| Date | Time | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| 15th July | 11:30pm - 12:30am | Research |
| 16th July | 11:00am - 01:00pm | Research |
| 01:50pm - 04:00pm | Group discussion | |
| 26th July | 12:53pm - 02:11pm | Group discussion |
| 29th July | 04:00pm - 06:00pm | Research, draw icons |
| 2nd August | 03:55pm - 05:00pm | Group discussion |
| 6th August | 07:15am - 08:50am | Thinking about ideas |
| 10:00am - 05:00pm | Revisit zoo | |
| 8th August | 04:00pm - 04:30pm | Group discussion |
| 9th August | 12:40pm - 02:00pm | Group discussion |
| 03:00pm - 06:00pm | Group discussion | |
| 10th August | 10:30pm - 11:15pm | Sketching for signage |
| 11th August | 10:30am - 01:30pm | Group discussion |
| 02:45pm - 07:40pm | Group discussion | |
| 08:45pm - 11:45pm | Group discussion | |
| 14th August | 03:00pm - 06:30pm | Group discussion |
| 18th August | 10:45am - 03:12pm | Group discussion |
| 19th August | 03:30pm - 04:30pm | Digital tracing |
| 11:50pm - 12:40am | Digital tracing | |
| 20th August | 10:45am - 04:00pm | Group meeting |
| 25th August | 10:45am - 01:45pm | Group meeting |
| 02:30pm - 10pm | Group meeting | |
| 28th August | 04:00pm - 07:30pm | Blog update |
| 10:45pm - 06:15am | Blog update, refining digital images |
Showing posts with label Angie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angie. Show all posts
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Time Table - Angie
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Fonts
At first I had chose these fonts for our progression presentation. Other group were assigned to choice which typeface suit our design better. The choices are limited, but they chose the last typeface called Philosopher because it has different sizes of strokes and lines, just like our icons.
Thirteen set of typefaces were found. Since these fonts are free, most of them doesn't have bold and italic. Liwen said that the fonts have bad kerning and other minor but crucial details. Philosopher is a bit too fancy for a way-finding font.
This time, I focused more on simple fonts that are posted on design blogs. I have to pay attention to the details. Signika was chose and used on our signboard.
Gil Sans is our main typeface. It is used on our brochures and signage. Chosen by Steven.
Map Elements and Signage Design
When we started to trace our works, we realize that color for land zone - brown blend in with the surroundings of zoo, so we changed to a slightly similar but different color - orange.
Early color choice of our map
Liwen thought that that shade of blue was too highlighted. Later, I tried different shades of the same colors. In the end, we used the third on top.
At the same time, we are confused by the icon of multipurpose field.
Original icon but transform it into our style
Using canopy, since there's a canopy on the spot. That means that the multipurpose field is for the purpose of event etc. But it looks like circus, especially on map.
There's another problem we need to solve - Buildings. There are a few buildings on the map, but it is not obvious. Since building can be acting as a landmark and visitor might want to visit them as well so we had them included. We don't want the buildings to look like one of our icons cause that will be hard to notice. The third image is the icon for our buildings.
Design we used for our buildings
As for our signboards, we choose to use organic shape with light colored wood texture on. We felt that it is related to nature that way. I had the idea of using Morning Glory-like plants to have them grow upon the pole of directional signage. I know that they might be a problem if they started to cover the instructions but gardeners are employed in Zoo Negara. Later, this idea is dropped.
Early color choice of our map
Liwen thought that that shade of blue was too highlighted. Later, I tried different shades of the same colors. In the end, we used the third on top.
At the same time, we are confused by the icon of multipurpose field.
Original icon but transform it into our style
Using canopy, since there's a canopy on the spot. That means that the multipurpose field is for the purpose of event etc. But it looks like circus, especially on map.
There's another problem we need to solve - Buildings. There are a few buildings on the map, but it is not obvious. Since building can be acting as a landmark and visitor might want to visit them as well so we had them included. We don't want the buildings to look like one of our icons cause that will be hard to notice. The third image is the icon for our buildings.
Design we used for our buildings
As for our signboards, we choose to use organic shape with light colored wood texture on. We felt that it is related to nature that way. I had the idea of using Morning Glory-like plants to have them grow upon the pole of directional signage. I know that they might be a problem if they started to cover the instructions but gardeners are employed in Zoo Negara. Later, this idea is dropped.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Sketches for Icons - Angie
I used DIY calligraphy pen for my icon sketches. First few of the buffaloes were drawn freehand. Since the results of this calligraphy pens varies, every time I draw something it came out different. These drawings are too complicated for icons though.
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