期刊名称：International Journal of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
电子版ISSN：1738-8074
出版年度：2021
卷号：25
期号：3
页码：39-48
DOI：10.20668/adada.25.3_39
语种：Japanese
出版社：アジアデジタルアートアンドデザイン学会
摘要：Emergency signage is key to helping occupants of a building find a safe route in situations involving circulation andevacuation. This study acknowledged existing problems with interpretation of emergency signage and the fact thatemergency signage is often overlooked because of which the recent years witnessed an increase in disaster incidentscaused by signage misconception. Thus, the study examined interpretation factors in the current design of emergencysign age to provide a design reference for emergency signage that positively promotes accuracy of individuals’ perceptionof information conveyed. An examination procedure called “interpretation of direction information experiment” wasconducted to investigate the effectiveness of emergency signage and multidimensional signage by evaluating a set ofquestionnaire responses, an additional in in-depth interview process was also included. A “descriptive response of signagemeaning experiment” and a “direction selecting experiment” were additionally conducted to evaluate the effectiveness ofemergency signage and multidimensional signage through stimulation of emergency evacuation tests. Data were firstcollected and then analyzed to indicate and identify significant points for the improvement of emergency signage by usingthe repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA). An analysis through the eye eye-tracking data method was also conducted. Thedescriptive response of signage meaning test revealed that multidimensional design approaches for emergency signagepromoted a successful rate of information perception and comprehension recorded at an average of 9 94.25 %. The analyzedeye-tracking data showed that multidimensional signage positively benefited participants’ perception of directionalinformation by decreasing the time needed to perceive the information at an average of 31.57% compared to the averagetime span recorded for the British format of emergency signage. The overall results indicated a design reference forsignage development to improve occupants’ ability to navigate and find a designated safe location as well as assist viewersin their way finding process, respectively.
