The Normandy Campaign
The Normandy Campaign
The Normandy Campaign
The Normandy Campaign
The Normandy Campaign
The Normandy Campaign

The Normandy Campaign

The Design Office, 2007

Description

The Normandy Campaign interactive map is presented on a 30" touchscreen panel at the new Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center in France. Its purpose is to inform visitors about the general progress of the campaign, while offering the enthusiast a detailed chronology and videos.

The three-month campaign starts on D-Day and is sequenced into 10 periods. Each period screen includes an overview, along with front-line and troop positions. Troop chronicles appear when a division patch is selected. A particular division may be followed throughout the presentation.

Government regulations mandated that the project be available in both French and English and be handicap accessible. The typeface Knockout was chosen for the display type because of its versatility in both languages. Essential navigation exists in the bottom half of the screen in order to accommodate the limited reach of wheelchair users.

Nearly one million visitors enter the cemetery and Center every year.

Collections: AIGA 365: 29 (2008)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Information design
Format: Map

Credits

Design firm
The Design Office
Designer
John Caserta
Illustrator
John Caserta
Production coordinator
Shelby Frantz
Production artist
Jori Ketten
Editor
Mike Conley
Writer
Gen. John S. Brown
Producer
Max Lewkowicz
Client
American Battle Monuments Commission
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