Nussbaumer, Chapter 15
Fig. 1-This store has wide areas for navigation. Retail design is another area of commercial design, and is very diverse, from the people shopping and working to the building itself. A design professional must be aware of all of this diversity and so human factors are necessary again. Particularly with retail, one's personal space is frequently invaded when moving through crowded aisles and areas in stores (Fig. 1). Fig. 2- This picture of a retail space has a mix of materials to reinforce that store's brand and image. Circulation through stores is hard to achieve but needs to happen. Retail stores now are required to be ADA accessible. Wide lanes help those who have disabilities. They also help to give space to allow people to stand around products. The store also needs to be able to navigated easily. Diverse people of all backgrounds are shopping in the stores. Users of the space have to be able to find what they need and have to be able to move around one anothe...
