Graphic Communication · Calderbrook School of Art
Notes on making places findable .
I’m Mina Sefton , a Foundation student learning information design one week at a time. Every Monday I log what I tried, what I learned and what I would change.
Studio 2B desk, week 03 Pencil, tracing paper, a lot of tea
less arrows, more landmarks →
Log
Projects
Reading
Week
03
5 Oct
Monday 5 October 2026 wayfinding critique
Redrawing the Route 7 bus map so a stranger can find their stop
What I learned / what I would change
What I learned Riders don’t read maps from the start of the line. They look for where they are, then for one landmark near where they’re going.
What I would change I tested with classmates who already know Calderbrook. Next time I want three people who have never been here.
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Tutor note “Fewer arrows. Trust the line.”
The question for this term
How do you make a place readable to someone who has never been there?
Our term-one brief is wayfinding. Every project on this site is a small attempt at that one question: a bus map, shelf labels, a route drawn from memory.
answer is probably “by walking it first”
Route 7, redrawn
A strip map for the stop on Pell Street. Eleven labels instead of twenty-three, one colour, landmarks instead of street names.
Project notes →
Shelf labels you can read from the door
A type study for the college library. Which size, weight and spacing works from two metres away, tested with a tape measure.
Project notes →
How each week works
One loop, every week
Look closely Walk it, photograph it, count where people hesitate.
Make a mark Draw three versions fast, on tracing paper, before touching a screen.
Test it on someone Hand it to a classmate, time them, write down what they say out loud.
Write it up One log entry: what I learned, what I would change.
Start reading
Three good places to open the notebook
Back next Monday
Every week, dated and honest.