new project part 2

Redid a couple from the last post and posting the last three for a set of 9 (based on the same survey questions). I scrapped the book idea because I think I like them better as just a poster series.

new project

I hope it's alright that I chose this--I liked working with the infographic project, so I thought I'd try to do a poster series or booklet as an extension on that. I recycled the data only because I thought there wouldn't be enough time to gather a whole new set.

I am posting six pages, but there will be ten total: one for each question. Still trying to incorporate type differently or so it is a little more readable.





The next is not quite as readable as the version above, but I tried to make it look the way the first one in the series did.











The last image is very rough, but I was playing with taking the type off totally and just putting it on an opposite page, if I were to make a book. Not sure about the book idea though, depending on resources and time, but just a thought.

infographics final version

Changed a few things with the title and paragraph next to it. Hopefully it works a little better. The title is supposed to be cropped off like that (I think the suggestion was made during critique in class?)

infographics 2

Updated version. Sorry to be posting this later than intended. Changed the colored line thickness, added a title and description (which tells a little about what the lines mean, instead of adding a key) and changed the color a bit.

infographics

Here's one of the posters so far. I went with the line technique because even though I have number/percentage data from my surveys, I kind of wanted to show the trend itself; and in a way that did not literally rely on the numbers. I'm not sure how well it is working, especially since I've been staring at it way too long while working on it, but hopefully it came out alright.

Edit: Okay, not sure how to reply to comments on blogger (seems like it only lets you make a new comment?) But anyway--the lines. I meant for each one to represent a single person from the survey. The warm colors are for girls and the cool colors represents guys. The lines hit different points that correspond to the different question, and the individual choices for each question are connectioned by the few large horizontal black lines in the bg, between the dots. Still working on making the whole thing a little more... comprehensible, if that's the right word?

Survey pt 2

I tried to edit my survey a bit and put it on SurveyMonkey so it is more accessible. Please take a minute to do the survey. I'm still conflicted about the questions, but if I have some data to start with then hopefully I can edit/make a new survey with questions that work for infographics.

Also, I didn't realize surveymonkey only lets you use 10 questions, so I took one of the originals out and edited some others. Again, just a test run.

My survey is here, thanks for your time.

Survey

Not sure about how it came out (both in design and content) but here's my first attempt.

four posters

Three of six versions of the previous posters (without images). These three are redos of redos, since my first four redos are stuck on my old computer that just died this past week. Still working on getting those back because I really like those versions, but for now here are the ones I've tried to recreate.

Four posters

I chose to design my posters as an advertisement for the Horta Museum in Brussels. Victor Horta was an important architect during the Art Nouveau movement, and the museum is in what was formerly his house, which he also designed.

I know the format was 18 x 24, but I liked the one poster with the statue face cropped that way, and maybe it can be thought of as dimensions of a bus or subway poster.

Fonts used are Knockout, Avant Garde, Poster Bodoni, and Mercury Text.








Just a color variation--

Type Specimen

Topic and swipe book

For my topic I've chosen the Art Nouveau movement, focusing on how it came to be and what it stood for. Initially, the recurring colors, textures, type, and visual styles in both print design and architecture are what made it appeal to me the most, but further research has given me more insight on its meaning and how I can relate to it personally. Though I've read that art nouveau was a response--or "resistance"--to academic art and earlier styles and influences, the fact that it became an entire movement with philosophies and an effect on lifestyle choices appeals to me, along with the idea of moving away from traditional definition and applications of art. I like the idea of not having to follow specific rules or molding work into a textbook definition/cookie cutter of what art is supposed to be, but while still creating something visually appealing and sending a message.