DIA navigational signage application

Summary

A signage application slide pairing two real-world photos: an interior restroom directional sign and a tall black exterior wayfinding monolith carrying the DIA lockup and directional arrows.

Visual description

Cream slide with the deck's thin terracotta band at the top edge. The left margin holds a small bold sans-serif label, "Navigational Signage". Two portrait photographs sit side by side. The left photo shows a wood-paneled wall with black panels mounting a circular restroom pictogram flanked by black left and right arrow tiles, "RESTROOM" set in small serif caps beneath. The right photo is an outdoor black directional monolith with a vertical gold-orange accent bar down its left edge; at the top the "DIA" mark sits beside "DETROIT INSTITUTE of ARTS" in serif caps on a hairline-divided header, then "PARKING" with a left arrow and "ENTRANCE / THEATRE" with a right arrow, each separated by thin rules. A hairline rule across the bottom carries the page number "37" left, "BRAND GUIDELINES" beside it, and "APPLICATIONS" centered.

Key takeaway

Showing one wayfinding system in two contexts at once, interior and exterior, on a single slide so the system reads as coherent. The single gold accent bar anchoring an otherwise all-black monolith, and the consistent hairline-divided header lockup that scales from a small sign to a large monolith.

Reuse notes

A clean template for the signage or wayfinding page of any identity system, especially museums, campuses, or large public venues. The two-photo split proves the system works at different scales; you need genuine installation photography to carry it. Pairs with the exterior wayfinding and gallery-label slides elsewhere in this deck.