When Signage and Wayfinding becomes a Nuisance.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the absences of well-planned and structured policy for signages on the three of the campuses of the University of Education, Winneba. Hence the topic; When Signage and Wayfinding Becomes a Nuisance. The need for this study was the difficulty freshmen and visitors who visit the University of Education, Winneba campuses go through before finding their way to their various destinations. It was a great bother for most freshmen and visitors and there was the need to investigate how this challenge would be surmounted with design. Preliminary investigations by the researchers over a long period showed that, inconsistencies in the designing and production, installing of signages at the appropriate place, coupled with, the Ghanaian culture of indecorous maintenance and disposal of obsolete items has been an issue to be checked, forms the problem of the study. This study was grounded in the qualitative research approach and adopted descriptive design method. Population for the study was everybody who has direct interaction with the three campuses of the University of Education, Winneba and tries to navigate their way around. Convenient sampling technique was employed to sample ninety-seven (97) respondents for the study. The study spun a period of twenty-one weeks using observation (unobtrusive) and interviews (unstructured) to collect primary data from respondents which were analysed descriptively and narratively. The study recommends that, a committee be put together and tasked to design and produce a manual that would serve as a guide for the production of appropriate signages for the university’s campuses. The inconsistencies in the design, production and installing of signages on campus would be taken care of by this set committee.