I haven’t thought this completely through, but what about colors of string or yarn though hoops, hooks, velcro tabs, plastic cord holders, etc. appropriately placed. String/Yarn could be removed and replaced as/when necessary.
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Thanks! I definitely appreciate that you got a NASA feel from it. I wanted to put some of acronyms from Star trek in the lines GN:DN (goes nowhere does nothing) and stuff like that, but the task quickly out grew me. I wanted to make the lines have a more “circuitry” feel to them, buuut see above.
Painting around them shouldn’t have been too hard, the secret to them is the colored lines were the width of 2" painters tape, the gaps in between were 1" painters tape. Since they were raised from the original paint it would have been pretty easy to keep the bleeding down, with some tape over them.
We could re do them at the roof level, or even on the ceiling but they aren’t as easy to follow when they aren’t eye level.
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I have to agree with @jast I personally liked them. The new people do tend to pop their heads into classrooms to see what classroom it is.
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I liked them a lot. Probably a quicker way would be colored vinyl tape. They now have enough colors.
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Yeah that would make it easier to edit later too. The over the door signs were significantly easier just using vinyl stickers instead of painting them
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I went ahead and printed a cropped version of this layout and taped it to the main entry.
I have also put it on the bulletin board.
I will also try and get it added to the Handbook in the near future.
I’m against the lines as they get in the way of the art shows when we have them. I think labels just above the doors should be sufficient. Make them cool like what is above the woodshop double doors. ( my 2 cents).
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What about color coded doors /door frames? They could match the committee colors, which could match the signs, which could match the color coded floorplans…
I may not have thought this all the way through…
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I agree.
Copycat! 
Hence my idea about colored string/yarn/whatever on unobtrusive holders…they are removable and put-back-upable.
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Stan had a great idea last night.
That would be to run an LED strip, on the wall, near the floor, to all the rooms. From the lobby, there would be a master “show me the way to a room” control. You choose a location and the LED would run a color keyed “follow me”, to that room for a set amount of time. Starts at the lobby, a 1 foot length color coded indicator that would move toward the room chosen. 3D and electronics would run a shorter time, the Interactive classroom would be longer. Shop locations would be to the center controlled door with a message about needing a badge. And the follow me drops you next to a map.
For space usage, this would be minimal and would not interfer with art shows.
For DMS, it is pretty cool and high tech feature.
It automatically can answer the “how do I get to this room” question.
It is a project that can be written up and published.
Starts with a touch screen with 2 options. Either a map or a list of rooms. Once you tap your selection, it would activate a “follow me”. It would be designed to run multiple “follow me” designators.
I have not priced it yet.
Location. Lobby is obvious and has some setup issues. Above the water fountain. To the right of the galley. On the wall where the job line is located.
If there is enough positive feedback, I will come up with some $$$ numbers and present it to the board to be my next project after the hallway refresh.
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Instead of the walls how about the ceiling. Similar to the light the path feature on airplanes. I’m sure @Dawsmart could help us plan some blinkin’ LEDs.
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The file for the CA hallway sign.
We started it but it never was complete.
Totally up to @missydee1206 and @mreynolds or anyone who takes on the task of redoing the rooms now.
I’m just putting this here if it can be reused.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-9lwxsfTaRgeDZwR3BoTGl6STA?usp=sharing
Yes, and out of the way of the vacuum cleaner, the CA rolling carts, and anything else that gets carried through there!
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Blinkin LED’s are cool!
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Ok I have no idea how this could be done, but I just had
a vision of a panel in the lobby where one could punch a
button for a classroom and a series of flashing lights would
lead one to the right room
Signs would be easier however, but not as much fun!
Names would go above doors.
Blinky lights would lead you there.
Here is the initial LED challenge. There are 3 initial paths and 1 fork near the end. Starting from the doorway leading in from the lobby, next to 3D not the front door. Design 3 light paths from that location. #1 To Electronics. #2 Front Hallway to the Media Room. #3 To the Interactive Classroom then with a branch to the center locked door.
Restrictions. Choose inside or outside hallway wall. Keep it off the ceiling, as much as possible. Running it along the floor boards (3 inches off the ground) as much as possible. Keep it off the floor. Follow door frames.
There could be an implied jump too. Think of following the wall where the Purple Classroom is located. When it come to the General Use Room how do you get to the Conference Room? #1. Go up to the ceiling and across. #2. Skip to the floor board by the Conference Room. #3. Stay at the top of the walls for these 2 rooms. #4. Or something else like a flashing LED bar above the door needed.
Keep in mind French Cleats are going up along ALL walls in the hallways.
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Not to be a party pooper, but any system to lead someone from the lobby to a destination needs to take travel time into account. Not too fast and not too slow. Ideal is something like a fleet of escort drones.
A system using LED lighting should be able to lead multiple parties simultaneously. Instead of lighting a single path, it should use something like a moving patch of a specified color for each request so that trips do not have to be spaced 20 seconds apart.
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Correct. That was my thought process as well.
A 1 foot color coded “follow me” that would move down the correct hallway. Verbally, one could say “Follow the blue pointer to the Interactive Classroom”.
I think the code to animate movement on a LED strip already exists. The question will be how many “follow me” animations can be running at once.
Timing on the “follow me” would be based on a slow walk. The actual “follow me” should repeatedly run, at a fast walk, from the lobby to the destination, like a dog on a walk. I would like to see a summary of active “follow me” and how much longer they will run. If a second person needed to go to the same place, they could “renew” that “follow me”.
Just had a smart complicating idea. What shows in the lobby is also a list of current classes.
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I really like this idea, I’ll make a model of what I think we could reasonably make.
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Threada bump. I was about to start a thread but saw one via “similar to your post” great function, by the way.
I’m about to get vinyl cutter certified in this system and will start posting proposed ideas under general logistics and each department tagged per sign.
The creative arts design on the google drive looks fantastic. vinyl over recycled plastic board in contrast would be a fantastic quick and easy look.
At the moment there is plenty of white space above each door. About to get started on photoshopping after lunch.
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