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Signage & wayfinding · client work · 2026
Freeman Hospital Wayfinder
Scan the QR code on a hospital sign and get walked to your ward.
The story
Built for patients and visitors at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle who arrive at a big, confusing site. Scanning the QR code on a printed wayfinding sign opens the trust's own site map, already knowing which sign you are standing at, and draws step-by-step walking directions to any ward, clinic or building. Staff can post short-term changes such as closed roads or entrances.
The clever bit
The map is the hospital's own printed sign drawing converted to razor-sharp vector, with a 'fan' of routes from your sign to every building drawn in the sign's own visual language.
What it does
- Opens at the sign you scanned, no searching for 'you are here'
- Step-by-step walking directions drawn on the official site map
- Searchable A to Z of wards, clinics and departments
- Step-free route option
- Live service alerts for closed roads and entrances
- Staff admin for updates and scan statistics
- For
- Hospital patients and visitors; NHS estates and wayfinding staff
- Status
- Working build
- Works with
- Supabase (alerts and scan stats) · QR codes · 3D site view
- Built with
- Next.js 16 · TypeScript · Zustand · Three.js · Tailwind CSS · Python data build scripts
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