Industrial design - Indoor wayfinding - User experience
22 January - 16 February 2018 Bachelor's thesis project
The project of a visual guidance system stems from the need of the Kone multinational company to manage the flow of roamer’s daily movements efficiently. The idea was developed in the Laboratory of final synthesis, in which it was found that the main trouble in moving quickly is wasting time orienting. The approach to unknown spaces is always alienating,and requires some periods of adaptation, in which we get a mental map of the building and we take references to undertake a journey. Filling all uncertainty, stress and impotence are cut down, due to the feeling of wasting time walking without knowing where to go. My goal is therefore to make every public building more accessible and increase its accessibility,thanks to fixed information points, in the wider context that affects the smart city today:the intelligent buildings. Just like Disney fairy leaves behind a light guide to follow, even my project will lead users to the destination with opportune and accurate information while moving. In particular, this concerns on the indication of easily detectable paths located on the ground, also accessible for the disabled people, that will light up to indicate in which direction to move. Finally, at the entrance in the building, a panel will show the services offered, and will allow to select the one desired from a map, to keep under control the variety of destinations. The project is divided into three independent but integrated modules,based on the complexity of the application context.