This monograph explores the field of signage and information systems all around us which we may take for granted. In every part of the world there are traffic and public transport systems that keep life in the communte running smoothly. In every airport, bus and train station there is information boards and maps at hand to help us on our way efficiently. Here selected examples are used to portray the creation and implementation of these systems by the experts who make them. The early history of subway and metro is recorded right through to the present day by a host of key figures and events,...

This, the second volume of In the Hands of Design Minds is a continuation of the transitional theme of volume one concerning the educational and vocational relevance of design, creativity and innovation. This volume will explore and critique the greater establishments of society of the Monetary, Law and Political institutions in relation to industrial behavior and resource utilization. Here, transition concerns socioeconomic models to possible and near future ones, using design as a theme to critique what have been designed, evolved or even contrived and to further argue what may need to be...