VL : Project 2 : Voter Demographic

WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES



1. What are some predominately shared values? (broadly in life, not politics)
They are independent free-thinkers, who believe strongly in women's rights, taking great pride in being proactive towards improving gender equality. They are concerned with issues relating to animal rights, and sustainable living.

2. What political policies/issues are particularly important to this demographic in this election? why?
-Energy and the environment to attain a more sustainable means of living.
-Women's rights to provide better job standards, the issue of a women's reproductive rights, and reducing domestic violence.
-Education to provide a better means of paying for their college education.
-Healthcare, because many people in their twenties don't have health insurance due to high premiums.

3. Are there any cultural references your demographic identifies with? what?
Strong support towards building a better community within their local area, the importance of the use of public transit.

4. What does their graphic landscape look like? (This is sometimes called a "visual audit")
NPR, Pitchfork Music, etsy.com, bicycle culture, bitch magazine, knitta

5. Including the AIGA document and other sources, what are the issues cited for this group not voting?
They do not like the candidates, they are more interested in third party candidates. They feel the issues they are concerned with could be given more attention.

MX : Project 2 : Audience

COFFEE/ESPRESSO DRINKERS

An activity experienced by the individual as part of an independent daily routine. Individual gains knowledge and pride of the process and the experience of making the coffee.

An activity experienced by the collective to center a social experience around, and dependent upon a reliance of convenience. When like-minded people within the industry collaborate, innovation grows. This occurs in places such as conferences open to the public to better the individual's drinking experience. Barista Jams are also held within coffee shop service industry workers to share information and sometimes friendly competition.

MX : Project 2 : RESEARCH

KNOTTS AND SCHULTE


INTERCONNECTION > CONTRIBUTION > COMMUNICATION > GRATIFICATION

The main priority of an individual's desire to join an "online community" is to gain interconnections with other users. In order to connect with the other users, individuals must contribute, whether it be informational or media content. This worthy contribution is a form of communication, one of the strongest aspects of "online interaction". However, one must communicate in order to contribute. Without communication, the bonds of individual connections would be lost. Following the contributions, gratification would develop. Pride in one's self and the community as a whole, will ultimately maintain stability.

The importance of online collaboration is very simple. Yes it does exist and there will always be room for it. Without it, people would lose that contribution of communication and interaction. And the internet as we know it (WEB2.0) would cease to exist.

View diagrams of our system here

MX : Project 1 : Final

Here is the link. I am experiencing technical difficulties with my server. So here is the temporary URL until I have a chance to move it.
BEST VIEWED IN SAFARI.

NYT: The Green Report E-Newsletter

AN ANTITHESIS OF CLOUD COMPUTING?

THE FUTURE? YOUR FUTURE?

must we as a culture live in the digital dimension?
watch and discuss. haha...


Evacuating Myspace Before It Recycles from universe on Vimeo.

CARTUNE XPREZ last night.

a night of contemporary animation and video performance presented by portland-based Hooliganship. if you were not at the charlotte street foundation you missed out big time.




http://cartunexprez.hooliganship.com/
http://www.hooliganship.com/

takashi murata, and yes that is sylvester stallone

watch this movie from their www.
it was a lot like this. the 3-D part was SOOOO REAL. and you didn't even need the glasses!!! haha...

found on vimeo.

strong language. strongly truthful. and a little humorous. enjoy.

VL : Semiotics : Gradients

The refined version.

I chose to depict the typewriter for its function as a tool for creating language. A focus driven towards not only the two-dimensional written language it produces, but also its relationship to the human hand, american sign language, ASC-II pictorial type art, and communicating language to the deaf through the teletypewriter.

ICON - INDEX - SYMBOL

VL : Semiotics : Gradients

ICON - INDEX - SYMBOL

MX : Project 1 : Final Composition

I EXIST IN THE WORLD WIDE WEB

soon to be a space for my portfolio. it's currently just a manifestation of my presence in the digital realm.

bryanknotts.com

MX : Project 1 : Sketches

1. Simple vertical structure allows the user to read the information in a very traditional manner. The aesthetic is clean and very organized, while the color palate directly related to the subject matter. The subscriber of this layout takes more time to preview the articles before further reading.




2. Again, I felt the vertical structure was important and particularly so in this sketch. This layout appeals more to the young professional on the go and allows more stories to exist with the use of less space (utilization of external links). Their busy lifestyle perhaps may be difficult to balance with keeping up the news on a daily basis. quick headlines allow for faster intake, and sort of a broader view.



3. My final sketch is a hybrid between the first and second. It utilizes expandable/collapsable sections when headlines are clicked upon. This is benefitial because it allows the user to quickly and scan the "closed" articles, and if they wish to view more, it opens automatically on the same page. This in turn provides a very quick read, and as we all know the internet is much more digestible in small, scan-able pieces; which, is very important to my audience.


ADDITIONS
add links to bulletin board space where users can comment on issues pertaining to the articles.
add links to user submitted content unassociated to the NYTIMES. an example of this could be flickr photo albums of local victory garden involements. schedules for community events such as food markets, fundraisers. et cetra.

MX : Project 1

The audience I have chosen is the young urban professional who is proactive in their neighborhood, volunteering part time in community centers and taking part in urban revitalization projects. The person is conscious of environmental issues, holds non-materialistic values, and chooses to be reliant on public transit and bicycle commuting.

The term yuppie is short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional". It refers to a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-sufficient, financially secure individualists. (wiki)

Typically "yuppies" have been portrayed with a derogatory connotation by society. My audience falls into this broad category; however, they simply lives as professionals. They are fully aware of the important issues surrounding them and they choose not to respond to the trappings of a lucrative lifestyle.