Stop By this Sign Series

Slate, the daily Web magazine, has a new department called “Signs 2010: How they tell us where to go.” At press time, there are six articles in the series, all written by Julia Turner, and all full of interesting tidbits for graphic designers and other creative types.
* The Secret Language of Signs: They’re the most useful thing you pay no attention to. Start paying attention.
* Lost in Penn Station: Why are the signs at the nation’s busiest train hub so confusing?
* Legible London: Can better signs help people understand an extremely disorienting city?
* Do You Draw Good Maps? A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours.
* The Big Red Word vs. the Little Green Man: The international war over exit signs.
* A World Without Signs: Does the advent of GPS mean we’ll no longer need them?