REPRESENTING DATA : NUMBERS & STATISTICS : INFOGRAPHICS
THE PROCESS BOOK KATIE WHITEMAN // VISUAL CONCEPTS // TAD CARPENTER
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
T H E S K I N N Y: Choose a subject and collect as much data and information as you can on that topic. Use your classmates and your peers to collect the variables. The subject matter is up to you. Get creative. Using that information, begin to visually represent your research through three visual solutions. The first poster is purely based on a typographic solution. The second, image. For the third, the computer is off limits. See what you can come up with when your computer is a tool rather than a solution. The end result: 3 posters 1. Image-based solution 2. Type-based solution 3. Non-computer based solution One bangin’ process book Well, let’s hop to it my friends.
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
LEARNING THE ROPES: Being new to the infographic world, this project was a great learning experience in understanding how designing, organizing, and presenting information can mesh together in graphic design. I chose KU basketball as my topic because I thought it was something unique to our campus and could be taken in multiple creative directions as far as illustrating information. As far as work flow goes for this second project, I started out pretty slow. I didn’t initally have the foundation for infographics and so I soon learned that I needed to do my research and understand the elements before I start creating any of my own. And that transition from looking at examples to creating my own was a difficult one. I seemed to get too caught up in my concepts rather than organizing my data into readable material. But as I continued to look at examples and learn from my peers, I began to get the hang of things. Sometimes a designer’s job is simply to organize. Once I got that through my head it began to come a bit easier.
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
N A R R OW I N G T H E T O P I C S : I orginally had 4 topics in mind: 1. KU basketball (the season was right around the corner, I couldn’t resist) 2. Grocery shopping 3. Good eats in Lawrence 4. Blood type (I had seen a really cool infographic in my research and wanted to see if I could make mine even better) I then surveyed my classmates and analyzed my data. It seemed like the best feedback (and the most interesting) was for KU basketball. Plus, Bill Self gave me a little nod at the Union that week so I figured it was a sign.
Subject 1: KU Basketball Fanitude 1. Rank your overall basketball fanitude A. Die-heart B. I go to 3-5 home games a season C. I prefer to watch it from my tv D. Not really interested E. Never been to the Fieldhouse 2. How many articles of KU basketball clothing do you own? A. Nothing, absolutely nothing B. 1-2 shirts C. 3-5 shirts D. There’s so many I can’t count E. I’ve got a basketball jersey 3. What does the acronym FOE stand for? A. Fans of Everything B. Food Over Everything C. Family Over Everything D. Fieldhouse of Excitement 4. Rank the manliness/attractiveness (5 being the best) __ Jeff Withey __ Elijah Johnson __ Travis Releford __ Kevin Young __ Justin Wesley 5. Who is the statue of in front of Allen Fieldhouse? A. Bill Self B. James Naismith C. Phog Allen D. Bob Dole
Katie Whiteman Infographic Survey // VISC 204 Subject 2: Lawrence Eats 1. What is your favorite Mexican in Lawrence? A. Chipotle B. Esquina’s C. Taco Bell D. Tapas 2. What is your favorite pizza place in Lawrence? A. Papa Keno’s B. Pizza Shuttle C. Pyramid Pizza D. Rudy’s 3. What is your favorite coffee shop in Lawrence? A. Starbucks B. Signs of Life C. Henry’s D. Java Break E. Aimee’s F. (Write in) 4. What is your favorite breakfast in Lawrence? A. Munchers B. WheatFields C. Global Cafe D. IHOP E. Milton’s 5. What is your favorite ice cream in Lawrence? A. Three Spoons B. Sylas & Maddy’s C. Freddy’s D. Cold Stone E. Orange Leaf
Subject 3: Donating Blood 1. What is your blood type? (Circle one from both columns) A. No idea A. Positive B. A B. Negative C. B D. O 2. When was the last time you donated blood? A. Last week B. Last month C. Last year D. Never ever 3. Do have a physical ailment/Are you on medication that prevents you from donating? Yes No 4. Do you answer the blood bank when they call you asking to donate? Yes No 5. What is your band aid/wrap color of choice? A. Yellow B. Green C. Blue D. Red E. Don’t care 6. On a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, how would you rank your side effects/how you feel after donating?
Subject 4: Grocery Shopping 1. Rank your favority grocery stores (5 being the best) A. Dillons B. Checkers C. Aldi’s D. HyVee E. Walmart 2. Do you buy your own groceries? (Circle) Yes No 3. What percentage of your grocery cart is considered “healthy”? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0% 4. Do you use recyclable shopping bags? Yes No 5. When you shop, what do you put your groceries in? A. Grocery cart B. Basket C. My arms 6. Do you clip coupons? Yes No
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
THE RESULTS: After surveying my classmates and peers, I tallied up my questions, analyzed my results, and began to develop concepts from that new information.
1. Rank your overall KU basketball fanitude A. Die Heart B. I got to 3-5 games a season C. I prefer to watch it on tv D. Not really interested E. Never been to the Fieldhouse
38% 25% 17% 13% 13%
2. How many articles of KU attire do you own? A. Nothing, absolutely nothing B. 1 to 2 shirts C. 3 to 5 shirts D. There’s so many I can’t count E. I’ve got a basketball jersey
20% 16% 36% 24% 4%
3. What does the acronym F.O.E stand for? A. Fans of Everything B. Food Over Everything C. Family Over Everything D. Fieldhouse of Excitement
15% 0% 70% 15%
4. Rank the manliness/attractiveness of each of the 5 seniors (5 being the studliest) A. Jeff Withey 47% B. Elijah Johnson 5% C. Travis Releford 12% D. Kevin Young 0% E. Justin Wesley 25%
5. Who is the statue of in front of Allen Fieldhouse? A. Bill Self 0% B. James Naismith 33% C. Phog Allen 67% D. Justin Wesley 0%
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
BRAINSTORMING/RESEARCHING/ CONCEPTING: With new, concrete data, I began to dig in and do my research. I collected photos and did several mind maps to get myself aquainted with the information that I was working with. I also looked at examples of infographics on Behance as well as Pinterest.
PHOTO INSPIRATION
KU BASKETBALL
is one of those things that you have to experience in order to believe all the hype. It’s hard to capture the feeling you get when you set foot in Allen Fieldhouse merely through a set of pictures. I knew from the start it was going to be a challenge capturing the Phog in all his glory but through research, pictures, & a whole lot of mind maps, I was able to develop a more narrow concept.
MIND MAPS
After building and concepting my ideas within the barriers of mind maps, I began to develop ideas that would translate into infographics. I took a red marker and circled any elements that had potential and then narrowed them down from there. While a lot of the design work I do is done at the design building, initial concepting is alwasy done in my disaster of a room.
INSPIRATION THROUGH THE MAP QUESTS
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INFOGRAPHIC EXAMPLES
For an extra amount of explanation, check out the blog: kwhiteman06.blogspot.com 1. Paul Marcinkowsk 2. Jennifer Daniel 3. Nicholas Felton 4. Peter Orntoft 5. Peter Orntoft 6. Nicholas Felton 7. Jennifer Daniel
ROCKWELL HELVETICA
REPRESENTING DATA: NUMBERS & STATISTICS
MAKING THE ROUNDS After researching, concepting, and sketching, it was time to start developing actual compositions for our information to be presented. These next five sections depict the assignments for each of the class periods along with a short explanation and description on how I felt about each one. There definitely ups and downs in this project and it is easy to identify when these designs are placed side by side.
ROUND 1 5 pencil sketches for each of the 3 challenges (15 total). Take 2 of those concepts and put them into system creating a refined computer concept. Post 5 good infographic examples to your blog (see previous pages)
ROUND 2 Begin to refine ideas. Choose a final subject and proceed to tighter concepts. 5 tighter concepts for image, typographic, and non-computer (15 total posters). Should have final statistics by now.
ROUND 3 Make refinements based on class discussion. Post a comment or question to your blog (kwhiteman06.blogspot. com check it out, it’s on there). Begin to refine successful concepts. Choose 3 of each image, typographic, and non-computer to refine (9 total)
ROUND 4 Narrow down options to 2 posters for each category (6 total). How can your message be more clear? Begin to thing about your process book (more organized than the last one)
ROUND 5 Review your final 3 concepts. Big class critique. Narrow down to the final 3 posters. Mock up of process book.
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ROUND 1
IMAGE - BASED
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1. Stats based on fan wardrobe 2. Team huddle, stats on players’ jerseys 3. Phog Allen Statue and the other potentials 4. Free throw and student section, stats through fans’ signs, body language 5. Clothing dresser, fans on top of piles of clothes 6. Done in system, Allen Fieldhouse, stats in windows of buidling 7. System, locker room, each lock represents different statistic
6.
LOCKER ROOM
Paragraph here ...and here...and here...and here...
7.
(Headline) % based on how much crap each player has in their locker
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8. Seniors display their fanitude 9. Allen Fieldhouse, stats in windows 10. Circle chart formed by crowds/lines 11. Bill gettin’ nasty in the huddle, stats on players’ jerseys 12. Lockers, each stat in different locker 13. Wide shot of AFH and court, title in scoreboard and stats placed around
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1. Text and stats displayed on banners 2.Kansas, percentage is “filled” up in letter forms 3. Stastics displayed in extended stems of letter forms 4. Title on “court,” ball bouncing around for movement 5.In KU tradition, a newspaper with all the stats
ROUND 1
TEXT - BASED
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2.
3. 4
1. KU student section & their middle sections 2.Crazy fans with their bodies painted, stats on body paint 3. Newspaper streds make up pie chart 4. Middle section, bar graph cut out, held up and backgroun is AFH crowd 5. Stats on white board like what’s in the locker room and discussed during halftime, all done with dry erase marker
1.
64%
21%
BASKE
NON - COMPUTER
ROUND 1
5.
15%
25%
TBALL
6. Text based comp in system
Here, in KU fashion, I shredded newspaper and attempted to lay it out on my floor to create a pie chart. Photographed, however, along with my awful carpet, just kinda looked like throw up. I went back to the drawing boards with that one.
1.
ROCK CHALK. STUDENTS SURVEY THEIR LOVE OF
KU BASKETBALL Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
A L L E N
F I E L D H O U S E
WHO’S THE STATUE?
67%
33% 0%
0% PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
BILL SELF JAMES NAISMITH
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL? 70%
ROCK CHALK FOR LIFE
DIE-HEART
DEDICATED FAN
PREFER TO WATCH ON
3-5 GAMES
JUST NOT THAT
TV
NEVER BEEN TO THE
INTERESTED
FIELDHOUSE
13%
13%
BOB DOLE
15%
F A M I LY O V E R EVERYTHING
FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
PHOG ALLEN
17%
WHAT’S YOUR KU
15%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
25%
0%
38%
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
F.O.E
DO YOU KNOW
BILL SELF WHAT IT MEANS?
TSHIRT
T A L LY
20%
16%
I OWN
36%
I OWN
24%
I OWN
4%
I OWN A
COUNTLESS NOTHING 1-2 SHIRTS 3-4 SHIRTS AMOUNT OF KU TSHIRTS
SHAMEFULLY NOTHING
I OWN A
JERSEY
2.
ROUND 2
R O C K C H A L K J AY H A W K . H O W M U C H D O Y O U L O V E
KANSAS BASKETBALL Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat.
Camping.
Shredding
newspaper until your fingers turn WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN?
TALLY F.O.E. KU TSHIRT
KU BASKETBALL
FANITUDE
4
24 20
16
36
38%
%
STUDLINESS OF OUR
SENIORS ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 5
black. Yep. It’s that time of year
WHO’S THE STATUE IN FRONT
when students start to major in
FIELDHOUSE
Allen Fieldhouse rather anthropology
70%
F A M I LY O V E R E V E R Y T H I N G
DIE-HEART
countless traditions, KU basket-
5
SENIORS
15%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
3-5 GAMES
15% FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
17%
ball remains close many students’ hearts.
This
study
had
KU
students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia &
47%
WATCH ON TV
than
engineering.
With a long, rich history and
0%
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
25%
or
famous traditions. Do you bleed
JEFF WITHEY : 5
crimson & blue?
13%
3-5 SHIRTS
NO INTERESTED
TOO MANY
33% 41% 44% 44%
1-2 SHIRTS
NOTHING JERSEY
13%
F.O.E
NEVER BEEN TO AFH
3.
R O C K
C H A L K
ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3 TRAVIS RELEFORD: 4
KEVIN YOUNG: 4 ELIJAH JOHNSON: 1
J A Y H A W K
BASKETBALL AT KU Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL? WHO IS THIS
BRONZE MAN?
67%
ROCK CHALK FOR LIFE
DIE-HEART
33% 0%
DEDICATED FAN
3-5 GAMES
PREFER TO WATCH ON
TV
JUST NOT THAT
NEVER BEEN TO THE
IMAGE - BASED
INTERESTED
FIELDHOUSE
13%
13%
0%
JAMES NAISMITH
17%
BOB DOLE PHOG ALLEN
BILL SELF
25% 70%
F A M I LY O V E R E V E R Y T H I N G
38% 15%
FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
15%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
0%
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
F.O.E DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS?
&
KU SHIRTS TO SHOW THAT LOVE?
20% I OWN
16% I OWN
36% I OWN
24% I OWN A
COUNTLESS NOTHING 1-2 SHIRTS 3-4 SHIRTS AMOUNT OF KU TSHIRTS
SHAMEFULLY NOTHING
4% I OWN A
JERSEY
The image - based compositions for the second round turned out to be much more challenging than I expected. I had a hard time illustrating information among text and images while still maintaining the infographic way. Because I lingered on this problem, I fell behind and was not able to crank out the 5 compositions that were assigned.
1. Images given through various elements of KU basketball with the main focus being the Fieldhouse 2. The locker-themed infographic resurfacing. The concept was there but the images were flat. Very flat. I lost my style here. 3. Another infographic using simple icons of my theme with a bouncing basketball as the core connecter. Again, this was very flat and was in dire need of some space
PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL? Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
?
BIG
W HO IS THE
TALLY F.O.E.
SENIORS STATUE ON A S C A L E F R OM 1 - 5
FIELDHOUSE
25%
20%
15%
33%
0%
17%
16%
0%
41%
33%
13%
24%
15%
44%
0%
13%
4%
FAN?
ROUND 2 BOB DOLE
KU
TSHIRT
3-5 GAMES A YEAR
PREFER TO WATCH ON
NOT REALLY INTERESTED
NEVER BEEN TO THE FIELDHOUSE
NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
1-2 SHIRTS
SO MANY I CAN’T COUNT
FANS OF EVERYTHING
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
FIELDHOUSE OVER EVERYTHING
3-5 KU TSHIRTS
STU D LINESS OF OU R
ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3
TRAVIS RELEFORD: 4
KEVIN YOUNG: 4
I N F R ONT O F THE
BILL SELF
JAMES NAISMITH
BOB DOLE
44%
I OWN A JERSEY
38% 36% DIE-HEART BASKETBALL FAN
WH AT T HE H ELL IS
ELIJAH JOHNSON: 1
70% 47% 67% FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING
JEFF WITHEY’S A 5 (HUNK)
PHOG ALLEN
TEXT-BASED
R O C K
C H A L K
J A Y H A W K
BASKETBALL AT KU Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
I OWN A JERSEY
1 TO 2 SHIRTS
TOO HARD TO COUNT FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING TSHIRT
WHAT IS
TALLY
F.O.E.? 3 TO 5 SHIRTS
FIELDHOUSE OF EXCITEMENT
FANS OF EVERYTHING
NEVER BEEN TO THE FIELDHOUSE JAMES NAISMITH
NOT REALLY INTERESTED
WHO’S THE STATUE
KU BASKETBALL
FANITUDE
PREFER TO WATCH ON TV
LIVE & BREATHE BASKETBALL PHOG ALLEN
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE BILL SELF BOB DOLE
For the non-computer compositions for round two, I decided I needed to get back to my hand-drawn techniques. I narrowed my focus to just dealing with the senior studliness stastic. I developed a flowchart for how to choose which basketball player would be the best to date. I also started to develop an idea for a cut-paper composition (left picture).
ROUND 2 NON - COMPUTER
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ROUND 3
Round 3 was when concepts and ideas finally clicked to the point where it was comfortable. I started to expand the white board idea to a bigger scale and used hand-drawn images for the locker room composition as well as the dating flow chart. I also started to incorporate pictures of the student section and flying newspaper. BILL SELF
2. R O C K C H A L K J AY H A W K . H O W M U C H D O Y O U L O V E
BASKETBALL AT KU?
NON - COMPUTER / IMAGE / TEXT
WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN?
KU BASKETBALL
FANITUDE How would you rank your KU basketball fan enthusiasm?
38%
TALLY F.O.E. KU TSHIRT
How many KU tshirts do you own?
36%
24%
20%
Family Over Everything, how many KU students know what that means?
STUDLINESS OF OUR
SENIORS
The seniors of the team were stacked up and ranked on their studliness with 5 being outrageously masculine.
WHO’S THE STATUE IN FRONT
FIELDHOUSE DId you know Phog Allen was the statue in front of Allen Fieldhouse?
16% 4%
DIE-HEART
25%
F.O.E
3-5 GAMES
17% WATCH ON TV
13%
NO INTERESTED
13%
NEVER BEEN TO AFH
36%
3-5 SHIRTS
24%
1-2 SHIRTS
15%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
47%
JEFF WITHEY : 5
70%
F A M I LY O V E R E V E R Y T H I N G
0%
20%
TOO MANY
16%
NOTHING
4%
JERSEY
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
15%
FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
33% 41% 44%
ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3 TRAVIS RELEFORD: 4
KEVIN YOUNG: 4
In the very place where basketball was invented & perfected, KU students were polled on their knowledge & love for the sport that James Naismith & some peach baskets started way back when.
Answer these simple personality questions and see which KU senior basketball player could be the man of your dreams.
Twitter or Facebook
Volleybal or Video Games?
#24 Travis Releford You like the KC kid. You’re pretty easy going but enjoy having a good time. You also love kids (Travis has 2, better get used to being around ‘em.
Candyland or Poker?
You like the tall skinny white kid. He’s a bit awkward and klumsy so you don’t mind being around a goofball. Oh and #WitheyBlockParty
California or Kansas City?
You are here. You prefer your man to be...
#5 Jeff Withey
Skinny or Buff?
Tall
Las Vegas or California?
You enjoy a being around a leader. You go for the athletic, slightly clueless type. You also are the “in the moment” type (Johnson is still “undecided” in his major)
#15 Elijah Johnson
Beard or Clean Shaven?
Short
You like hair on your man. Lots of it. Tall & lanky is your type. You also appreciate a good smile (look at that grin, irrestistable.
#40 Kevin Young
Odd # or Even #
Short Hair or Fro?
Do you prefer a man who is Decisive or Indecisive?
SWOONING FOR THE SENIORS
3.
R O C K
4.
C H A L K
J A Y H A W K
BASKETBALL AT KU Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL? WHO IS THIS
BRONZE MAN?
67%
DEDICATED FAN
ROCK CHALK FOR LIFE
33% 0%
DIE-HEART
NEVER BEEN TO THE
JUST NOT THAT
PREFER TO WATCH ON
3-5 GAMES
TV
INTERESTED
FIELDHOUSE
13%
13%
0%
17% JAMES NAISMITH
BOB DOLE
70%
F A M I LY O V E R E V E R Y T H I N G
25%
PHOG ALLEN
BILL SELF
38%
15%
FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
15%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
0%
&
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
KU SHIRTS TO SHOW THAT LOVE?
DO YOU KNOW
F.O.E.: DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
20%
16%
I OWN
I OWN
36% I OWN
24%
4%
I OWN A
I OWN A
COUNTLESS NOTHING 1-2 SHIRTS 3-4 SHIRTS AMOUNT OF KU TSHIRTS
JERSEY
SHAMEFULLY NOTHING
ROUND 3
ST U D L INESS OF OU R
O n a s cal e f ro m 1 to 5 , th es e are th e av erag es o f attracti v en es s f ro m th e s tu den t bo dy.
IN FRONT OF THE
FIELDHOUSE
3-5 KU TSHIRTS
JEFF WITHEY’S A 5 (HUNK)
PHOG ALLEN
20% ZERO KU SHIRTS FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING
24% 3-5 GAMES A YEAR
33% ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3 24% TOO MANY 20% 1-2 GAMES A YEAR 15% FANS OVER EVERYTHING
13% NOT INTERESTED
41% TRAVIS RELEFOD: 4
16% 1-2 SHIRTS 15% FIELDHOUSE OF EXCITEMENT
13% NOT INTERESTED
4% I OWN A JERSEY
0% FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
33% JAMES NAISMITH
44% KEVIN YOUNG 4
0% BILL SELF 0% BOB DOLE
NON - COMPUTER
decifering what was what. That needed to be fixed.
W HO IS T HE
SENIORS STATUE
6. The student section that I crafted by hand also had a lot of readability issues. People were having trouble
W H AT T H E H E L L I S
translate to what I was talking about
KU
5. I liked where this one was going but the information was still very unclear and the sepa tones did not directly
KU STUDENTS, ARE YOU A
would help things. I was way off with that one.
students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
4. This was a continuation of the less stronger compositions. I thought with the incporporation of a picture it
major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many
3. The flow chart also started to take shape. The colors were a struggle and readabiltiy was also ironed out
Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to
1. Statistics on the white board in the desgin building. The idea was there but the organization was awful
PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL?
2. The locker room composition finally started to come together with the incorporation of hand-drawn images
5.
6.
SWOONING FOR THE SENIORS Answer these simple personality questions and see which KU senior basketball player could be the man of your dreams. Tall
START HERE
Short
You prefer your man to be... Do you prefer a man who is Decisive or Indecisive?
Skinny or Buff?
Volleybal or Video Games?
Las Vegas or California?
California or Kansas City?
Odd # or Even #
Beard or Clean Shaven?
Candyland or Poker?
Twitter or Facebook
Short Hair or Fro?
#40 Kevin Young
#5 Jeff Withey
#24 Travis Releford
#15 Elijah Johnson
You like the tall skinny white kid. He’s a bit awkward and klumsy so you don’t mind being around a goofball. Oh and #WitheyBlockParty
You like the KC kid. You’re pretty easy going but enjoy having a good time. You also love kids (Travis has 2, better get used to being around ‘em.
You enjoy a being around a leader. You go for the athletic, slightly clueless type. You also are the “in the moment” type (Johnson is still “undecided” in his major)
You like hair on your man. Lots of it. Tall & lanky is your type. You also appreciate a good smile (look at that grin, irrestistable.
ROUND 4
PAY H E E D T O A L L W H O E N T E R :
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE KU BASKETBALL? Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
KU YOU STUDENTS, ARE YOU A ARE A KU BASKETBALL
KU
WHO IS THE
DO YOU KNOW TROBB’S FAMOUS ACRONYM?
STUDLINESS OF OUR
SENIORS On a scale from 1 to 5, these are the averages of attractiveness from the student body.
STATUE IN FRONT OF THE
FIELDHOUSE
HOW MANY KU TSHIRTS DO YOU OWN?
36 24
3-5 KU SHIRTS
3-5 KU TSHIRTS
%
%
47
JEFF WITHEY’S A 5 (HUNK)
%
20% ZERO KU SHIRTS 24% 3-5 GAMES A YEAR
24
FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING
%
24% TOO MANY
67
PHOG ALLEN
%
33% ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3
20% 1-2 GAMES A YEAR 15% FANS OVER EVERYTHING
13% NOT INTERESTED
41% TRAVIS RELEFOD: 4
16% 1-2 SHIRTS 15% FIELDHOUSE OF EXCITEMENT
13% NEVER BEEN AFH
4% I OWN A JERSEY
0% FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
33% JAMES NAISMITH
44% KEVIN YOUNG 4
0% BILL SELF 0% BOB DOLE
NON - COMPUTER
NEVER BEEN TO AFH
13%
NO INTERESTED
13%
WATCH ON TV
17%
3-5 GAMES
25%
DIE-HEART
38%
How would you rank your KU basketball fan enthusiasm?
FANITUDE
KU BASKETBALL
TOO MANY NOTHING JERSEY
20% 16% 4%
1-2 SHIRTS
16% 4%
24%
20%
3-5 SHIRTS
24%
36%
36%
How many KU tshirts do you own?
KU TSHIRT
FIELDHOUSE OF EVERYTHING
15%
0%
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
F A M I LY O V E R E V E R Y T H I N G
70%
FA N S O F E V E RY T H I N G
15%
F.O.E
Family Over Everything, how many KU students know what that means?
TALLY F.O.E.
WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN?
33% 41% 44%
KEVIN YOUNG: 4
TRAVIS RELEFORD: 4
ELIJAH JOHNSON: 3
JEFF WITHEY : 5
47%
The seniors of the team were stacked up and ranked on their studliness with 5 being outrageously masculine.
SENIORS
STUDLINESS OF OUR
DId you know Phog Allen was the statue in front of Allen Fieldhouse?
FIELDHOUSE
WHO’S THE STATUE IN FRONT
In the very place where basketball was invented & perfected, KU students were polled on their knowledge & love for the sport that James Naismith & some peach baskets started way back when.
BASKETBALL AT KU?
R O C K C H A L K J AY H A W K . H O W M U C H D O Y O U L O V E
BILL SELF
FAR ABOVE THE GOLDEN VALLEY GLORIOUS TO VIEW STANDS OUR NOBLE ALMA MATER LIFE THE CHORUS EVER ONWARD CRIMSON IAND THE BLUE HAIRL TO THEE OUR ALMA BASKETBALL AT KU MATER HAIL TO OLD KU. ROCK CHLKA JAYHAWK. KUFAR ABOVE THE GOLDEN VALLEY GLORIOUS TO VIEW STANDS OUR NOBLE ALMA MATER LIFE THE CHORUS EVER ONWARD CRIMSON IAND THE BLUE HAIRL TO THEE OUR ALMA MATER HAIL TO OLD KU. ROCK CHLKA JAYHAWK. KUFAR ABOVE THE GOLDEN VALLEY GLORIOUS TO VIEW STANDS OUR NOBLE ALMA MATER LIFE THE CHORUS EVER ONWARD CRIMSON IAND THE BLUE HAIRL TO THEE OUR ALMA MATER HAIL TO OLD KU. ROCK CHLKA JAYHAWK. KUFAR ABOVE THE GOLDEN VALLEY GLORIOUS TO VIEW STANDS OUR NOBLE ALMA MATER LIFE THE CHORUS EVER ONWARD CRIMSON IAND THE BLUE HAIRL TO THEE OUR ALMA MATER HAIL TO OLD KU. ROCK CHLKA JAYHAWK. GO KU. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK. KU ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK. GO KU. ROCK CHALK R O C K
C H A L K
J A Y H A W K
Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s that time of year when students start to major in Allen Fieldhouse rather
than anthropology or engineering. With a long, rich history and countless traditions, KU basketball remains close many students’ hearts. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
TOO HARD TO COUNT
FIELDHOUSE OF EXCITMENT
1 TO 2 SHIRTS
38%
36%
NOTHING, 0 SHIRTS I OWN A JERSEY
FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING
3 TO 5 SHIRTS
TSHIRT
TALLY
HOW MANY KU TSHIRTS DO YOU OWN?
KU BASKETBALL
FANITUDE
HOW WOULD YOU RANK THE FAN BASE AT KU?
WHAT IS
F.O.E.?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT T ROBB’S FAMOUS ACROYNYM STANDS FOR?
WHO’S THE STATUE
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
3-5 GAMES A YEAR
NEVER BEEN TO AFH
PREFER TO WATCH ON TV
FANS OVER EVERYTHING
FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
BILL SELF
38%
3 TO 5 SHIRTS NOT REALLY INTERESTED
38%
JAMES NAISMITH
PHOG ALLEN
BOB DOLE
This was my last composition for the non-computer based poster for round 4. It’s all hand-cut paper with varying mounting heights. I thought this was my most successfull composition out of the non-computer section but I was having trouble with readability and hierarchy. To solve this problem, I scanned each of the elements in individually, edited them within Photoshop, and placed them in Illustrator. I also hand-cut each of the characters for the title which was different from what I did here (where I was lazy and just printed it out).
FINAL POSTERS
1. Swooning for the Seniors (Image-based) 2. For the Love of the Fieldhouse, the Phog, and KU Basketball (Type-based) 3. Basketball at KU (Non-computer)
R O C K
C H A L K
J A Y H A W K
FO R T HE LOVE OF
THE
FIELDHOUSE,
THE
PHOG,
&
KU
BASKETBALL
Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Waving the Wheat. Camping. Shredding newspaper until your fingers turn black. Yep. It’s basketball season. This study had KU students take a survey quizzing them on simple basketball trivia & famous traditions. Do you bleed crimson & blue?
TOO HARD TO COUNT FIELDHOUSE OF EXCITMENT
36%
38%
3 TO 5 SHIRTS
FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING
1 TO 2 SHIRTS NOTHING, 0 SHIRTS I OWN A JERSEY
TSHIRT
TALLY
HOW MANY KU TSHIRTS DO YOU OWN?
KU BASKETBALL
FANITUDE HOW WOULD YOU RANK THE FAN BASE AT KU?
WHAT IS
F.O.E.?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT T ROBB’S FAMOUS ACROYNYM STANDS FOR?
WHO’S THE STATUE
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
3-5 GAMES A YEAR
BILL SELF
38%
NEVER BEEN TO AFH PREFER TO WATCH ON TV
FANS OVER EVERYTHING FOOD OVER EVERYTHING
3 TO 5 SHIRTS
NOT REALLY INTERESTED
38%
JAMES NAISMITH
PHOG ALLEN BOB DOLE
R O C K C H A L K J AY H A W K
Wave the wheat. It’s basketball season. KU students surveyed their love and dedication for KU basketball. Rock Chalk.
DO YOU REALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR KU BASKETBALL? WHAT’S THE STUDENT FAN BASE? WHAT’S YOUR
WATCH ON TV
NOT INTERESTED
3 TO 5 GAMES
DIE-HEART
1 TO 2 TSHIRTS
HOW MANY KU TSHIRTS DO YOU OWN?
1 TO 2 TSHIRTS
WHO IS THE
AT ALLEN FIELDHOUSE?
NOTHING
1 TO 2 TSHIRTS
3 TO 5 TSHIRTS
TOO MANY
PHOG ALLEN
JAMES NAISMITH BOB DOLE BILL SELF
Designing infographics create great opportunities to make strides in learning design. They’re cholk full of information and it is your job to make it look clean, precise, easy to read, and well-designed. And as I end all of my projects, here are a few things I learned: 1. Don’t be afraid of white space. 2. Trust your gut. You yourself know more about the successfulness of your designs than you think. Go with it. You’re probably right. 3. Do good work but do it fast. Initally, it’s a matter of getting down all your ideas rather than perfecting just a few of them. 4. Mistakes are inevitable but failure is never an option. Embrace your set backs and fight like hell to climb your way back.
ROCK CHALK