{"id":279,"date":"2012-02-05T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T20:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2015-08-20T22:42:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:42:36","slug":"design-street-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Design Street Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"stag-section stag-intro-text\"><p>A design challenge to visualize common design phrases in street sign format.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Working in a design career there are plenty of common phrases you love\/hate to hear. I wanted to try to visualize a few of them in street sign format. I chose street signage as a challenge because the format must be accessible to the lowest common denominator of any target audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Street signs typically are no more than 2 colors, visually graphic, and with as little text as is possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since the intended target audience are designers there I used visual cues that may not necessarily be immediately recognizable by a non-designer but the intent was to try to make them generally understandable to all.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-279 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-shadow.png'><img width=\"193\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-shadow-193x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-shadow-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-shadow.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-284'>\n\t\t\t\tCould you add a drop shadow?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-logo.png'><img width=\"193\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-logo-193x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-logo-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-logo.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282'>\n\t\t\t\tMake the logo bigger!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-ps.png'><img width=\"193\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-ps-193x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-ps-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.lindsaygensinger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/signs-ps.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-283'>\n\t\t\t\tJust Photoshop it.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in a design career there are plenty of common phrases you love\/hate to hear. 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