Introduction

Oilseed rape field.Colour is imbued with many meanings. Yellow is the colour of communication, mental stimulation, optimism and happiness. In China it is the colour of royalty, of luck and of the Earth. A case of semantics and semiotics.

Yellowfields is the trading name of cartographer and information designer, Jason Clark. He has over 20 years of experience gained within both the public and private sectors and currently works out of his studio based in south Devon.

He works with organisations small and large, both independently and collaboratively, dependent upon project requirements.

His core services are cartography and information design (spatial information design). Typically, clients are engaged in the fields of town planning, transport, architecture, urban design, regeneration, environmental management and conservation.

Projects range from turn-key design and production solutions through to design thinking and research leading to proposal formulation or communication strategies. Wayfinding projects may encompass movement analysis, network development, information planning and product design.

Ultimately, all projects are about engaging and meeting the needs of the end user — communicating the most complex and abstract ideas and proposals with clarity and simplicity is fundamental.

“Don’t design for everyone. It’s impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.”

—Leisa Reichelt

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Open Source Mapping

Extracts from OpenStreetMap and OS OpenData online viewers.

Extracts from the OpenStreetMap (left) and the OS OpenData (right) online viewers.

It has always been difficult to develop copyright or rights-free mapping. Unless you have carried out your own detailed land survey, all maps must be derived from pre-existing maps, orthophotos, or similar. But, things are different now. More…

Spatial Operating Environments

John Underkoffler points to the future of UI.

John Underkoffler points to the future of UI.

As the Minority Report science adviser and inventor, John Underkoffler demos g-speak— the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. More…

Inform and Persuade

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

In town planning, urban design and architecture it is important to present your proposals in the clearest and most communicative form. It is about trying to achieve a balance between being informative and persuasive. More…

Cartographic tools for the Mac

Application icons.

Do you know your application icons?

It is probably reasonable to suggest that most designers are Mac-based and most GIS-users are PC-based. If like me, you need to use tools across the board, from GIS to design, what options do you really have if you want to work on a Mac? More…

Interface Design

Apple’s application interface.

A short but explicit graphic summary extolling the virtues of simplicity in interface design. First posted by Eric Burke back in 2008, but still worth a revisit! More…

Walking Maps

Extract from a walking map for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Extract from one of two walking maps designed and produced for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Walking maps can have various uses, but generally, they all promote a healthy lifestyle, discovery, exploration and a sense of place. More…