Graphic Design 1 – Maps

 

I enjoyed the diversity of this entire project and having to accomplish three large projects based around the same idea, creating a map, and coming up with three different solutions to three different types of maps. The first map, the road map, I designed in a simple way. Due the bright colors I selected for the streets and symbols I decided to leave the background white and allow the streets to contrast and create a pattern against it. I also created a stripped texture to represent the zones so they would also not take away from the elements. They reflected the linear structure of the streets.

The sensory map was tricky. Creating visual representations of senses presented the challenge of creating abstract forms to successfully symbolize them. I selected breakfast and designed it to look somewhat like a menu and arranged the senses in a hieratical order of senses that are experienced first and so forth, taking the viewer through each sense from top to bottom. Each food item also maintained a color scheme down the page. This creates a visual layer of categories that one could also read from left to right by knowing what color belonged to which item, such as the red for strawberries.

The final map, the cognitive map, required a unique organization, arranging each element in a way that did not seem messy or to weak. Selecting a color scheme enhanced each step of the question visually. I left certain elements just as text such as the adjectives to select a personality type and instead acknowledged them with symbols, it allowed for less clutter due to fewer text boxes and the incorporation of more graphics to showcase my abilities.  I wanted to add a final comparison of information to show the financial and differences between a cat and a dog that is displayed at the bottom of the page. I originally had the information laid out numerically in columns but decided to visually represent the expenses with more graphics. It successfully highlights the differences.