320: Term Long

Term Long

11/17/2009

Show and Tell: November 19th: Nick Felton!

2008 Annual Report

Designer Nick Felton will be beaming into the November 19th Edition of Show & Tell in room 170 at NOON! He was a virtual guest of ours last year and we are so excited to welcome him back! If you are taking Information Design, PLEASE PLEASE make it a priority to attend!

A little bit about Nick:

Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of several personal annual reports that collate countless measurements into a rich collection of graphs and maps reflecting the year’s activities. He is the co-founder of Daytum.com, a site for counting and communicating daily data, and regular designer of information graphics for numerous publications. His work has been profiled in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Wired and Creative Review.

Links of interest:
Feltron Eight
The Office of Feltron
Daytum

Above: Budget Travel

above: for cnn.com

above: for print magazine

above: Daytum

This is your chance to talk with him about starting a self directed project (re: see his annual reports) and also about information design in general. Or ANYTHING to do with graphic design - JUST ASK.

He is excited to talk with you! Be thinking of what you want to ask him!

Posted by Command Save on 11/17/2009 at 08:46 AM in Term Long | Permalink | Comments (0)

10/25/2009

Thinking About Your Term-Long

Bank of America Market Data Mirrors; Portland's Second Story designs interactive media experiences.

Body Collective above two images; Portland's Second Story designs interactive media experiences.

Armies at Gettysburg Battle Maps (2008); Portland's Second Story designs interactive media experiences.

Marus James, illustration for information points at Design London Exhibition. Art direction by Multistorey.

Information design in video format too! Check out Good's video's

Kimberly Crofts, MA in Information Design

Check out The School of Life.

This is our second post presenting the Buy A Meter project by project M.

Keep in mind that there are two lenses through which we are looking at our topics 1) analytical 2) a persuasive, a point of view and/or personal. This post offers examples of formats and "points of view"

Project M (above) thinking applied to your term-long might look like this: "We just want to change the world." How can designers create change? How can designers make a difference? And do good? Assuming you have a topic that begs for a change to be made in behavior, thinking or making. A persuasive position. Can you find a local group or non-profit to assist, speak with, and/or generate work for?

Continue reading "Thinking About Your Term-Long" »

Posted by Command Save on 10/25/2009 at 12:26 PM in Exhibition Design, Info Inspiration, Term Long | Permalink | Comments (0)

10/24/2009

The Fun Theory! Volkswagen's Participatory Advertising

Check out these! Videos and competition can be found at thefuntheory.com.

Thanks to our wonderful student Andrea B. for bringing these to our attention!

Posted by Command Save on 10/24/2009 at 10:01 AM in Persuasive Thinking, Term Long | Permalink | Comments (0)

10/21/2009

Information Design Examples + Link Round Up

PSU inaugural video skype presenter, Frank Chimero illustrated a new video produced by GOOD Magazine. It is about the US prison system and, like always, Frank's touch makes it golden. Peep the video: here!

Good Sheet #2...for a larger size go to the GOOD SHEET site. This sheet is designed by karlssonwilker

Here at PSU we've been slightly obsessed with the GOOD SHEETS. They are published by GOOD Magazine and are extremely applicable to what we are learning in 320. Check out a timeline to convey US economic history from 1920 until now. Please go check these GOOD sheets out!