Design
Distinctive design attributes to the Legible London products include the yellow beacon cap at the top on the panels with the walking person icon, which makes these signs easier to spot within the urban environment and when viewed from a distance. Two maps, a ‘planner map’ and a ‘finder map' are displayed on each side of the monoliths, although some signs are only one–sided.
Both planner and finder maps show ‘walking circles’ to place the user in context of his or her surroundings. The planner map displays a ’15 minutes walk’ circle, while finder maps show ‘5 minutes walk’ circle. These walking circles and the Tube stations shown within these circles all inform the user that the next Tube station is ‘walkable’.
While the map is illustrated in 2D, significant landmarks are shown in 3D, helping users identify the urban environment and also serving as ‘mental navigational tools’. Both planner maps and finder maps are ‘heads–up’ (as opposed to ‘north–up’), a technique used since the Bristol Legible City initiative which is regarded as a predecessor project to Legible London.
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