Wayfinding (or way-finding) encompasses all of the ways in which people (and animals) orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place.

In 1981, Romedi Passini (1981: 17), in his book ‘Wayfinding: A Conceptual Framework’, as an architect, explained wayfinding in the following way: Wayfinding denotes a person’s ability to reach spatial …

We use the term wayfinding to include all processes that allow humans and animals to orient themselves, including traveling over unknown or unmarked trails and paths.

Wayfinding is an informational system of signs, colors, and other design elements that helps people navigate space, often in an urban environment. As the system people use to orient themselves when …

When you see a "You Are Here" map in a mall or follow color-coded lines in a hospital, you're using wayfinding. It's more than just arrows on walls—it's the full system that makes navigation simple and …

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Wayfinding is the cognitive process of determining and following a path through an environment, whether physical (buildings, cities) or digital (websites, applications).