To Kill a Mocking Bird Research

Who is the Author - Harper Lee

• Loosely Based on Harper Lee's childhood
• Close Friend in book is Lee's friend Capote
• Loosely based on Lee's observations of her family and neighbours - as well as an event that occurred near her hometown Monroeville in 1936 when she was 10
• Relates to case where Walter Lett was accused of raping a woman, covered on his newspaper
• Her father was a lawyer 0 defended two black men falsely accused of rape

Main Ideas explored

• Scout ages 6-8 a coming of age book 1933-35
• The novel deals with irrationality of adult attitude towards race and class in the Deep South of the 1930's
• Depicted through eyes of 2 children
• Inspired by racist attitudes in hometown Monroeville, Alabama.

The four lessons of the Story

• Put yourself in others shoes
• Don't Kill Mockingbirds
• Keep fighting even though you know you'll lose
• The world is unfair

Book Summary - Source: Sparknotes

• Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. 
• Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression
•  Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society. 
• One summer, Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the trio acts out stories together.
•  Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother, Arthur (nicknamed Boo), has lived there for years without venturing outside.
• Scout goes to school for the first time that fall and detests it. 
• Atticus puts a stop to their antics, urging the children to try to see life from another person’s perspective before making judgments. 
• But, on Dill’s last night in Maycomb for the summer, the three sneak onto the Radley property, where Nathan Radley shoots at them. 
• Jem loses his pants in the ensuing escape. When he returns for them, he finds them mended and hung over the fence. 
• The next winter, Jem and Scout find more presents in the tree, presumably left by the mysterious Boo. 
• A fire breaks out in another neighbor’s house, and during the fire someone slips a blanket on Scout’s shoulders as she watches the blaze. Convinced that Boo did it, Jem tells Atticus about the mended pants and the presents.
• To the consternation of Maycomb’s racist white community, Atticus agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a white woman. 
• Because of Atticus’s decision, Jem and Scout are subjected to abuse from other children, even when they celebrate 
• At the trial itself, the children sit in the “colored balcony” with the town’s black citizens. 
• Atticus provides clear evidence that the accusers, Mayella Ewell and her father, Bob, are lying: in fact, Mayella propositioned Tom Robinson, was caught by her father, and then accused Tom of rape to cover her shame and guilt. 
• Atticus provides impressive evidence that the marks on Mayella’s face are from wounds that her father inflicted; upon discovering her with Tom, he called her a whore and beat her. 
• Despite the significant evidence pointing to Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury convicts him. The innocent Tom later tries to escape from prison and is shot to death (17 times).
• Jem’s faith in justice is badly shaken, and he lapses into despondency and doubt.
• Bob Ewell feels that Atticus and the judge have made a fool out of him, and he vows revenge.
• He menaces Tom Robinson’s widow, tries to break into the judge’s house, and finally attacks Jem and Scout as they walk home from a Halloween party. 
• Boo Radley intervenes, however, saving the children and stabbing Ewell fatally during the struggle. 
• Boo carries the wounded Jem back to Atticus’s house, where the sheriff, in order to protect Boo, insists that Ewell tripped over a tree root and fell on his own knife. After sitting with Scout for a while, Boo disappears once more into the Radley house
• Later, Scout feels as though she can finally imagine what life is like for Boo. He has become a human being to her at last. 
• With this realization, Scout embraces her father’s advice to practice sympathy and understanding and demonstrates that her experiences with hatred and prejudice will not sully her faith in human goodness.

To Kill a Mockingbird - 10 Words

• Race
• South
• America
• Mockingbird
• Injustice
• Evil
• Growth
• Innocence
• Misjudged 
• Community 

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 - 10 Words

• Comical
• Teenager
• Crush
• Rebellion
• Puberty
• Divorce
• Troubled
• Bullied
• Determined
• Diary

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 - Character Analysis

Adrian Mole - Book Rags Analysis

Adrian Mole is the main character. Since the novel takes the form of the diary he is writing, we see events through his eyes. From his diary entries we can form a very clear picture of Adrian. He is a kind of anti-hero, someone with flaws that make him seem human and therefore someone with whom we can identify. He dislikes sports, worries constantly about his health and his frequent outbreaks of acne, and believes himself to be an intellectual even though he has trouble keeping up with his schoolwork. He is frequently self-deluded. The poetry and prose he writes is hilariously pretentious. And, in fact, much of the humor of the book is to be found in the gap between Adrian's assessment of events and the reader's perception of them. For instance, he does not realize that his mother is becoming romantically involved with Mr. Lucas.

To Kill a Mocking Bird - Character Analysis

Scout Finch

• The narrator and protagonist
• Intelligent Tomboy
• Has faith in the goodness of the people in her community
• Develops a more grown up perspective that enables her to appreciate human goodness without ignoring human evil. 

Atticus Finch

• The Father
• Lawyer - represented Tom Robinson
• Strongly held conviction, wisdom, empathy
• Functions as the backbone

Jem Finch

• Scout's brother and constant playmate at the beginning of the story
• typical American boy
• refuses to back down and fantasizes about football
• Four years older than Scout - gradually separates herself from her games but remains a close companion
• Jem moves into adolescence during the story
• His ideas are shaken badly by the injustice he perceives during Tom Robinson's trial.

Arthur "Boo" Radley

• A recluse
• Dominates the imaginations of Jem Scout and Dil.
• He is a powerful symbol of goodness however swatched in a shroud of creepiness.
• An intelligent child emotionally damaged by his cruel father
• An example of the threat evil poses to innocence and goodness
• One of the mockingbirds in the story. 

Bob Ewell

• Drunken member f the Maycomb's poorest family
• Mostly unemployed
• Wrongfully accuses Tom RObinson
• Personifies the dark side of the South ; "ignorance, poverty, squalor and hate filled radical prejudice."
• Fatally stabbed by Boo

Charles Baker "Dill" Harris

• Jem and Scout's summer neighbour and friend
• Inspired from Lee's friendship with Capote. 
• Diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination
• fascinated by Boo Radley
• represents the perspective of childhood innocence. 

Miss Maudie Atkinson

• The Finches' neighbour
• A sharp tongued widow and an old friend of the family.
• Old friend of the family
• Shares Atticus's passion for justice

Calpurnia

• The Finches' black cook
• The children's bridge between the black and white community. 

Aunt Alexandra

• Atticus's sister
• strong willed woman and with a fierce devotion to her family
• The perfect Southern lady and her commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout. 

Mayella Ewell

• Bob Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter.
• Though you could feel sorry for her, you can't pardon her from her "shameful indictment of Tom Robinson"

Tom Robinson

• The black field hand accused of Rape
• One of the novel's Mockingbirds
• A symbol of innocence destroyed by evil 

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 - Research

About the Author

• Sue Townsend - British
• Wrote in secret from the age of 14
• Adrian Mole - encompassed nine books
• 5 sisters born in Leicester
• Got mumps and sent home - then became a fanatic reader
• Failed her 11 plus exams
• Witnessed a murder of a fell Student - was not believed
• Mrs Claricotes - based on the real teacher in Glen Hills Primary School 

Main Points

• Young adult Book
• Comedic Fiction
• Focussed on the worst regret of a teen who believes himself to be an intellectual
• Set in 1981-1982
• Contextual Info - Wedding of Diana and Prince Charles, Prince William and Margaret Thatcher, one of his "worst enemies"
• Based like a diary
• Unreliable narration who naively yet confidently, misinterprets events around him

Plot Summary

• 13 3/4 to 15th Birthday
• Parental Martial problems
• pursues dream to be an intellectual and a writer
• Pandora - love of his life - smarter than him, her parents in higher income class
• Pandora falls for him, and his rebelliousness - wearing red socks against school rules. 
• Together they form a committee to continue disruption
• Outbreak of acne - Adrian is scared to loose Pandora
• Problems - Bullied at school, increasing interest in sex, and his Parents
• Mum runs off with neighbour with neighbour
• Dad relationship with Dorian Slater (George)
• Dad loses job and sinks back to depression.
• Has a family dog
• Bart Baxter (old man)- helps Adrian - he moves in next door with Adrians neighbours 'The Singhs" 
• Send poems to BBS - responses from John Tydeman - more amused than impressed with his determination. 

Module 2 Evaluation

Studio Brief 1, a brief that involved woking with objective and subjective design to form a personally chosen way finding system. In regards to wayfinding systems, this type of design task was very new to me as design projects in the past didn't involve such vast research. In all honesty the experimentation of subjective to objective and objective to subjective was one of my favourite parts of the brief. Being given free range to just create endless of different design idea's was refreshing, and a great learning point distinguishing the difference of subjective and objective design. Further research into this topic allowed me to learn the depths of the famous design debate between Wim Crouwel and Jan van Toorn, which allowed me to identify myself as a subjective graphic designer. Given the  opportunity to work in groups and create wayfinding systems in Leeds was also entertaining and helped gain stronger connections to peers in the class, along with an understanding for how arrows on stairs, and squares on the floor could affect the public around. 

Through further research into designers such as Otl Aicher, I was able to learn the great importance of using grid systems when creating pictograms, and how it will form pictograms with visual similarities increasing the form of visual language. At first choosing a wayfinding system for legal graffiti walls proved rather difficult due to contextual research I could gather on the matter, however I was able to successfully direct myself through this brief by researching into Graffiti Artists and taking in all ideas shared during crits, even those that weren't for me but shared relation.

For Studio Brief 2, this task was very independent, and involved us choosing our own item from a list and the creating it into anything we wanted as long as it was a printed design, that related to the chosen item. I decided to choose a VHS, as I had great access to video tapes from home and then old tapes to take apart and experiment with. This project held great value to me as I decided to incorporate old family video stills into the design to create a final zine design, the rationale itself was built upon my ideologies of loosing human touch due to technology. This drive for this project allowed me to aim higher and go out of the comfort zone for design outcomes. Design Workshops such as Bookbinding, mono printing came in handy as I was able to take these skills and use them towards Studio Brief 2. 

If I were to explore both of these briefs again, to further develop the concepts created, I think more contextual research will be needed to further push the design layouts of both outcomes and create stronger forms of justifications behind these design ideas. For Brief 1 research into materials will prove successful when identifying who the supergraphic will be created and preserved on the wall, and for Brief 2, expanding the research shown about VHS would help form stronger justifications behind my design ideas. 

Final Outcome, Crit and Evaluation

The final outcome was printed on thick cartridge paper, this allowed the book, when binded through Coptic stich to maintain its strong structure. When experimenting with thinner card, when using the Coptic stitch, the waxed thread repeatedly enlarged and tore the holes of the card ruining the binding process and the work itself. The roughness of the card that was selected added a more authentic and aged feel to the final outcome. The zine will be placed inside of clear VHS box to reinforce the memories still inside of our old VHS cassettes. 

The main colours chosen were a range of flamingo and cameo pinks (mainly pantone 196 U), black and greys, inspired from the zine found through research (on research page). The faded yet friendly hues of pink create a dated and worn out feel to the final outcome, successfully connoting the old fashioned technology of VHS. By using just shades of black and pink, with white for negative space, the overall look is inviting, and friendly. 

Overall the final outcome proved very successful. Through discussion during the final crit, peers complimented the final outcome, and how the overall concept was strong by encapsulating the video stills into a zine in such a sentimental and authentic way. The idea of having what was said on the tracing paper and with a typewriter was said to have deepened that form of authenticity. Through critiques, establishing the appropriate use of text was extremely helpful and moulded that aspect of the design, the rest of the design outcome was accepted from the beginning, making it difficult to identify if the outcome could have been pushed even further. The use of thick card proved successful, as no tears in the card were created when binding the pages. 

The thread used to bind the book was black waxed thread, this helped decreased the chance of knotting in the thread when binding and create a firm tight stitch. However, the wax on the thread created noticeable black marks (bottom centre image) when binded together due to it rubbing against the card when being sewn. A way in which the final outcome could be improved, is by slowing down the process of binding, this would decrease the friction against the thread and card; resulting in less markings. Another problem that was faced using the black wax thread was its inconsistency in thickness, then using a large string of the thread, it started to fray and untangle creating uneven widths, which are shown in the inconsistent size of thread in the Coptic stitch show above.

Although the Coptic Stitch proved tricky being the first time experimenting with this process, the outcome left the pages tightly and securely binded together. Along with the decorative spine (which can be seen through the clear case), the use of Coptic stitch transformed the zine into an interactive sculpture, creating the stills from the VHS into a rotating picture frame.

Design Development and Crit

The image above shows a still of static taken from a primary source, inspired from the philosophy magazine, this still will be used to remove any unwanted negative space. By using this still, the whole zine itself will be created from the content of a VHS, reinforcing the lost moments and values it used to share, by showing what it can create. The image below (bottom middle) is a further example of how this reasoning will be created, in a final composition layout, all images are taken from VHS stills, the pink background adopts to the vintage, old fashioned feel inspired from the example found on Designspiration.

Relating back to the initial idea for this outcome, the idea to further encapsulate what’s on the VHS into a zine was through actually typing out what is being said in relation to the video stills. Above are two rough initial design ideas of how the writing could be places. This idea was discarded, through our group crit although some peers liked the developed design idea, the wording placed over or on the same page of the stills took attention away from the photos, and ruined the unique and authentic feel the photos had. Instead of removing the idea of including the words, the wording was separated from the image, allowing both forms of context to be viewed, and left untouched. 

When applying the type to the book, the idea of using tracing paper was created, the type then can become a part of the picture (as it shows through) and the zine without having to place the writing permanently over or near the image; making the video stills the main focus of the printed piece. This idea was accepted by peers in the group crit, and was said to “bring depth to the overall design outcome”. A typewriter was used to print on the words to the tracing paper, and was described as complicating the purpose of the design, as it “brought two old forms of technology together". 

Monoprint Induction

When going through a monoprint induction, I took advantage of this workshop to experiment with ways in which I could communicate the old fashioned ways of VHS in colour and design. The outcomes that were created echoes styles and patterns from the early 1990's where VHS was still successful. These design could possibly be used to fill in negative space in the zine designs, inspired from the zine composition research. 

Group Crit and Research

Whilst showcasing the three initial design ideas, the zine seemed to be most successful, probably due to the fact production is more probable to that of the windable exhibition piece and zoetrope. Peers believed that this design, was easy to identify as the strongest design idea, due to the successful mock up and well planned layout ideas.

To gain a stronger understanding for impactful zine layouts, research on sites such as Designspiration and Pinterest proved successful. The design shown (top left) shares similarities to the design idea I had in mind. The use of old photos and using colours close to cameo and flamingo pink proves effective and creates an old vintage feel with the faded away pink tones. The overlay of type on images contrasts to the old objective form of design, and juxtaposes to the traditional ways of layout, by adopting this style, the final outcome could be used to bring back old photos and memories in an up to date fashion, further representing the vast development in technology since VHS. The Philosophy Magazine N’3 (top right) created by  Eniko Deri, Kristof Kiss Benedek and Csilla Horvath really caught my attention. The background pattern/image used to fill in the negative space of the pages share similarities to the look of a Static effect made with VHS, maybe this composition Idea could be used in my layout work. 

The image above shows an experimentation of blending both the use of pink and forming a pattern background by scanning in VHS tape/ribbon.  

Initial Ideas

A Zine, which captures the memories of what, is on VHS. Referring back to the second initial idea, being able to sit down and watch these videos in present day are difficult, especially due to the replaced format of recording and watching on DVD. This zine design gives the opportunity to create a unique and special book, which takes stills from VHS and creates it into a physical form. The zine will come encased in a VHS box and have a front and back cover design of a vector VHS. The case and cover will contrast to the colourful and interesting layout of the zine on the inside, representing the importance and sentiment of the memories created in the past, and probably forgotten. Context could be added into the design, by having what’s said in the VHS displayed in the zine; this could possibly make one want to watch the actual VHS itself and see the stills from the zine in full context. 

An Exhibition piece inspired from the London Somerset House ‘Big Bang Data’ exhibition. ‘Cinema Redux’ created by Brendan Dawes creates a visual fingerprint of a movie by capturing a frame every one second. In context Dawes used Hitchcock’s film Vertigo and displayed it frame-by-frame. Following up from this design approach, the initial design would comprise of a VHS tape which when the handle it rotated clockwise, it will reveal stills from Family VHS through a hole in the VHS itself. The design will then allow one to wind the tape back (rotating the handle anti-clockwise) for someone else to see, referencing the rewind-able and re-watchable nature of the VHS cassette. By having the tape still incased in the VHS, it symbolises the difficulty of being able to capture what is inside VHS nowadays, with the ever growing technology industry, VHS is a thing of the past, along with the nature of being able to watch VHS, and watching it with others. 

An Exhibition Invitation to a show, which celebrates the age of visual and motion technology. It will be encased inside of a VHS box, and comes with an easy to make zoetrope, which will bring a snippet of VHS footage to life, using old fashioned technology. The combination of the case and zoetrope will show the contrast and growth of technology in a comical way. Further content will be an invite with further information of the exhibition and a business card. 

Through mock up development, the idea of creating a zoetrope to bring VHS footage to life proved difficult. The VHS footage proved to low in quality to identify through the zoetrope, making movement unidentifiable too. To develop, the zoetrope will animate the exhibition logo.

Video

For the research task, creating a 60 second video (shown above) was involved, we were allowed to choose any topic of style as long as it related to our chosen object.

I created a 60 second video that cuts between moments spent with family and moments where we are glues to our phones. This video is to bring awareness to how advance technology is making us loose our human touch and how spending time with family with full concentration is a thing of the past. The clear juxtaposition between the two themes is evident though the warm and cold lighting, and the lack of emotion shown by those on their phones. This as a whole represents the lose of VHS, and how it used to bring families and friends together and also capture your memories. 

Photographs

Photographs taken of a VHS cassette including:

Close Ups :

Inside: Looking inside and focussing on the detail of how the VHS is constructed ont he inside, shows the hidden beauty and amazement to how the VHS was created, however it viewed as something old.

Outside: Looking at the textres imprinted into the VHS case, this could further inspire the use of pattern design for design outcomes. Like the inside the outside also shows so much craftsmanship into how the VHS was made originally, with all different parts

Wide Shots:

To gain an understanding for the overall look and dimensions of the VHS cassette


Out of Focus :

Distinguish prominent feature of the VHS cassettes, and form shapes. 


Taken Apart :

Placed in composition: Highlights the many parts that bring the VHS cassette together, its fragility and complexity.

Ribbon/Tape: The nature to which is flows. 



The Four chosen photographs:

Typography

Hand drawn typographic approaches based around the object of VHS, looking at forming typography through the style of flowing tape in a variety of ways.

The typography was further developed by experiment with VHS tape/ribbon itself. The nature to which position the tape proved rather difficult, this form of experimentation allowed me to eliminate idea of using tape for a final outcome, as the nature of how light it is a thin is unreliable when creating a final outcome. 

Music Experimentation

For part of the research task, I selected a song that related to my chosen object and created 4 illustrator responses to the music.



The song I chose was - Video Tape by Radiohead this song is rather sombre and brings up topics of death and injustice, already this has allowed me to look at the colour scheme I could use, mainly dark and harsh colours relating to the context of the music.

    

 To begin with I repeatedly listened to the music and took apart the rhythm and beat each instrument created along with the vocals and created sketches that encapsulated the notes, pitches and rhythm.

When developing the work digitally, I took scans which I created that like to the static effect caused when watching VHS and added the scanned in design to the background. Through layers in the colours and the patterns and experimenting with the layer effects the final outcomes all represent the different layers of the song.

Excel Experimentation

Developing from creating designs on word, I created images using excel, differentiating fro the size of the cells the overall impact of the final design clearly show that designs using a square cell prove more effective. Apart from just recreating designs of VHS, I experimented with recreating the JVC logo relating back to research and also the process of how VHS works, through electromagnetism. 

Word Experimentation

Pieces created by experimenting with the composition of letters on word to create a form images of VHS, this form of experimentation allowed me to look at the textures that can be created using letters and punctuation to creating a picture, and reinforces how certain letters or shapes can bring depth to the overall look. 

I further experimented with creating designs using letter stamps, seeing how texture and tone can be created by hand.

Overall, this process was really interesting looking at the varied forms of textures that can be create by just using letters. 

Sketches

Sketches made to explore the use of line and the many ways the VHS could be visually represented through design. This was done by using different rules when drawing the cassette tape.

Line Design - adding depth and texture, playing around with negative space

Continuous line design - creating a loose illustration design

Blind drawing - experimental approach

These exercise allowed me to look at the various ways the VHS can be drawn, and the shapes and structures that can be taken from VHS.

VHS Research

• The VHS (standing for Video Home System is a standard for consumer level analog video recording tape cassettes.
• VHS was developed by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in the early 1970's
• Released in Japan 40 years ago
• From the 1950's, magnetic tape recording became a majority contributor to the television industry
• In the 1970's when VHS entered homes, it created the home video industry and changed the economics of the television and movie businesses.
• There are two formats, VHS and Betamax, due to the VHS large media exposure it became more successful than Betamax becoming the dominant home video format throughout eh tape media period. 
• The DVD format was brought in 1997, the VHS markets shares began to plummet.
• By 2008, DVD had achieved mass acceptance and replaced the VHS.
• Magnetism is what allows people to record onto the videotape
• The long plastic strip is wound around the supply reel and is turned continuously 
• The strip is covered in magnetizable powder called ferric oxide powder
• The VHS functions through the use of Electromagnetism
• VHS tapes are made from two different plastics, The outer cassette is made of polypropylene, the ribbon is made with Mylar which is a type of polyethylene terephthalate.
• The ribbon is coated with oxide and other metals, some which could be hazardous. 

Brief 2 - Chosen Object

This project asks you to begin with an object and to use Pestalozzi’s principles of observation, description, naming and classification to analyse your object, and in doing so, to develop your own personal project in response to this visual and conceptual research.

The final outcome has to be a printed outcome

Final Outcome and Evaluation

The purpose of this wayfinding system is to communicate and guide graffiti artists or members of the public who want to see graffiti where the legal graffiti walls are. Being a wayfinding system that doesn’t appeal to a majority of the citizens of Leeds, the design was created Subjectively. This would allow the design to have two functions, one to act as a wayfinding system, and two, to be a work of art itself, to those who won’t use the system. With the combination of objective design and the ways in which the shapes involve an apex and base to show a sense of direction, the system can be discovered from all angles of approach, and doesn’t’ involve the public having to start and the centre point of all three graffiti walls. By incorporating layers (inspired from both DAIN and DeltaInc) and scanning the design in the design pattern, it creates a form of depth due to the shadows. The idea to use mirrors would prove successful adding a community feel.

Above are several examples of how the wayfinding system will look on different buildings. Overlapping corners and covering bare walls, the design is composed in a variety of different ways, making each wall unique.  The orange represents where the mirror acetate will be placed instead of the white negative space. The final wayfinding system will be printed and placed on walls using wheat paste and the mirrors will be places on top with strong adhesive glue. The mirror itself won’t be glass but mirror acrylic, which is a safer and longer lasting material to use compared to a glass mirror, which could become easily destroyed. The black lines will be applied with black paint; once again the final outcome itself will be made up of many layers, referencing DeltaInc work.  

The wayfinding system, realistically like graffiti will not last forever, through weathering and its permeable material the collage design will gradually wear away like the nature of graffiti, however the mirror acetate and black paint will remain, still being able to form the wayfinding system and maintain the outline of the Leeds map through the mirror acetate, still creating the community feeling, and still looking like street art itself. 

Evaluation

Throughout the Brief the conflict between the use of subjective and objective design was brought to mind many times, when developing my work. Originally I believed my overall design was rather subjective, however when developing the shape of my supergraphics and applying Fuitigers principles the supergraphics shares Objective values as well, following and applying rules to the design - this further deepens my opinion on how all design is subjective in their own quantities. 

Through research and development, my new found knowledge of artists, and design principles allowed me to confidently create my final outcomes with strong reasonings behind them. Re-assured by peer critiques, the wayfinding outcome was molded through opinion, design principles and research, forming a confident response to the Design Brief. If I were to be given more time on this brief, I would look at the various ways this piece could be applied to walls in detail, and find a way in which the design could with stand weathering and become preserved for longer. 

Also another thing that I should have looked at and taken into consideration is the public's opinion of the wayfinding system, as the peers in my crit all share relatively the same age, feeback could have been more varied by asking member of the public of different ages about the idea and the concept. 

Design Developments

Experimented with further developing the final outcome, by refining the collage map cut out of Leeds, this was due to the fact a peer believed the design could be pushed further by making the outline of the Leeds map layer more intricate. 

By doing this I thought the final outcome would be more detailed and interesting. The new map cut out, involved a larger area Leeds being incorporated. The design was further developed by having the collage design re-created however in a digital design, by being scanned in on Photoshop, this could possibly add further detail to the over supergraphic. Through layering the design on Photoshop, and adding the same blue used in the original collage the end result lacked depth due to the lack of shadow. 

Overall, through re-creating the design and creating it in a mock-up format on primary imagery the design looked clustered and lacked detail. Although the cut out offered more detail of the Leeds Map, the new design would produce a larger areas of negative space compared to the first design, loosing the effect of layering underneath.