EARTH ARTEFACT BY JENNA TURNER
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Mars
Jupiter Saturn
Eiffel Tower
Uranus Earth
Big Ben
Statue of Liberty
Planets Neptune
Landmarks
Venus Mercury
Road Map
Crime
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Money
Statistics
War Poverty
The Environment
Education
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Stonehenge
Tower Bridge
The Louvre Golden Gate Bridge
KEYWORDS Space Universe Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Life People Living Poverty The Environment Education Money
The Sun The Sea Beaches Sunset Trees Plants Clouds Weather Wind Rain Snow Ice Landmarks Eiffel Tower Big Ben Statue of Liberty The Louvre
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RESEARCH THE GOLDEN RECORD The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extra-terrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them. The Golden Record contains 116 images and a variety of sounds. Some of the sounds included are: thunder, wind, and animal sounds - for example whales. The record also contains music from different cultures and eras which are spoken in 59 different languages. There are also printed messages from President Jimmy Carter and U.N secretary general Kurt Waldheim. The Golden Record also contains greetings in 55 languages. Some of the languages included are: English, Ancient Greek, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish and Spanish. It also contains a range of sounds including: volcanoes, thunder, frogs, elephants, laughter, footsteps and trains. There are 116 images included in the Record. Some of there are: a sunset, an astronaut, rush hour traffic, the Great Wall of China, dolphins and a supermarket.
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RESEARCH PLANETS
Mercury – Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Thirteen times a century Mercury can be observed from the Earth passing across the face of the Sun in an event called a transit, the next will occur on the 9th May 2016. A year in Mercury is 88 days long. One day on Mercury lasts the equivalent of 176 Earth days. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and the second hottest. Mercury is named for the Roman messenger to the gods. Mass: 330,104,000,000,000 billion kg (0.055 x Earth) Venus - Venus is the second planet from the
Sun and is the second brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is sometimes referred to as the Earth’s sister planet due to their similar size and mass. Venus rotates anticlockwise. Venus is the hottest planet and the average surface temperature is 462 °C, and because Venus does not tilt on its axis, there is no seasonal variation. Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Mass: 4,867,320,000,000,000 billion kg (0.815 x Earth)
Earth – Earth is the third planet from the sun and the only planet that isn’t named after a Greek or Roman God. Earth is the only planet known to support life. The earth’s rotation is gradually slowing, but it will take 140 million years before the length of a day will have increased to 25 hours. As a percentage of the size of the body it orbits, the Moon is the largest satellite of any planet in our solar system. In real terms, however, it is only the fifth largest natural satellite. Mass: 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kg Mars - Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun
and is named after the Roman god of war. It is often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance. There have been 40 missions to Mars, but only 18 have been successful. Mars
has the largest dust storms in the solar system, they can last for months and cover the entire planet. Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system; Olympus Mons, a shield volcano, is 21km high and 600km in diameter. Mass: 641,693,000,000,000 billion kg (0.107 x Earth)
Jupiter - The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and is two and a half times bigger than all the other planets in the solar system combined. It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a “gas giant.” Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system. Only the Sun, Moon and Venus are brighter. It is one of five planets visible to the naked eye from Earth. Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets. It turns on its axis once every 9 hours and 55 minutes. Jupiter is named after the king of the Roman gods. Mass: 1,898,130,000,000,000,000 billion kg (317.83 x Earth) Saturn - Saturn is the sixth planet from the
Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its ring system that was discovered in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei. Saturn is the flattest planet and turns on its axis once every 10 hours and 34 minutes giving it the second-shortest day of any of the solar system’s planets. Saturn is made mostly of Hydrogen. Saturn has 150 moons and smaller moonlets. It is named for the Roman god Saturnus, and was known to the Greeks as Cronus. Mass: 568,319,000,000,000,000 billion kg (95.16 x Earth)
Uranus - Uranus is the seventh planet from
the Sun. It’s not visible to the naked eye, and became the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. Uranus turns on its axis once every 17 hours, 14 minutes: Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet. Uranus is the Coldest Planet with a minimum atmospheric temperature of -224°C. Uranus’ moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare and Alaxander Pope. Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity Ouranos. Mass: 86,810,300,000,000,000 billion kg (14.536 x Earth)
Neptune - Neptune is the eighth planet from
the Sun and is the most distant planet from the Sun. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea. Large storms whirl through its upper atmosphere, and high-speed winds track around the planet at up 600 meters per second. One of the largest storms ever seen was recorded in 1989. It was called the Great Dark Spot. It lasted about five years. Neptune has 14 moons. The atmosphere of Neptune is made of hydrogen and helium, with some methane. Mass: 102,410,000,000,000,000 billion kg (17.15x Earth)
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RESEARCH THE FOUR ELEMENTS
The ancient Greeks believed that there were four elements that everything was made up of: earth, water, air, and fire. This theory was suggested around 450 BC, and it was later supported and added to by Aristotle. The idea that these four elements - earth, water, air, and fire - made up all matter was the cornerstone of philosophy, science, and medicine for two thousand years.
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RESEARCH LANDMARKS
Landmark - An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognised. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Statue of Liberty – New York, USA Eiffel Tower- Paris, France The Pyramids of Giza – Egypt The Great Wall of China – China The Taj Mahal – Agra, India Big Ben – London, England The Leaning Tower of Pisa – Italy Stonehenge – Wiltshire, England Niagara Falls – Ontario, Canada The Grand Canyon – Arizona, USA Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, California Sydney Opera House – Australia Tower Bridge – London, England The Empire State Building – New York, USA The Louvre – Paris, France The Hollywood Sign – California, USA Buckingham Palace – London, England
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RESEARCH POVERTY • • • • • •
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80% of people worldwide live on less than $10 a day. 22,000 children die each day due to poverty 28% of children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight. In 2005 around 75 million children who were primary school age were not in school. 57% of these were girls. Nearly 1 billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spends every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen. Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day. Number of children in the world – 2.2 billion Number of children in the world who live in poverty – 1 billion In the developing world 1/3 children have no shelter. 1/5 have no access to safe water. 1/7 have no access to health services. 10.6 million children died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (same as children population in France, Germany, Greece and Italy) 2.2 million children die each year because they are not immunized 15 million children are orphaned due to HIV/ AIDS In 2011 165 million children under the age of 5 had stunted growth due to malnutrition.
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RESEARCH THE ENVIRONMENT • • • •
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The United States makes up less than 5% of the population on earth yet use 30% of its resources. 110 million people in the U.S are living in air pollution so high that it is considered harmful to their health. If the number of cars keeps increasing at its present rate, there will be over one billion on the road by 2025. A large study has found that up to one half of all plants and animals species on dry land could face extinction by the year 2050 due to global warming. 84% of waste coming out of households is recyclable. The typical U.S. Home uses no less than about 300 gallons of water every single day. Many people around the world have to travel miles just to carry back 5 gallons to use for an entire family. China is the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide. United States is number 2. Around 1000 children die in India every year due to diseases caused from the polluted water. Places that are near to high traffic roads, seaports or railways are dangerous places to live or work as they contain more concentrated levels of air pollution. Air conditions and heating elements consume 50% of electricity in America. The number of climate change related incidents have quadrupled between 1980 and 2010.
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RESEARCH SEMIOTICS Semiotics is the name of the investigation into how meaning is created and how meaning is communicated. It is a way of seeing the world, and of understanding how the landscape and culture in which we live has a massive impact on all of us unconsciously. For instance, when we see traffic lights, we automatically know how to react to them. We know this without even thinking about it. E.g. red means stop. But this is a sign which has been established by cultural convention over a long period of time and which we learn as children, and requires a deal of unconscious cultural knowledge to understand its meaning. And signs don’t only need to be visual – they can be aural or sonic signs too, such as the sound of a police siren, usually heard before the vehicle is seen.
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RESEARCH SEASONS A season is a part of a year. In most areas of the world there are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In some areas there are a different number of seasons. For example, Australia’s Northern Territory has six seasons. In places which are tropical and subtropical there are two seasons: the rainy and the dry season. This is because the rain changes more than the temperature. Summer is a warm season because the days are longer and the Sun is high in the sky, giving direct light to the ground. Winter is a cold season because the days are shorter and the Sun is low in the sky, giving indirect light to the ground. Both the changes in the length of the day and the height of the Sun at noon are caused by the tilt of the Earth’s spin axis with respect to the plane of the Earth’s path around the Sun. At any time, in any season, the northern and southern hemispheres have opposite seasons.
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ARTISTS CHARIS TSEVIS
Charis Tsevis is an award winning visual designer who lives and works in Athens,Greece. He holds a Diploma in Graphic Design from the Akademie fur das Grafishe Gewerbe, Munchen and a Master in Visual Design from the Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano. He manages a studio by the name of Tsevis Visual Design in Athens serving clients all over the world. His client list includes companies like Nike, Pepsi, Toyota and IKEA. I picked this artist as I liked the triangle designs that the artist uses.
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ARTISTS
DESIGN BY HOUSE Design by house - Design by House are a graphic design team working in brand, print and web. Every project they undertake is driven by conversation, ideas and experience using all three to craft lasting work that helps our clients talk to the world. I chose to research this artist as he has created work on landmarks and I like the line effect he uses throughout his work.
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ARTISTS ANTUN HIRSMAN
I could not find much information about Antun Hirsman online. He designs infographics so I picked him as an artist as I would like to include infographics in my work. I like the simple, clear layouts he uses and I also like the colour schemes. I chose to research this artist I will be creating infographics for my final designs.
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ARTISTS ALON AVISSAR
Alon Avissar is a freelance graphic designer based n New York city. He creates designs for web, print, commercial products and promotional materials. Clients include:NBC Universal, Verizon HTC, IMG, Comcast Spotlight, FunnyorDie.com, Lowe’s, Motorola Droid, Hertz Rent-a-car, The Fader, USAA, Soap.com and Make-A-Wish Foundation. I chose to research this artist as he has created work that represents each season and I think that his work looks effective.
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IDEAS My main idea is to present my work using infographics. I will produce a series of infographics displaying information on a range of things. Some informaton I will include will be facts about planets, seasons, landmarks, etc. I may also include some information on poverty and the environment. The information I include will be basic facts as lifeforms from other planets may not understand complex definitions. I will keep my designs sophisticated by using simple yet effective fonts. I will create colour schemes so that my designs aren’t overcrowded with too much colour.
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DEVELOPMENT I decided that my main three infographics would be on seasons, planets and landmarks. I drew out the 8 planets and decided to include a triangle design on them. I then drew out a symbol that represented each of the four seasons and did a line design. I then chose 3 landmarks and drew their outlines and wrote their names on the outline.
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DEVELOPMENT
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DEVELOPMENT I created a range of space infographics for my project. I used the triangle design on the planets in the style of Charis Tsevis. I made the name of the planet large so that it is very easy to identify which planet it is. Underneath the planet name I included a fact about each planet in a smaller font. Underneath that I included further information about the planets in a smaller text. The colours of the planets relate to the actual colours. The background colours are a muted version. I couldn’t decide which layout I preferred for the infographic so I created both.
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DEVELOPMENT I created a range of infographics about seasons. I researched a company called ‘Design By House’ and I based my designs off some of their ideas. I created my designs by using Photoshop. To get the line effect I used the marquee tool and the fill tool.
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DEVELOPMENT I created a range of infographics about seasons. I researched a company called ‘Design By House’ and I based my designs off some of their ideas. I created my designs by using Photoshop. To get the line effect I used the marquee tool and the fill tool. After I created my infographics I decided that a snowflake would fit ‘Winter’ better. I also added an inner shadow to add some depth to my designs. I also made the font larger so it is easier to read.
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DEVELOPMENT I created another infographic which includes information about poverty. I made sure to use dark and dull colours as bright colours wouldn’t have suited the subject. I also decided to use the earth as a pie chart.
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DEVELOPMENT I created another infographic which includes information about pollution and the environment. I used the colour blue as it is generally used the represent the environment. I also decided to make circular pie charts to show percentages.
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DEVELOPMENT I have chosen 6 landmarks which will be included in my next infographic. I chose the Statue of Liberty, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the London Eye and Sydney Opera House.
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DEVELOPMENT After I had created my landmarks I put them all together. I lowered the transparency on all the landmarks to about 80% as this made them overlap which I thought looked effective. I changed the background from a very dark blue to a beige colour as I thought it looked less harsh. I also ordered the landmarks in height order to make my work more realistic. I then used a bigger canvas so that there is space to include information.
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FINAL DESIGN This is my final design for my landmark infographic. I decided that this would be my final design as I thought it worked better with all the landmarks together and overlapping rather than the individual posters. I have decided to create all of my final infographic designs in this style as I think it is effective.
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FINAL DESIGN I created another infographic in the same style as my landmarks one as I think this style is effective. I included the 6 main religions of the world. I included their symbols and basic facts.
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FINAL DESIGN I created another infographic in the same style as my landmarks one as I think this style is effective. I included the four seasons and a small amount of information about each of them.
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FINAL DESIGN I created another infographic in the same style as my landmarks one as I think this style is effective. I like this design better than my previous planet designs. I changed the sizes of the planets so that they are correct and more realistic.
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