Chapter Four Finding and re-finding: From need to information

Finding is multistep. Recall something about the information. Recognize it when we see it. Repeat as needed. But also, we have to remember to find it in the first place. Finding is not just about big acts to seek new information “out there.” The many small acts to find the familiar can kill a day. Wayfinding treats finding as a journey—from a need and the situation prompting it, to information, and then back again.

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I do not seek. I find.

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