Wayfinding Project Reflections

It's the start of a new semester and I am excited to participate in the BDS 102 course. I had a lot of fun and learned a great amount last semester, so I am certain I will feel the same by the time the year is over. For our first project, Richard Branham has introduced what 'wayfinding' is. Our project is centralized around this idea and technique. It took a while for me to absorb all of this new info. There is quite a lot of steps and thinking that go into this. I think it's a little confusing, especially because Professor Branham and most of the other class instructors explain the idea differently (the instructors usually in more of a basic, understandable way). However, I'm beginning to feel comfortable with the project and am aware of what is expected. I am in a group with Heather Boone, Lauren Lawton, and Mackenzie Eveland. We have decided to focus our wayfinding study on how to navigate the KU rec center. We chose one new student who has never been to the rec before to find her way to the bicep machine. When presenting our project, we hope to make this process a bit more clear by adding signs, landmarks, and other navigating tools to better this journey. Yesterday, Heather and I went to the rec to take pictures of the machine, the different parts and rooms of the whole building, and took a video of us walking to the machine from the front desk. Our next step is to start planning and developing the other tools (signs, paths, reference maps) that will help the user.