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Hey 320...Project examples.

This post contains 6 PSU student examples of your Take Something Apart project. Please keep in mind that these examples are just supposed to guide your progress and not examples to follow to the letter. I am also including a few more student examples along with a bunch of professional examples directly related to this project after the jump

Nicole Lavelle

Belin Liu

Genesis Duncan

Let's Eat and Dive Deep for Data!

images of the sights of PDX food carts via Bon Appetit

People near and far LOVE Portland Food Carts. Here are some selected articles and videos for you to read and watch as you prepare to select the angle that you are going to take regarding the amazing information piece that you are sure to create showcasing Portland Food Carts.

The blog dedicated to all things PDX Food Carts ---> Food Carts Portland

The Top PDX Ten Food Carts according to Sunset Magazine.

The Art of the Street Cart by Bon Appetit Magazine.

A google map of a TON of food carts!

A video produced by The New York Times about, yep, you guessed it : PDX food carts

Be sure to really explore the Food Carts Portland blog. It is a totally comprehensive covering of all of the food carts in PDX along with reviews, personal narratives and locations mapped out for you. Remember: really research and make smart choices about the unique angle that you are going to bring to a popular scene. Come up with good questions that are going to yield rich data. Let's Do This!

Welcome to 320! Let's Get to Work! First Assignment: Meals On Wheels // Portland Food Cart Explosion.

Hey! Let's eat some good food and create innovative and informational graphics in the process!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES + GOALS + purpose

There are abundant ways to communicate data visually. This project will familiarize you with a range of methods and types of information. This is a group assignment. Your team’s goal is to determine a theme and line of questioning regarding the growing trend and shifting culture of Portland’s food carts. Teams will collect, analyze and translate data into two types of visualizations that inform, educate, elucidate and excite! Demonstrate creative visual storytelling, creative data visualization and creative information mapping/diagraming.

To Download Assignment Number one click over here ---> Meals on Wheels: Portland Food Card Explosion