Signage and Information systems

This monograph explores the field of signage andinformation systems all around us which we may takefor granted. In every part of the world there aretraffic and public transport systems that keep lifein the communte running smoothly. In everyairport bus and train station there is informationboards and maps at hand to help us on our wayefficiently. Here selected examples are used toportray the creation and implementation of thesesystems by the experts who make them. The earlyhistory of subway and metro is recorded right throughto the present day by a host of key figures andevents with a distinct reference to nineteenthcentury tunnel engineering and twentieth centurygraphic design practice. The text and content attemptto be reader friendly to the student enthusiast andgeneral reader alike with an insight into modernsociety as well as astarting guide to further reading or study.