Action Research 2

Can a universal design language improve safety and communication in international tourism.

Cedar Point Theme Park - August 2015 (CNN)A teacher who had ridden one of Cedar Point’s renowned roller coasters lost some of his belongings on the ride, then got off to track them down -- a decision that ultimately cost him his life.

Jones, 2011 and Metro-Roland 2007 - Looked at design principles, semiotics, colour theory differences of meanings in other countries.

Seongseop, McKercher 2011 - Tourist behaviour.

Kenteris, Damianos 2007 - Technology influencing current ways of travel.

Looked at; - London Olympic’s use of pictograms.

- Viktor Hertz’s pictograms stylised to be like road signs.

- Ben Pranger’s physical signage for those who don’t use their eyes to see.

- Ibrahim Nur Hishham’s Mah Meri Sculpture

SURVEY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SNIPPETS 57.69% - Do not at all, sometimes or assume they are fine before going on a ride compared to those who do check.

80.77% - Rely on visual communication compared to other forms of communication.

PROGRESS TO DATE Started playing around with current signage like park maps to understand the mentality of the way things are, and why certain choices were made, like appeal over ease of reading.

Current vs minimalist

PROGRESS TO DATE Looking at what tourists use to assist them in foreign situations.

- Google translator No lose items are permitted on this ride.

Many orphaned items will not be permitted on this tour .

Do not joke about safety Tajik: What about safety is not a joke.

Chinese: What security is not a joke.

Our reliance on modern technology - taking that away/making it faulty.

REFLECTION - Focus further on creating and looking at designers who create graphic design with a strong visually vocal dialogue. -James Victore etc - Look at the differences in types of advertising versus informational signage. - Joesph Kosuth - Current practice and it’s limitations (Winkler, Dietmar R.) - Statistics from an experiment in manipulating icons to get different reader understandings.

(Zender, Mike and Mejia, G. Maurico.)

REFLECTION - Utilising current marketing of tourist destinations and spinning it around.

- Relook at what age demographic finds themselves in strife with international tourist - Do a vocal survey with a variety of people on certain situations after they have finished to find out if they retained any important points.

TIMELINE 8 WEEKS - August 31st to October 26th 1 - Finalise vocal research and resolve data 2 - Finalise assessment idea 3 - Create Draft and test solution until solved 4, 5, 6 - Add to annotated bibliography and continue finalised project 7, 8 - Continue project until complete and neaten up annotated bibliography adding to if needed.

CONCLUDE Feeling good so far -but want to really push myself to resolve the idea for the finalised assessment two.