Mijksenaar

New York and New Jersey Airports

Client: Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Period: 1999 – ongoing
Awards: SEGD Honor Award, 2003 (PDF, 188 KB)

In 1999 the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey commissioned Mijksenaar to develop a new signage system for three major airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia.

The hundreds of signs at an airport are meant to help travelers find nearly as many destinations. Reading and interpreting all these signs can make the head spin. A good solution to this problem is to keep the number of signs to a minimum. A color-coded system helps reduce the number of signs to be read. With such a system in place, passengers will follow only those signs that are relevant to them at that given moment:

- Yellow signs offer information pertaining to flights
- Black signs refer to airport facilities
- Green signs indicate how to leave the airport

Download New York Airports portfolio sheet (PDF, 240 KB)

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