We live in a world of information. More and more we depend on the visual translation of data into information as an important part of our everyday life. The term “data” in itself does not constitute communication, but is more accurately defined as raw statistics.
Designers play an integral part in visualizing information and making it accessible to the reader/viewer. Providing informative “form” to raw data in a manner that allows accessibility and viewer interest, makes the process of communication have more meaning and understanding. Designers can respond to the display of statistical information by relying on conventionally expected “forms” (words, charts, diagrams, graphs, maps) to display information. But designers can also respond in a manner that invites engagement for the viewer through a form that reflects a “relatedness” to the “content” of the information, as well as new innovative ways to visualize this content.
You will use your classmates/peers to collect the variables of a specified subject (How many books they have read in the last year? for example). The subject can be anything that can be measured statistically.
You will use the collected information and subject reference as the content for two (2) visual solutions (color, scale, repetition, hierarchy, compositional arrangement , diagram, symbolic representation, map, photograph, illustration) based on the following criteria:
A Typographic Solution (mostly text, rules, dots, lines, color; some basic shapes)
An Image-Based Solution (mostly imagery, graphics, shapes, color; some text)
Format:
each poster should be 13" x 19" (12.75 x 18.75" if bleeds) either landscape or portrait. print on epson (you provide paper) mounted to black core matboard.
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