INVESTIGATION OF INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SIGNS ON THE SPACE DESIGN, EXAMPLE OF FORUM MERSİN

INVESTIGATION OF INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SIGNS ON THE SPACE DESIGN, EXAMPLE OF FORUM MERSİN

Duygu Merve BULUT, Özlem USLU

While there must be at least two people for mutual communication, visualcommunication rescues humanity from this constraint. Information and guidance signs,infographics, of visual communication tools are so prevalent in our lives, as much as it is in manysubjects, it has become almost inevitable to make use of the power of imagery in social spaces.Shopping centers are confronted as social spaces that represent one of the best examples of this.In this study, we aimed to investigate information and guidance signs in shopping centers. Ourresearch universe is limited to Forum Mersin Shopping Center. In the introduction section of thework; information about visual culture, visual communication tools and information designconcepts were investigated and visual sources were examined. In the following parts; under thetitle of usage relation, space relation, color relation and user relation with information andguidance signs were examined. In the findings and discussion section; the effects of them on thedomain use cycle were assessed through the fields and standards currently used. According to ourresearch results; it was determined that the electronic information maps which is located in thespace are inadequate in number, although information and guidance signs in Forum Mersin arecorrectly included in the space design as a scale, form, color and graphical design. This articleemphasizes the importance of the usage capacity and effectiveness of designing the informationand guidance signs that are increasing in value with time as a who leand it is thinked to be a guideto future reviews and the design of spaces.

2017

infographic, Information Design, Information and Guidance Sign, Space design, Shopping center, Forum Mersin

DOI: 10.7816/idil-06-37-11

Idil Sanat ve Dil Dergisi

Sada Institute of Art and Language Studies

Language and Literature, Fine Arts, Arts in general

EN, RU, TR