Legible London

The legible London trip was very interesting and a real eye opening experience, the info graphics and way finding signage that i found as shown above, are all very inspiring designs that i love the look of. In particular i love the finger post and information board design, the way they have the bold brightly coloured strip above them. 

Leaflet Research

These two leaflets or maps caught my eye as i really liked the style in which they had both been done in. The top one has in the background of the leaflet an old classic looking map, with roads and a few main building and land marks on, and then on top of this map you have these images that have been created to look like stamps with more modern looking pictograms on them, showing you various different things you can do. 
Then the bottom one which is a very basic map of New York, was very interesting to me as i love the 3D aspect of it, almost like viewing it from a helicopter. But the simplistic streets and main landmarks that are depicted by clean simple pictograms works brilliantly. 

The simplistic style in which this image had been created is something that i find very interesting, i love the use of colour and cartoon like direction that the designer has gone down.  The circle works well because it brings the image to life and gives a sort of 3D effect to the page. 

This design although very different to the above image, is one i like very much and i love the smart clean design that the designer has created. I love the way the images are in triangles and fit together in a sort of jigsaw puzzle. It is a very modern design, and this is not something you would necessarily mix with the outdoors, but it works fantastic in this particular design.   

Info Graphic Research

Here i have collected just a few images of info graphics/maps that i found to very interesting i have taken ideas from almost all of these and took to my sketchbook to create a hybrid of some of them, as i believe that a few of these ideas mixed together could create something special. 



This is the map that we have been provided by Andy as a base map to use for our leaflet. 

I think for this map i will add my own text and remove the current cycle and walk routes and add my own. The text i want to use, i want to be more legible than the current text used. 

My walk around New York city, walking around New York you discover an endless amount of weird and wonderful things. I chose the this selection of photos to show as these are the most memorable things from my trip to New York.  

Session Four

Road Sign's - Nuclear Power Plant warning sign

                                                                                                            I wanted to create a road sign that would be instantly eye catching, and instantly recognisable to drivers travelling at high speeds. I stuck with the traditional triangle used for most warning signs. I used yellow black and red as the colour scheme because all of these colours contrast well with one and other. The yellow triangle with red boarder creates a really bold striking image, and then the black Power Plant logo really stands out on the yellow background of the triangle. 

Main Brief

This is the images of the existing Teme valley tour leaflet, very out dated, and in need of a re-vamp. The differences i would make to this design are the rectangle images and text, i find this very boring and bland. I will incorporate shape, be it circles or triangles.  




  

Session Three

 "From Farm to Supermarket" 

I struggled to find any information or previous Info Graphics on this topic, this suggested that most companies did not want us to know what there Food Miles were. Eventually i found a site with some information on which was the stats i used when creating my Info Graphic. 

I created my info graphics with the mind set of simply breaking down the information and displaying clearly the distances in which the different types of foods travelled. The stats i found were as followed : 

Apple’s – 1,555

Carrots – 1,774

Potatoes – 1,239

Pumpkins – 233

Strawberries – 1,093

Tomatoes – 1,369 
Chicken – 2,870









Map of how to get to where i live to the University, 10 min project in class.

ISB Designs

Session 2

Three different design from ISB, why they are effective and what info they are putting across? – Information is Beautiful  

This info graphics although on a morbid subject was one i found to be very inspiring and influential, the colour scheme was something i found particularly interesting. The main thing though was the way the info was broken down, on paper this would an awful amount of text graphs and collated information, however the way the designer has separated the information into circles with smaller ones leading off, creates a really simple but highly effective way of showcasing the needed data.  

This info graphic was one i found incredibly interesting, the that i found most enjoyable about it was the way the designer had created such a simplistic (might not look it, but it is) info graphic out of some very confusing in depth information. The very clean cut lines that represent the time line work fantastic against the background, and are easy to navigate as the lines are either a different style or colour depending what they are representing. 

Break down of what species can catch and who carries certain types of flu viruses. This info Graphic works well because the use of overlaying circles with different levels of transparency, easily allows the reader to see which species can catch and carry the specified viruses.

Notes

Information diagrams

Graphs, Glance Boxes, Maps, Diagrams and sequences.

 Graphs, statistical data relationships between different types of data. 

Joseph Minard -  2 colours in 1869

 Maps

A lot of colour used to show different levels and routes, different style of line to show e.g. rivers, roads foot paths etc.

Contour lines to show height and depth.

Audience for maps is usually adults very rarely children. 

This info graphic from film inception is very inspirational to me because i think the design is fantastic. The black background with the bright vivd colours on top works brilliantly, and creates a very clear easy to study design.