but, this semester, this year, i want you all to actually learn particular things.
one thing is how to research and organize information.
it's not so easy.
so, the mind map is a beginning to a very complicated aspect of graphic design.
edward tufte is quite well known for his work in the area of information graphics.
http://www.google.com/search
this is what i had in mind that you all would do:
http://www.edwardtufte.com
since most of you did not, i'm not sure where i want to take this now.
give me a week or so to think about it.
the comparison i was making between your book and map is the diagonal aesthetic with the razor edged clumps.
just the look of it.
while the book is on the computer and the map is not, the two have those qualities in common.
or at least that's my take looking at them from this vantage point.
lemme know what you think.
g.
1 comment:
Personally, I did not have a clear vision of how I wanted to communicate the information I was to obtain through my survey. So, once I started to create a visual representation of this information, I started wishing I had worded my questions differently or discovered question I should have asked. This may have led to a meandering design in my first mind map attempt, or perhaps it was leftover experimentation from the previous assignment, where we had the flexibility of placing imagery with a single phrase or sentence. Unfortunately it took hours of work to realize I needed to make a readable map, and that I needed to do more than experiment with form and color. Now, the direction I should go in seems obvious, Duh, but it is a delicate balance between readability and also enticing the viewer to keep reading.
Josh-
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