Group project, Thag Thag Thagiya

For the circle, we experimented alot with color and function. We decided to chose the color pink for girls and  for green for boys. |Around the circle we abstracted positions and people also in the circle shape. Even showing eyes closed, or open were done in that manner. For the second layer we had cut out pieces that were used to verify and distinct between the english and arabic. If the player was an english speaker then the circle would turn from left to right and if he was an arabic speaker, the circle would turn from right to left, to really make it bilingual.

We made alot of small mock-ups to test everything, from how the circle would acctually turn in opposition to the second circle that would be on top. What kind of paper  or material should be used. And also how many triagles are needed for the circle to give out as much information as possible. (in a brief manner).

Group project, Thag Thag Thagiya

My group members are Wafa, Mashear, Maha, and Fatima Bukhshaisa. We are working on the game Thag, Thag, Thagiya. To modernize this game we started deconstructing the basic ideas of this game. First the children sit in a circle and they start singing the song while one child gets up while the others have their eyes closed and places an object (usually a hat) behind one of the players sitting on the floor. And then he goes back to his seat and they keep singing the song. When the children open their eyes, one of them will find the object placed behind them so he has to get up and start running because the person who placed the object in the first place is going to chase him.

So taking the idea of a circle we thought of the color wheel and decided to make something that instructs children on how to play the game by using that idea. It would be more simpler and child-friendly. We thought about bright colors, type, etc that children would understand. 

Villagio Food Court, FINAL

I chose the color organge because of the energetic, hyper nature of the food court. I think this color best reflects the place. 

I redesigned some icons for maximum legibelity.

The type Ive chosen also ad to reflect the geometric nature of the icons. So I used Square9x9 for english and Salem for arabic but I used these fonts as reference to make my own in illustrator to have the same width and height as of the squares I used to make these icons. They should visually feel and look balanced. Also, because My icons should be appearing in LED screens around the mall so the squares have to be precise.

Villagio Food Court, semi - final

At this stage I'm starting to chose which icons I would like to use as my final chosen 8 icons. And begin to finalize them so that they all look similar. However, my instructor has informed that if i chose to work with people for the icons, I should only use people, and if i work with objects then i should only show icons, and etc. and not mix those two things because it would be confusing for the viewer. Second she also advised that i change the color of the squares for the icons since it has been used so many times. And that i should do something different and unique. The color must reflect the food court aswell.

Villagio Food Court, Sketches

This image I took from the Macdonalds cashir is where i got myidea and inspiration from.

 

I've tried to do many icons, even without using my list of 6 problems. Even arrows and such to experiment on whether or not I can be flexible 

with this grid that I am using. 

Villagio Food Court, Sketches

I decided to make icons about :

1. Throwing food in the garbage after one is done eating.

2. standing in line

3. Talking in a low voice (because the food court is a family area, people have to mind each other and the language they use).

4. Bathroom sign 

5. Disbaled Sign

6. prayer room

here are some sketches of how I would start. My main idea is to make my icons in a grid to reflect the cashir LCD screen found in every restaurant in the food court.

Al-Teila, Group project

Al-Teila, Group project

We started by reading the handout telling us about Al-Teila game, then we did some research about it on the internet to get a better understanding of the game.
Our next step was writing down the points that make the game what it is, keeping in mind the cultural elements of the game. Below is an image showing our mind mapping:
After understanding the rules of the game we stated thinking of ways to present the game to children today but still keeping with the traditions of the original game. Below is an idea we had, using hands to abstract the icons; for we felt that hands were an important part of the game:
Here are the hands further developed and shown in a clearer way to understand the game:
However after creticing with the class and hearing what others had to say we realized that using the hands, we had abstracted the game too much too fast. Using the hands had taking away from the main focus of the game which is the marbles. So we went back to brain storming and to representing the game in simple ways. We decided to each come up with an idea then we would look at all of them and see which parts of which ones we can use. Below is the idea I had, I decided to stick with just using the marbles and some arrows, keeping it really simple:After developing our icons we started thinking about how we would present the game. We had a few ideas including a dice like cube, a leaflet and a mat. We decided to go with the mat idea for it would be interactive, the children can see the instructions and then actually play on the mat; furthermore it would help them know how far they need to be away from the marbles to play. It would help them in setting up the game. Below are a few of the ideas we had for the mat:
We also thought of have a cover for the mat so that the children can fold it up and take it where ever they please.

Fruit and Vegetable Market - final

Abu Hammour Final

sign application

using the idea of plexi-glass as a medium to keeping up with the theme of the space being clean