Environmental Graphic Design

Investigate The Society of Environmental Design
Environmental Graphic Design embraces many design disciplines including graphic, architectural, interior, landscape, and industrial design, all concerned with the visual aspects of wayfinding, communicating identity and information, and shaping the idea of place.

Some common examples of work by EGD practitioners include wayfinding systems, architectural graphics, signage, exhibit design, identity graphics, civic design, pictogram design, retail and store design, mapping and themed environments.

Have a look at the:
2007 Design Awards
and more examples, by poking around the site. You can also look @ the Communication Arts magazines, check the table of contents under Exhibition. These have loads of ideas and applications.

Design Challenge:
Create an environmental design to be applied to the windows of CDIA’s ‘new building [across the street]. Your designs might include: a typographical approach, involve photography or perhaps involve illustration. For example let’s say we wanted you to promote ‘design @ CDIA’. What images would you use? How will you approach the design of this? Which elements of art will you apply to your design?

Be open to ideas.
At the onset, there are no boundaries.
Think of what overall idea [about the college or design], you desire to convey.