CLASS: information design
TERM: spring 09
In this class, we had to choose a specific topic to create a project about. I chose to do a project on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For those who don't know about the garbage patch, it is a large vortex in the Pacific Ocean that contains much of the earths excessive pollution. Plastic trash, in particular. There are many different facts about the garbage patch, but I chose to focus mainly on the fact that in some places of the Pacific, plastic outnumbers plankton six to one.
I wanted to show this ratio in a way that would mimic that number physically. I wanted to create a space that would show the viewer just what it was like to go through something of that ratio. Therefore, I decided to work with hanging paper streamers. I chose to work with this material because of its physical characteristics. It tends to flow a little like water as people walked through or as the wind blew. The color choices represented plastic and plankton. The blue represented plastic and the yellow, plankton. The end resulted in a piece that flowed much like water as people walked through. The piece itself got a lot of different reactions. In the end it worked enough for most to take a second to read the graphic poster in the middle of the piece. Even though it was somewhat successful, I have a list of ideas on how to evolve it.
TERM: spring 09
In this class, we had to choose a specific topic to create a project about. I chose to do a project on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For those who don't know about the garbage patch, it is a large vortex in the Pacific Ocean that contains much of the earths excessive pollution. Plastic trash, in particular. There are many different facts about the garbage patch, but I chose to focus mainly on the fact that in some places of the Pacific, plastic outnumbers plankton six to one.
I wanted to show this ratio in a way that would mimic that number physically. I wanted to create a space that would show the viewer just what it was like to go through something of that ratio. Therefore, I decided to work with hanging paper streamers. I chose to work with this material because of its physical characteristics. It tends to flow a little like water as people walked through or as the wind blew. The color choices represented plastic and plankton. The blue represented plastic and the yellow, plankton. The end resulted in a piece that flowed much like water as people walked through. The piece itself got a lot of different reactions. In the end it worked enough for most to take a second to read the graphic poster in the middle of the piece. Even though it was somewhat successful, I have a list of ideas on how to evolve it.