visual rants for NM2208 » Assignment 2

Pictogram Final

colination — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:16:05 +0000

Here’s a huge version of the final pictogram and a slightly altered version of the location photo:

Assignment 2 Revised

colination — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:44:38 +0000

Here’s a revised version of my Degree of Abstraction based on the feedback from my tutorial.

3D Perspective View
Convert to 2D View
Zoomed in, remove ’stool’
Remove power adapter box and table on the left
Remove laptop screen and table on the right, and simplified cable looping

My sign should be indexical and imperative, as the line symbolises a dangling cable and influences the receiver not to leave his/her cables dangling. And here’s the proposed location of the sign, on one of the pillars of the library:

Degree of Abstraction v2

colination — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:41:14 +0000

I realised that I should reduce the abstraction level for step 1. So here’s an amended version.

Full view of laptop, power adapter, table and chair in 3D perspective
Convert to 2D view
Zoomed in
Removal of power adapter box and chair in the middle
Removal of table and simplifcation of cable twisting

Degree of Abstraction

colination — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:39:42 +0000

I decided to expand the ‘no dangling of (power) cables’ idea in the library and created a pictogram. The steps of the degree of abstraction are shown below:

Full view of laptop, power adapter, table and chair
Zoomed in
Removal of chair in the middle
Removal of table and simplifcation of cable twisting
Removal of laptop screen and further simplifcation of twisting

Personally, I think step 4 or 5 are suitable for the prototype and is not too abstract to understand.

Research for Possible Pictograms

colination — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:33:07 +0000

I always thought that the laptop power cables dangling in the library are very unslightly. They are hazardous and people can trip over them easily. Here’s another picture below.

I was passing by the rag/float construction of my faculty. How about a pictogram to say “No Rag Building” in a certain area?