Barbican seeks wayfinding designers to improve its baffling layout

The Barbican Art Centre’s famously awkward layout may be easier to find your way around as they’ve launched a design competition to improve the wayfinding signage around the estate.The navigation improvements project is part of a longer-term redevelopment of the arts centre to upgrade its facilities, for which the City of London recently awarded £191 million.
Since its opening in 1982, the Barbican’s multi-layered design has presented ongoing challenges for wayfinding and