Wayfinding & ADA signage design
What we do
Ask an industry person where wayfinding ends and ADA begins and you'll get a shrug, because on a real project there is no seam. The directional at the elevator and the tactile room sign beside the door belong to the same system, get drawn in the same set, and fail for the same reason when nobody plans them together.
We design that system: the sign families and message schedules that do the navigating, and the compliant tactile and braille signs the inspector checks. It's one wing of our signage design work.
Wayfinding signage
Sign type families, message schedules, and location plans that get people where they're going.
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Tactile, braille, contrast, and mounting drawn to code so the set clears inspection.
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One owner for the drawings, bids, permits, and schedule across a whole sign program.
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Field-verified inventories with the condition, code, and ADA findings to plan against.
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Who we work with
Campuses and healthcare
Multi-building sites where a wrong turn costs real time and the ADA findings carry real exposure.
Facilities and property teams
Portfolios that need a signage standard to build from, and someone keeping the standard honest.
Architects
Wayfinding and code signage documented to sit inside your set and survive plan check with it.
Wayfinding & ADA, answered
Didn't find your question? Ask us directly — straight answers, no runaround.
- Is ADA signage part of wayfinding?
- In practice, yes. The room IDs, stair signs, and restroom signs the ADA regulates are the last links in the wayfinding chain, so we draw them into the system from the first sketch instead of bolting them on. Each side has its own depth, which is why wayfinding and ADA each get a page here.
- What's in a wayfinding signage package?
- A sign type family, a message schedule, location plans, elevations and details, and permit-ready drawings, all agreeing with each other. The full anatomy is on the wayfinding signage page.
- Do you survey existing buildings first?
- When the project needs it, yes. A sign survey documents every sign a site already has, with the condition, code, and ADA findings attached, and the design work starts from that record instead of from memory.
- Who handles fabrication and installation?
- Not us, and that's deliberate. We design and document, and any qualified shop can bid and build from the set. If you want one owner across the whole program, that's what our program management covers.
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