Tully School Educate Together
Wayfinding Design Guidelines
Contents
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We are Tully School About us Our Concept
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Design Elements Colour Palette Materials Typography Iconography
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Exterior Signage Type
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Interior Signage Type
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Signage Placement
01 We are Tully School
About Us
Our Concept
Educate Together is a modern, dynamic charity that is redefining standards in inclusive, learner-centred education. It is providing a long-overdue choice of equality-based primary and second-level schools for thousands of families in Ireland. It is working to transform the learning environment for all pupils so that they are properly prepared for life in the twenty-first century.
Tully National School Educate Together is committed to placing students at the centre of everything they do, supporting each child to achieve their full potential, preparing them to become caring and active members of a modern and culturally diverse society. The school building is created to be acessible to every student and all visitors.
Our Ethical Education curriculum ‘Learn Together’ supports children’s moral and spiritual development and teaches children about different belief systems. They also learn about democracy, human rights and stewardship of our environment. This curriculum has been developed over 35 years in Irish primary schools and is an important part of making Educate Together schools welcoming and inclusive. The Educate Together Charter describes schools that guarantee equality of access and esteem to children irrespective of their social, cultural or religious background, are learner centred in their approach to education and are run as participatory democracies, with respectful partnership between parents, pupils and staff.
Students or even adults who are overresponsive to visual input have difficulty filtering out the varying visual stimulation in a room and is very aware of their surroundings. This causes the them to be easily distracted and in more extreme cases them may feel overwhelmed and highly anxious. We wanted to prevent this by creating signage that was simple, using basic shapes, toned down colours and cohesive typography to minimize sensory overload.
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02 Design Elements
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Typography We chose to use a sans serif font as letters can appear less crowded. Sans serif have slightly increased readability compared to serifs. They look good when their size is reduced, and they tend to retain their visual appeal. Avenir which is a geometric typeface is constructed from geometric shapes. This also lends itself to looking more cohesive with the overall visual language.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Avenir Heavy
Avenir Roman
Colour Palette For the colour palette, we wanted something that was fun and appealing to children, but not too vivid and bright as to overwhelm them. We decided to keep using the exisiting Educate Together colour palette which both had the balance of friendliness and calmness. Using these colours also reinforces the core values of Educate Together as well as their mission. For our secondary colour palette we used alternatives to colours such as white and black, which can appear too dazzling or harsh. We instead used a cream, soft pastel colour and a dark navy to soften the visuals. While contrast can be provided by black text on a white background this is not so beneficial when considering dyslexia, as research confirms that pastel backgrounds accomodate dyslexic users.
Primary Palette
Pantone: 1235 C CMYK: 1, 32, 100, 0
Pantone: 3125 C CMYK: 73, 6, 20, 0
Pantone: 2027 C CMYK: 0, 86, 81, 0
Pantone: 360 C CMYK: 54, 0, 100, 0
Pantone: 681 C CMYK: 27, 86, 81, 0
Secondary Palette
Pantone: 4147 C CMYK: 89, 88, 43, 47
Pantone: 11-0608 TPG CMYK: 0, 0.5, 1, 0
Pantone: 12-4301 TPG CMYK: 7, 21, 34, 1
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Materials We used wood to highlight our concept and logo’s metaphor of building blocks as a foundation of growth for the children, just like how the values of Educate Together encourages children to be the best they can be. Using wood with less grain avoids the user to be distracted by background patterns. The organic aspects of the wood such as it’s warm colour and ties to nature also prompts the user to associate the school with hospitable and welcoming qualities. Using matte materials also reduces the light from glaring on the signage.
Primary Palette
Sycamore wood
Screen Print on wood
Cedar Wood
Vinyl Wall Graphics
Iconography
Floor Levels
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Principal’s Office
Library
Staff Room
Gym Hall
Toilets
Wheelchair Accessible
Stairs
Lift
Arrow
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For the outdoor signage, we wanted something that was not so condense, bulky and heavy looking. Plinths can look blocky so we decided to use wooden posts with panels attached to allow air through and look more open and spacious. Using the wooden posts allows for the signage to not look too cluttered and overwhelming and create a school atmosphere that was welcoming and not look so intimidating.
Signage Overview
3000 mm
2500 mm
Car Park
2000 mm
Entrance Tully Park
Welcome! 1500 mm
You are here!
1000 mm
500 mm
Tully School ET
Ball Park
Entrance
Play Area
Visitor Car Park
Open Space
Tully Park
Staff Car Park
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2200mm
Identification for building site
1450mm
600mm
Post and Panel Locational Sign
950mm
Tully School ET
Ball Park
Entrance
Play Area
Visitor Car Park
Open Space
Tully Park
Staff Car Park
850mm
1800mm
You are here!
900mm
120mm
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Directional Fingerboard
Car Park Entrance Tully Park
2400mm
40mm
650mm
Entrance
20mm
100mm
Identification Post Ex. 1
1900mm
300mm
70mm
50mm
Welcome!
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Identification Post Ex. 2
1900mm
70mm
400mm
Open Space
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For the indoor signage, we wanted to keep it simple and just have some of the shapes on the walls to direct the users to different landmarks. Changing up the scale or angle of the shapes creates a playfulness in the overall atmosphere of the school but doesn’t imply something that is childish and immature. We tried to create a balance that would appeal to students as well as adults who are visiting for the first times they would be the least familiar with the site.
Signage Overview
3500 mm
3000 mm
2500 mm
Class 12 2000 mm Tully School Educate Together
1500 mm
GP Hall Class 6–12 You are here!
1000 mm
500 mm
Principal’s Office
Gym Hall
Sensory Room
Office
Library
Para-Ed Room
Resource
Safe Space
Open Space
Wheelchair Accessible
Stairs
Lift
Bathrooms
Class 6–14
Reception Principal’s Office Resource SN Class 1–2 Library Multi-sensory Room Safe Space Office
Open Space
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Locational Panel Sign
20mm
1000mm
Tully School Educate Together
You are here!
Principal’s Office
Gym Hall
Sensory Room
Office
Library
Para-Ed Room
Resource
Safe Space
Open Space
Wheelchair Accessible
Stairs
Lift
Bathrooms
Class 6–14
1000mm
2700mm
Floor Identificator
GP Hall Class 6–9 Reception Principal’s Office Resource Class 10–14 Library Multi-sensory Room Safe Space Office
2000mm
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30mm
150mm
Directional Signs
Library 450mm
200mm
Open Space 20° 300mm
Class 12
80mm
50mm
Identification Sign Ex. 1
150mm
600mm
80mm
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100mm
40mm
Identification Sign Ex. 2
50mm
25mm
100mm
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Identification for building site
Locational Panel Sign
Post and Panel Locational Sign
Floor Indenticator
Directional Fingerboard
Directional SignsIdentification
Identification Posts
Identification Signs
(01) 524 0131 tullyschool@gmail.com www.tullynationalschool.ie Tully Park, Cherrywood, Dublin 18, Co. Dublin.