BASIC STUDY ON PICTOGRAMMES AT BEACH SPACE

Abstract

With the increase of the leisure'time of the Japanese, various recreational activities are taking place at beach space in Japan today. The improvement of beach space is an urgent task in view of the growing trend of urban dwellers to visit such space for relaxation. This Study focuses on signs (pictogrammes) which constitute the only information function for people visiting beach space and examines the level of recognition and action-inducement effect of each sign to establish the usefulness of pictogrammes. The study results indicate that the relation between the objects for expression and the components of the pictogrammes is an important factor to determine the degree of difficulty (or ease) of understanding each pictogramme. Meanwhile, analysis from the viewpoint of noun attributes found that the components of each pictogramme can be clearly indicated by words. The study results also suggest the possibility of an action-inducement effect of pictogrammes.