Functional solid nylon door and wall Icon sign. Suitable for commercial and public applications. They are ideal for schools, hospitals, care homes, restaurants, train stations or any environment where colour coding is required. They have square corners and are supplied complete with self adhesive backing
The ascent of the pictogram makes sense. It requires no language skills, either foreign or indigenous. It is self-explanatory. Public lavatory pictograms are surely one of the most widely accepted and successful examples of intuitive design. If all public design was so very rational and obvious, life, of course, might be less fun than it is when confronted with and happily challenged by signs that make us smile, or laugh at with a mix of embarrassment and guilt.
One of the best early examples of intuitive global signs for public lavatories was that created for British Rail in the mid-1960s. As part of a major modernisation programme, the state railway was given a new and all-embracing corporate identity by DRU [Design Research Unit], a design studio founded by Marcus Brumwell and Misha Black in 1943. Working with Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir, who designed a distinctive Rail Alphabet typeface based on Helvetica, DRU devised a clean-cut and convincingly modern aesthetic that was applied to all locomotives, trains, stations, published material and, yes, signs for lavatories.
These are a timeless designs that will work with a variety of interior styles. They have been manufactured in Germany since the 1970's.
150mm Tall x 100mm Wide
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