A centre called New London Architecture, off Tottenham Court Road, is holding an exhibition called Legible London sponsored by Transport for London, central London local authorities and the Central London Partnership, to look at ways of making London a more user friendly place to walk around for residents and first time visitors.
London currently has 32 different designs of signposts and with all the other road side signage junk, traffic lights, bollards, barriers and other stuff that clogs up the streets, its visually crowded and not the easiest place for a newcomer to an area to figure out.
Legible London wants to find a simple wayfinding system for anyone trying to around walk the city and also get people away from using something like the tube map to navigate above ground. Its a brillant map for working your way round the tube network but a lot of the time two places on a tube map bear no relation to their real position above ground.
The exhibition’s on until March 2007 and they’re looking for feedback from Londoners and visitors through sharing their ideas and thoughts on what its like to walk around by answering questionnaires, polls or contributing to their website. New London Architecture is located in The Building Centre on Store Street and is free to enter. Its open Mon-Fri 9am–6pm, Sat 10am–4pm, closed Sundays.
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