MORE EVERYDAY POINTERS.

Twin Arrows (below)
These 25-foot-long examples (7.6 meters) can be seen at the site of the Twin Arrows Trading Post on Route 66 in Arizona. The business closed in 1995 after Interstate 40 took away most of the passing traffic. In 2009, the arrows were renovated.

Street direction
Frédérik Ruys, a longtime friend of mine, lives on this street in Utrecht (in the Netherlands). The traffic circle contains a large north arrow. Frédérik’s house is easy to identify, and clearly belongs to an infographics person, as it has a big pictogram of a bike on the roof.

By the way, the bike symbol contains the first initial of everyone who lives in the house (Frédérik’s family). An earlier post about an example of his visualization work is here: https://wp.me/p7LiLW-Ru

Home furnishings
Keep your books in position with an arrow going right through them. https://bit.ly/2KpV5W1

I came across this cushion in a store in Columbus (on one of my very rare expeditions away from my desk).

I need this arrow cube. It was designed by Kevin Dresser. https://bit.ly/2DVXIhP

So many variations
Julie Elman (a professor here in VisCom at Ohio University) used a lot of different arrow examples on this cover for Design Journal, the magazine of the Society for News Design.

Venetian arrows
Talking of VisCom, we’ve just been on a trip to Venice. The retro signage kept us heading in the right direction. Sometimes.

Orientation
Multi-directional signs to distant locations are common at tourist places. Why? Not entirely sure what the answer is to that. Anyway, this one is in the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

An earlier post about arrows: https://wp.me/s7LiLW-arrows