Helping people find their way
Studio Davis helps communities make places easier to understand and navigate. We plan parking information, pedestrian wayfinding, maps, and signs around the experience of arriving, finding a destination, and making the return trip.
Our approach
Clear information is a form of infrastructure. We look at the points where people make decisions: entering a district, choosing a parking area, reading curb rules, or following a walking route. Field review helps identify missing information, conflicting messages, and opportunities to simplify.
Recommendations connect signs and maps with parking locations, destinations, and pedestrian routes. We prioritize changes so communities can improve the experience in manageable steps.
Our wayfinding and signage services
- Parking wayfinding strategies
- Pedestrian wayfinding and district navigation
- Curb information and regulatory clarity
- Signage audits and field review
- Maps and visitor information
- Arrival, gateway, and implementation planning
Selected project experience
Downtown turnover + wayfinding
Newberg is a city of 25,000 that lies about 25 miles southwest of Portland in the heart of Oregon’s wine country. The waning COVID crisis has combined with the steady…
Downtown parking education + planning
Yachats is a city of about 1,000 residents on the Oregon Coast, but on summer weekends the population can triple or more as visitors flock to “The Gem of the…
Activating underused downtown parking
Forest Grove, a city of 25,000 about 25 miles west of Portland, has seen steady growth over the past several years. It is home to Pacific University, which combines with…