Information Design

  Blog Post 9.25 First Prototypes In our critique on Wednesday, I showed my design process so far for the wayfinding system for undergraduate students living in the dorms to get to their polling place. I showed 2 iterations of my banner design, an example of how I intend to transfer that to a corresponding poster at the polling location, and a draft of a possible map design. None of these iterations are very finalized or near to completion yet in terms of design, but I was mostly playing around with layout of information and what the language/information will actually look like. Looking back at what I presented, I understand Hannah’s point about the importance of the language I use. I was really focused on keeping all the text very informational and to the point, but I think with this mentality I became too concrete and didn’t think enough about the significance of my word choice and how that relates to the viewer. I was coming from the mindset of strictly necessary information and...

Blog Post 9/18/20 Concept Sketches for Project 1 This a sketchbook page from my most recent notes about Project 1. This is my main development of my ideas for the wayfinding system I will create. It explains the different components I was initially thinking about using for my wayfinding system. This includes a large banner acting as a polling station information stand located next to the dorms’ Community Center, with a QR code linking to an interactive digital maps route OR a physical copy of this map as well. The second component includes directional signage to be placed around campus on the way to each polling site guiding students to their destinations. I envisioned these being wrapped around or pasted onto lamp posts as these are common structures that can be found all over campus, rather than banners that are only placed in the diag. The last component included corresponding posters that would be placed at the actual polling locations themselves reassuring students that they are i...

Blog Post 9.11- Toothpaste Map Project These pages show my sketches and brainstorming for my Toothpaste map (showing how to get from Stamps, Room 2420 to my house/bathroom at 924 Sylvan Ave). The first few pages are my ideas and sketches, working through the route I wanted to go for this map and the different symbols I was planning to use. I also include references in these notes, specifically about Giorgia Lupi’s talk. The last image is the final map I turned in for the assignment. Looking back at my brainstorm sketches, I find that I didn’t seem to work through many drastically different ideas. I took a pretty logical approach to this map assignment and really chose to focus on just using the necessary information. I started with a quick look on Google Maps to see what the route looks like visually and started to design my map from there. I think I was very focused on how to best display ONLY the necessary information that I didn’t venture into adding additional design elements- I th...