Totetsu Training Institute
Wayfinding System for Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
The client, founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. The designer Takuya Wakizaki, the founder of MOTIVE Inc., created a wayfinding system for the institute, which the client built to develop human resources. For the design motif, the designer used rail lines-the core identity of the client. Through the design, the designer strove to create a space that would help trainees feel a sense of pride in their work.
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Unique Properties
Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In addition, the design team used rail scrap for the facility’s name sign and portions of the stairs to capture the company's personality with creative aesthetic accents.
Tags
Wayfinding, Signage, Orientation Design, Environmental Design, Graphic
Production Technology
Facility’s name sign - Used rail scrap Rail line-1 - Steel Rail line-2 - PVC flooring Typography - Floor marking film
Design Challenge
Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In other words, the rail-line design becomes a flow line. This line had to run through the building uninterrupted, and safety had to be taken to prevent users from stumbling. Since the rail lines were constructed by connecting the divided parts, severe dimensional accuracy is required. The rail lines' curves, intersections, branches, etc., were very difficult construction.
Project Duration
The project started in June 2019. The project finished in December 2021. Located in Ibaraki, JAPAN.
Operation Flow
Rooms in blind areas or rooms that need to be accessed through narrow corridors are less likely to be recognized by users. With the rail-line design, users can see a destination in blind areas or beyond narrow corridors and change the inactive space into an active one.
Research
You can find animals' whereabouts, such as foxes, by following the footprints left on the snow-covered ground. Many people will have had the experience of walking across the pedestrian crossing only on the white line as a child. If multiple shapes are drawn on the ground, Hopscotch will start. These unknowingly acquired behavioural habits, which are difficult to prove chemically, can be a hint for designing a wayfinding system. The marks on the floor are great for informing, inducing, and controlling behaviour.
Inspiration
Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd., founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. For the design motif, the design team used rail lines-the core identity of Totetsu Kogyo, which continues to thrive in the rail sector.
Image Credits
All Images: Photographer Takeshi Shinto, 2021
Project Overview
Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System has been a Silver winner in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design award category in the year 2021 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
Takuya Wakizaki was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2022, a testament to excellence of their work Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System.
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Wayfinding System at Totetsu Training Institute Wins Silver A' Design Award
The Totetsu Training Institute's wayfinding system, designed by Takuya Wakizaki, has been awarded the prestigious Silver A' Design Award for Interface, Interaction, and User Experience Design in 2022. The system, completed in December 2021, is located in Ibaraki, Japan, and is a testament to innovative design and functionality.
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