Idealizaciones

Materials and Processes of Outdoor Outdoor Interpretive Signs Interpretive Signs

– CA State Parks

What we will cover…
• Needs • Budget Considerations • Examples of Costs • Design Process • Materials for the Outdoors • advantages • disadvantages

– Wowhaus & Patricia Bruning Design

What’s best for my project?
– The material you select should be solution driven ….

What’s drivingmy project?
• ….but it is often driven by budget and resources • What do you need to contract and what can you do internally?

Budget Considerations:
• You may need to budget for the following:
– Interpretive Plan
– – – – Topic research Graphic design and text development Images and illustrations Fabrication costs
• panel, stand, tactile elements, installation, supervision, etc

– Annualmaintenance and repair – Contract administration costs – Cost increases from time project is scoped to when it finally gets built

How to get good results without a long arduous journey?
• Hire a designer with a graphic and interpretive background • You will still need to allocate staff time and resources
– CA State Parks

Costs: Rio de Los Angeles
• 2007 • One kiosk and six trail signs• Design by CA State Parks • Metalwork fabricated by Stone Imagery •Graphic panels fabricated by iZone Imaging

– CA State Parks

– Total cost $30K of which $5K for metalwork, $2K for the panels

Staff Time: Rio de Los Angeles
• Environmental Scientist • Interpreter • Translator for Spanish text • Design of the stands • Graphic Design • Project management • Additional fabrication •Installation Crew • Monitor

– CA State Parks

Costs: Map Panel
• Pio Pico: 2003 • Designed and fabrication by Stone Imagery • CA State Parks supplied

– Total cost $2,500 (in 2003) Minimal staff time

Costs: Heritage Wall Murals
• 2003 • Hand painted •Designed and fabricated by the art students at Rio Hondo college

– Total Cost $12,000 (2003)

Steps to designing your sign:
1. Define theproject 2. Research 3. Gather graphics, facts, experts 4. Layout exhibit with draft text. 5. Write. Edit. Review. Rewrite. 6. Add graphics, captions, fine tune your design. Sounds simple
– The Acorn Group – Artefact Design

Schematic Design: Define the project
• Walk the trail • Brainstorm ideas • Test your ideas • Consider Accessibility

– CA State Parks

Design Development:
• GatherData and Images
•Remember to record the sources

• Initial Concepts
• Layout draft text and images • Get rough prices

• Concept Development
• Refine the ideas • Get tight comps of any illustrations

• Formative Evaluation

– CA State Parks

Design Development:
Final Design • Final rewrites and proofreading • Place final art and photos • Prepare fabrication drawings • Reviews andapprovals
– Copyrights and permissions – Sign offs and approvals – Accessibility review

– CA State Parks

Accessibility: Some things to consider
• Location – wheelchair access • Surface change for cane detection • Type size and contrast • If it is an interactive, like the rotating – CA State Parks wheel panel, make sure it can be manipulated by someone with a closed fist.

Accessibility:Don’t do this

Pre-production, fabrication and installation:
• printing contract • get files ready for the printer • fabrication contract •review of submittals and progress • coordination of installation

Close out:
• document completion • maintenance manual • create a trail of who, what, where, and when • back up of important files including working files, cad files, image scans

Sowhat material is best?
• It all depends. With today’s technology you can print on anything.
– Big Picture

• Nothing is
vandal proof and everything requires maintenance

Exterior Grade High Pressure Laminate

(+) Good Color – Resistant to
moisture and temp. Will not deteriorate if surface is vandalized. Custom shapes are possible. Vandal resistant. Self supporting at ½” thickness....