Process
Description
AGEV’s expertise and in-depth knowledge of consumer and market needs, along with advance research and analysis related to signage norms, standards, best practices and latest innovation, have made it possible to create a consultancy and signage and wayfinding studies entity.
This entity is specifically elaborated to help understand each client and project needs and come up with a tailor made signage concept for the project.
Planning Phase
- Consolidate project outlines: budget, scope, timeline
- Familiarize with project’s identity and branding: logo, architecture, landscaping
- Coordinate with concerned signage requirements, priorities, and constraints
- Identify / collect or elaborate analysis of circulation flows
- Collect and analyze plans (architecture, master and site plan)
Prototype Elaboration Phase
- Identify major traffic flows on the plans and analyze viewing distances for signage
- Identify signage prototypes
- Develop a coding system for the prototypes
- Indicate locations of all signs on maps
- Elaborate a schedule list of all signs and prepare corresponding BoQ
Conceptual Phase
- Develop conceptual design outline, and elaborate:
- Standard sizes per sign type
- Font/typefaces (letter heights, proportions, etc)
- Colors
- Graphics elements such as arrows, symbols, pictograms
- Specifications (materials details, finishing, colors, construction details, fasteners, elevations)
Finalization Phase
Following approval of customer on conceptual phase deliverable:
- Update location plans, schedule, BoQ
- Finalize sign schedule, prototype and information content