Personal Geography - Perceptual Map

The goal of this project was to successfully use symbols to communicate something. In this case we were to create a map from home to school (or school to work or any one path during our day) and explain this path using a perceptual map.


The first version of the map:

I used pure color with this one, and I liked the idea of having ray-like senses expanding from one point. However it was pointed out to me that the radial progression didn't make sense, so I took my idea in a different direction.

The final map turned in:

This map had a definite start and stop point and the senses were not only clearly marked by color, but also with symbols that helped identify what the sense was experiencing at the moment. This map helped me reshape the first map and the final map - cognitive.

I created both images in Adobe Illustrator.

Material Studies

     The goal of this project is to "study the creative possibilities of materials by creating a typeface from some material of your choice" I need to find 3 types of objects that can be molded into typefaces and then choose the best one to showcase the typeface.

This picture is the final product. I chose the word "Twang" for my rubber band typeface, and tried to mimic someone playing with rubber bands at work/home when bored. The yellow rubber bands contrast against the blue rubber bands and allow readability when tweaked in Adobe Photoshop. The above photo was printed on an 18"x24" sheet for the final.

 I used Adobe InDesign to create the PDF for the Process Book in which I document the process of creating this final image.