Pictograms for a hospital signage system.

Graphic Design Project 4.Pictogram design for asignage system in a hospital.

Project by: Swadha JaiswalProject guide: Prof Mahendra Patel

PICTOGRAMS

Pictogram, Why is it important?its a visual language developed for people with limited or no ability to speak, read and write.

You can understand and make yourself understoodYou can ask questions and get repliesYou gain support for your thoughts and memoryYou can formulate feelings and wishesYou can communicate!

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Stage 1

Design Brief

Project title: Designing a set of pictograms for the signage system.

Client: A hospital

Problem Statement: To make way finding in a hospital easy.

Problem Description: Picture yourself in a hospital in a foreign country. Where you dont speak their-language. You dont know the culture. You are, in effect, lost.Despite the language you speak or where you’re from, first aid is first aid, food is food, washroom is wash-room and ambulance is ambulance. Without this symbolic language you would be confused and never find your way.Pictograms may be the purest form of visual communication.

Design statement: To transcend the boundary of language and culture to convey a concept quickly and effectively. By making a set of simple pictograms to communicate easily.

Opportunity: To study the existing pictograms in a signage system in a hospital and develop new ones.Pictograms that can be used in any hospital National or international.To make wayfinding easy.

Resources: Internet, photography, visit to a local hospital.

Stage 2

Design task & time plan

To make a set of pictogramsfor a signage system

of in a hospital

Week1 Week2

Week3 Week4

Project selectionDesign & project brief

Design statement

Information collectionContent development

Concept exploration& selection

Design exploration& development

Testing, refining, detailingPrototyping

Design proposal& conclusion

Information Collection

1) Photographs of existing signages & pictograms in a local hospital

Information Collection

Content Development

After the collection of photographs i concluded,

A hospital signage system can be categorised into :1. Directional symbols2. Administrative pictograms3. General pictograms4. Medical department specific pictograms

The list i came up with finally contained the following-Symbol for man/woman, arrows, washroom for men & women, enquiry, keep silence, no smoking, canteen, drinking water, telephone, stair case, lift, ambulance, entry./exit, parking, departments & services like paediatrics, x-ray, first aid, dermatology, cardiology, respiratory, urology, gastrology, gynae, opeation theatre, emergency etc.

Survey

Survey of patients, doctors and a person from administration in a hospital. This survey was conducted to reach close to the understanding of every kind of person that may be present in a hospital.

The reason of the survey was to visually study their mind set regarding all the depart-ments and services of a hospital.

The doctors/patients/administarion were asked to speak up the first word/product or visual that came to their mind after reading each of the service on the list.

Conclusion:As an end result it became easy for me to create the pictograms as i had the list of the first visual that came to my users mind.

Survey

Concept exploration

Selection

Design Exploration & selection

Orthopaedics

X-ray

Re�nedEarlier

Cardiology

or or

or

Respiratory

Re�nement of the basic character

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* Chosen one

Exploration of enclosure and type(Indian family)

(Universal family)

Exploration to select the family & setIndian family (positive)

set-1

set-2

set-3

General Respiratory Cardiology Dermatology Orthopaedics Lift

set-1

set-2

set-3

General Respiratory Cardiology Dermatology Orthopaedics Lift

Indian family (negative)

set-1

set-2

set-3

General Respiratory Cardiology Dermatology Orthopaedics Lift

Universal family (positive)

set-1

set-2

set-3

General Respiratory Cardiology Dermatology Orthopaedics Lift

Universal family (negative)

set-1

set-2

set-3

washroom Respiratory Cardiology Dermatology Orthopaedics Lift

Finalisng 3 sets for testing

Stage 3

Testing

Re�nement after testing

1

1

before after

After re�nement

1

1

Applying fancy border to the Indian family

1

1

*

* Chosen one

Finalising two families

1

1

Journey

Design Detailing

The pictogram family i created is divided into four sub categories-

1) General pictograms2) Directional3) Hospital related general4) Medical departments

The pictograms are covered by an enclosure its dimension - 1:1 color plallete used in the application

source- www.adobe.kuler.com

Directional

Exit Entry

Left Right Straight down Downstairs

Diagonaly right downDiagonaly left downDiagonaly right upDiagonally left up

General pictograms (Indian Family)

1

?

Waiting room Enquiry Registration desk Queue

Lift Disabled Gents washroom Ladies washroom

No smokingTelephoneDrinking waterCafeteria

Hospital related general pictograms

Blood donation Lab Emergency Operation theartre

DispensaryAmbulanceSpecial wardGeneral ward

First aid Trash binInjection

Medical departments

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Urology Respiratory Cardiology Gynaecology

OpthamologyX-rayOrthopaedicDermatology

Gastrology

Neurology

Genetics Dentistry Paediatrics HIV

Psychiatry ENT Physiotherapy

Pictogram in functional signage

Dentistry

Pictogram in multi-functional signage

Urology

Cafeteria

Final design (Indian folder design- front)

Urology Respiratory Cardiology

Blood Donation Laboratory Emergency

Ambulance

Special wardGeneral ward

X-rayCardiologyDermatology

Trash binInjectionFirst-aidGynaecologyOpthamologyUrology

PharmacyOperation-theatreENTPsychiatryNeurology

Genetics Dentistry

PaediatricsPhysiotherapy

HIV

Medical deparmentpictograms

General medicalpictograms

H o s p i t a lIndian

pictogram designfor signage system

Project by: Swadha Jaiswal

Folder back

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Exit Entry

StaircaseLadies washroom Gents washroom

Enquiry Registration Elavator

HandicappedWaiting roomQueue

Parking Telephone Cafeteria

No smokingKeep silenceDrinking water

Pictogram in functional& multi-functional signage system

General pictograms

Directional pictograms

Left Right

Straight downDownstairs

Diagonaly right down Diagonaly left down

Diagonaly right up

Diagonally left up

Protoyping

Indian �nal folder print

Universal pictogram family

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?

1

Exit Entry

LeftRight Straight down Downstairs Diagonaly right downDiagonaly right up

Waiting room

Enquiry Registration desk

Queue

Lift

Disabled

Gents washroom Ladies washroom

Telephone

Drinking waterCafeteria

EmergencyStairs Special wardParking

Trash bin

Universal pictogram family

WOFPHJINM

QSYLZXKA

No smoking

Blood donation

Lab

Operation theartre

Ambulance First aid

Injection

UrologyRespiratory Cardiology

Gynaecology

Opthamology

X-rayOrthopaedicDermatology

Gastrology Neurology Genetics

Dentistry

Paediatrics

HIV

Psychiatry ENT

Physiotherapy

Universal pictogram in functional signage

Genetics

Universal pictogram in multi-functional signage

Cafeteria

Lab

PICTOGRAMDESIGN

ForSignageSystem

in ahospital

WOFPHJINM

QSYLZXKA

General medicalpictograms

Medical deparmentpictograms

Urology

Respiratory Cardiology

X-rayGastrology

Dermatology

GynaecologyPaediatrics

Physiotherapy

Opthamology

ENTOrthopaedic Neurology

GeneticsDentistry

HIV

Blood Donation

Laboratory

Emergency

Ambulance

Special ward

General ward

Injection

First-aid

Pharmacy

Operation-theatre

Project by:Swadha Jaiswal

Final design (Universal folder design- front)

Folder back

1

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?

Directionalpictograms

Staircase

Ladies washroomGents washroom

Enquiry Registration Trash bin

Elavator

Handicapped

Waiting room Queue

Parking

Telephone

Cafeteria

No smoking

Keep silence

Drinking water

Pictogram in functional& multi-functional signage system

Generalpictograms

Exit Entry

Left Right Straight down

Downstairs

Diagonaly left downDiagonaly right up Diagonally left up

Universal �nal folder print

Thank you.