Part 4 – Page 2 – Jon Lawrence Learning Log

Map Research

Maps are a fundamental part of our society, and they perform a multitude of different tasks, from directions for motorists, to touristic points of interest and everything in between. The map in a traditional sense, is a physical drawn (or later printed) sheet depicting an area and its infrastructure. However, as technology has advanced, theContinue reading “Map Research”

Step-by-Step Guides

‘A high street hardware store is developing a series of instructional guides to help their customers with some basic DIY skills. The client wants them to be accessible and easy to use for a non-specialist audience – so, for example, they mustn’t be too visually cluttered. Develop a step-by-step guide for a DIY task you’reContinue reading “Step-by-Step Guides”

Household Instructions

‘A manufacturer of household appliances wants you to develop a new instruction guide for one of their products that describes its various components and their functions as well as providing basic instructions on use. For example, if you choose to produce instructions for a vacuum cleaner, you’ll need to represent the parts of the machineContinue reading “Household Instructions”

Aircraft Safety Cards

The aircraft safety card as a piece of informative design, is perhaps one of the most universally used, yet also one of the most varied in how it gets its information across. In terms of different aircraft, they don’t vary hugely, however between airlines, the design can look fairly different. Some choose to use numbersContinue reading “Aircraft Safety Cards”

Essential Ingredients

‘A research publication is running an article on our changing relationship to cooking in the home and what we consider essential ingredients. Researchers took a snapshot of what people had in their fridges and compared it to what people thought they would make with these ingredients. They were interested in looking at the kinds ofContinue reading “Essential Ingredients”

The Working Week

‘Think about how you could represent your typical working week. You may want to categorise your time by what you’re doing (e.g. paid work, OCA work), where you are (at your place of work, at your desk at home) or another method. Try and represent your time proportionally. Develop your ideas through at least threeContinue reading “The Working Week”

Local Relationships

‘Using either your own family history or a fictitious one, create a family tree using a pedigree or genealogy chart. Now use this family lineage to create a cartogram that plots where these family members were located. Look at some examples online if you’re not familiar with any of these ways of presenting information.’ TheContinue reading “Local Relationships”