vu-Huu

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“French researchers have developed a new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs. This icon system is named VCM, short for ?Visualisation des Connaissances Médicales? in French, which means ?Visualization of Medical Knowledge.? Like road signs, the VCM graphical language uses a small set of graphical signs. The current dictionary contains about 130 pictograms displayed in 5 colors.”

A new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs
Road signs for physicians
via infosthetics

Thanks to the new communication technologies there are new public signs on the horizon.

“Touch and Travel eliminates the need to purchase tickets prior to boarding a bus or train, making travel faster and less complicated as passengers will be able to use their mobile phone as a ticket. The ticketing information is securely stored on the cell phone’s SIM card and can be checked although the batteries have run down.
The technology behind, Near Field Communications, is a new short-range wireless connectivity technology that evolved from a combination of existing contactless identification and interconnection technologies. Products with built-in NFC will dramatically simplify the way consumer devices interact with one another, helping people speed connections, receive and share information and even make fast and secure payments.”
NFC Project “Touch&Travel”

via Touch by Timo Arnall

“Research from London Underground found that a third of pregnant women who travel by Tube are never offered a seat, while some can wait for an average of five station stops before being asked to sit down.”

How effective is priority seating signage? by David Airey
photo by Annie Mole