Press
Selected articles on our work have appeared in national design publications and in the general press, including:
The Road to Clarity, The New York Times Magazine, August 12, 2007
Signs Shape Up, American Scientist, September-October, 2006
Road Signs of the Times, The New York Times, December 21, 2005
Safer Roads for Seniors, The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2005
Adopt a Font, I.D. (International Design), March-April, 2005
New Sign Language, Wired Magazine, March, 2005
Clearly Better, Creative Review (United Kingdom), January 2005
Welcome Interstate Managers, Print Magazine, March-April, 2004
Finding 429 Million Visitors a Year, SEGDdesign, January 2004
Evolution of a Typeface Design, SEGDdesign, February 2003
Signs of the Times, I.D. (International Design), February 1999
Clearer Signs Ahead, Ergonomics in Design, July, 1998
Specialty of Making Sense of Signs, The New York Times, March 19, 1998
Designers Clarify Highway Hieroglyphics, The Wall Street Journal, December 1, 1995
The Ins and Outs of Symbol Design, How, August 1998
Signs to Make Clear Opportunities for Fun, The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 1992
Human Factors Research
Peer reviewed research papers by Donald Meeker as author or co-author have been published by:
Transportation Research Record, National Academy of Sciences (2 author, 3 co-author)
Ergonomics in Design, the Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (co-author)
Transportation Engineering, the Journal of American Society of Civil Engineers (author)
Publications and Casebooks
Portfolios of projects, articles and/or chapters by Donald Meeker have been published in various design reference books including:
The Wayfinding Handbook: David Gibson, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
Signage and Wayfinding Design: Chris Calori, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007
Wayfinding: Craig Berger, RotoVision, 2005
Urban Identities: Gail Deibler Finke, Madison Square Press, 1998
Signs and Spaces: J. Abbott Miller / DK Holland, Rockport/Allworth Editions, 1994
Awards and Peer Recognition
Meeker & Associates has received national awards for design achievement including:
2008 Achievement Award from the World Traffic Safety Symposium for designs to improve public safety.
Stewardship Award from Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area for a sign system based on historic and geologic forms.
Merit Award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design for the design of a typeface.
Design for Understanding Award from the American Institute for Graphic Arts for chemical label system.
Honor Award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design for development and design of UniGuide Standards for the National Park Service
Design Award for the Recreation Sign Standard Program for the Corps of Engineers, Society for Environmental Graphic Design
Design Award for the National Recreation Symbols Design, Society for Environmental GraphicDesign
Award for Design Excellence from the National Endowment for the Arts for Design Standards Design for the Federal Aviation Administration
Award for Design Excellence from the National Endowment for the Arts for Design Standards Design for park sign standards for the Corps of Engineers