Project 2: Team's proposal

Team Kayano and Ewan!

Subject:
World population growth

Scope:
Our information design would show world population now and 2050

Format:
Map

Our Research and destination:
U.S. Census Bureau

Project 2: Research

United Nations: Economic and Social Council
Youth and drugs: a global overview

University of Michigan
Various stimulant drugs show continuing gradual declines among teens in 2008, most illicit drugs hold steady

UNODC
World Drug Report 2009

2008 Summary of Hazardous Weather Fatalities, Injuries, and Damage Costs by State
state08.pdf

American Heart Association
Overweight and Obesity-Statistics

Week3: Reading Homework (Chapter 2: Part2)

1. Summary of information, topics covered.

The second part of chapter 2 continues about “Wrangling Audience and Content.” Resolving and updating content is very important. Many design artifacts have a shorter shelf life these days, so you need to think and plan ahead a time for updating content in the future. When you are deciding on the final form factor, you need to know it could be different from your first thought, and determine how it would fit your budget and requirement. Creative Brief is around 2-10 pages of outlines about the project. It is necessary you and your team have a clear understood of its background and goals. It is “the source” for project requirements. You need the client’s final approval before you start the project. A basic creative brief content breaks down into client information, project information, project goals and requirements, and project logistics. The writer should be the person who keeps in contact with the client the most, such as the project manager. The chapter also talks about “personas and Scenarios.” It leads you to make a successful information design if you understand its main audience. Scenarios help you to understand how users interact with information design.


2. Two links germaine to topics covered.

http://elise.com/web/a/writing_a_creative_brief.php

• This site explains about writing a creative brief such as background, Objectives, the message, the medium, the deadline, budget, and the responsible parties.

http://tangible-ux.com/services/service.html?cat=user_research

• This site talks about sample tools of user research such as user personas, scenarios, mental models, and task analysis, and explains each tools.

Week2: Reading Homework (Chapter 2: Part1)

1. Summary of information, topics covered

The first part of the chapter 2 reading is about “Politics, Diplomacy, and Consensus” and “”Wrangling Audience and Content.” First, it is very important for designers to understand their clients in regards to their politics, goals, and agendas. Brain storming the project, getting to know the project team and timeline before you start the project is also important. You have to know about the audience of the project and understand the emotional and physical requirements of how you want your audience to respond and interact. The chapter gives you examples of good ways of organizing content such as an alphanumeric/numbering systems, and using pull quotes, captions, timeline graphics, frequent subheads, short text line lengths, and color is also very helpful too. “The written word is a key component of information design.” Using plain language that has clear, concise, and meaningful information for readers is key. Using type hierarchy is an amazing way to create clarity.

2. What real world experience have you had in your life with this kind of content organization, aside from infographics? What real world experience do you have with clients, client politics, as discussed in this chapter -in or out of design related business?

• When I was working for an international phone company, one of the customers couldn’t figure out how to make a phone call using our service. It took us a few days with several phone discussions with him to find out what the problem was. He dialed the right codes, password, and phone number, but never pushed the dial button to connect his phone call. You never know how foolish your client could be, and it could take a lot more time to figure their problems if you forget to tell them the basic directions of a making phone call, that you have to push “DIAL” to make any phone call!
• When I had an assignment to find a bad website, I realized how important it is for us designers to know hierarchy in order to create clarity of information. I really couldn’t find anyway around some of the websites, and it even took me time to find the title of the page!

3. Two URLs that relate to the reading with an explanation of their relevance.

https://academictech.doit.wisc.edu/ORFI/wds/Modules/organizing.htm

http://wiki.sla.org/display/SLA2009/Creating+Pages+and+Organizing+Content

They are all talking about importance of using hierarchy to organize your information.

Project 1 Statement

1. What?
This is information of foot reflexology where main points are on right and left foot. This information would be on the website.

2. Who?
The target audience would be health concern adult who could be possibly interested in yoga, natural product, nature, etc.

3. How?
I like to make this visually simple, but informative, so viewer could try the foot reflexology themselves at home.

4. Why?
The feet would be rounded natural simple shape that are almost from children's book. I will use different colors for each point. I like to use softer/more peaceful color choices.

Project 1-Scketch and context for this project

REFLEXOLOGY

my sketch

I am going to use Illustrator to design the feet, and color code 23-25 points on the feet with name of the parts reflect to them.
The information design will be on the website below.
http://www.myoptumhealth.com/portal/Information/item/Feet+First%3A+Healing+Through+Reflexology?archiveChannel=Home%2FArticle&clicked=true

Week1: Reading Homework (Chapter 1)

1. Summary of information, topics covered

Chapter one talks about what information design is. Using elements of writing, editing, graphics, and illustration can help us understand and communicate information better. The chapter also explains roles and job titles of information. We see information design every day and everywhere; books, on the street, and devices such as PCs, cell phones and etc., and it is needed more everyday. Myself included, there isn’t a day I do not go online for some reason. We always need better information design, but especially in the age of globalization we require effective signs, so people from different places are able to understand. We must learn to make even the most complex data into something simple. We designers must understand the main focus of information or the message of the piece. This chapter also talks about direct response design, litigation graphics, civic policy and information design. It is reassuring to know I have more opportunities in the field I am studying. I really found the following quote insightful, “ What we need is not more information but the ability to present the right information to the right people at the right time, in the most effective and efficient form”-by Robert E Horn, because I think it is pretty much summarizes what this chapter is talking about.

2. Add two anecdotes of “real world stories from the trenches” like what are listed in the preface that you have experienced.

1. When one of my friends came to visit me in Seattle she crossed the street when the “no crossing” sign was displayed with her hand raised high in the air in the middle of busy downtown traffic before I was able to stop her. In Japan, every child learns to check right, left, right again, and then raise your hand high to cross the street, so drivers can see you better. We cross the street when it is green and stop when it is red, but I guess it was a little confusing for her that our red sign is an image of a hand. The hand sign means stop here, but she thought it meant raise your hand, then cross.
2. It was very confusing for me when men and women restroom signs were in Spanish without any other visual help. I understand now, but I didn’t know much English at the time and didn’t know one Spanish word! Do you know which one of sign below is for man or woman?

3. Two URLs that relate to the reading with an explanation of their relevance.

http://www.writerswebsiteplanner.com/design/info_design.htmlThis page is explaining what is good info. Design in one page.

http://www.cactusflower.org/information-design-for-the-webThis page is about Info. Design for the Web. The visual examples help me to understand, and it explain principles of Info. Design such as data richness, the smallest effective difference, and parallelism.

Project 1 research

1.Reflexology

• Self-Educated Russian acupuncturist kills patient with needle therapy!
• Reflexology Chart
• Feet first: Healing through reflexology

• Reflexology a.k.a. Zone therapy

• Foot Reflexology Basics

2.Top 10 Places to See Before You Die

• http://www.brill.nl/images/world_map.gif
  

3. BMI

• http://www.koco.com/health/4346139/detail.html
• http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp?introPage=intro_3.html
  

4. Vitamin cafes: Japan's latest health injection