End of Module Self Evaluation

End of Module Self Evaluation – OUGD405

The OUGD405 module was somewhat challenging for me but I feel like I have learnt a lot from it. I say this because I never considered doing a Wayfinding system as part of a brief and therefore have found it useful and I am now aware of the impact of how Wayfinding and how information guides are important to the public. I had realised this after I found that the Shopping Centre I chose to do, had no Wayfinding at all and I put myself into a position of other shoppers and would find it very stressful to see that there were no helpful information system. Having said that, I found the Wayfinding part of the module the most difficult to do because I didn’t know how I needed to do in order to create a successful Wayfinding system. I felt like I didn’t do that much but at the same time I didn’t know what else I could do. I had thought about creating directions on the walls on the Shopping Centre but it didn’t work as it would be a lot to do since the Shopping Centre began with having no Wayfinding system at all.

The Public Information design was something I felt more comfortable with as all the information I needed was there and all I had to do was put it together into a leaflet and make it as effective as I possibly could. This was more of a straight forward task for me and found it easier than the Wayfinding.

OUGD405 has helped me consider using pictograms as an essential part of Information Design and guidance to the public this is because it is more practical and pictograms are easily recognised designs so that people automatically understand the information given to them.