Abu Hammour Phase 3

As part of how to best represent my problem of people being hit by cars if they want to read signs.
I took a pictures from 300^o and began to look for which angles best represents the problem and began tracing them to abstract them more and more to see which elements are most important.

Again I apologize for not having pictures,Blogger is not being very helpful (as usual).

icon: problem 1, cutting marks on table

For the problem of having cutting marks on table, i initially started by looking at some of the photographs which i used in the previous phase. And i discovered that the Exacto knife is very commonly used on the tables without using the cutting mat. Hence i started by first examining the exacto knife..but since exacto knife on its own just being a tool doesnt convey much, for example it cud just refer to as not to cut with this . Hence i then took the marks on the table n traced them. Then i felt that since it is still not clear, so i traced the actual photograph in which the blade is being used on the table.
Since my mood board was based on preciseness and square rectangular form, i have tried to simplify my icons and make it simple geometrical kind.
Since my icons says :not to use the cutting knife on the table as it creates marks, i will have a stroke from left top to bottom right which means NO.
I also tried abstracting it with not being very literal by just showing the exacto knife the cutting marks and the circular part which is part of the furniture, the tables

Fruit and Vegetable Market, phase 3

After completing phase 2 the problems I needed to solve in the market were clear. I went back to the market once more and started taking as a many images as possible of the problems, the images I took included: wide shots, close up shots to show detail and I took as many different angles and perspectives as possible of the problems.

The fist problem I worked on was the wet floors in the market. I want a sign to tell people to be aware of the wet floors and to try and avoid walking over them.
I made many sketches some showing a figure slipping, some showing just a close up of the feet of the figure slipping and some showing a figure walking around the wet floor to avoid it.

I decided to take my sketches of the full figure slipping further into development:

After this detailed sketch I decided to see how the image would communicate if I simplified it:
I felt the above simplified sketch was not as effective as the first detailed sketch so I went back to it and developed it a little further. I added more detail, the wet floor under the figures feet and the motion marks by one of the figures feet to show that it is moving:After that I started experimenting with filling in the positive and negative spaces and balancing out the image:

Abu Hammour,Phase 2

When I found out that we have to confine our layouts to fit the template given, I realized I had to modify my comic inspired layout to fit it.I knew that I had to approach it from a different angle ,since my layout was based heavily based on a portrait oriented book.I had to foreseeable solutions to the new limitation,
1. keep the layout as is and force my audience to have to rotate the book to properly see mine,(which would have been a hassle for the audience but easier for me).
2.Adjust my images to fit the new layout while still maintaining the concept.
I went with 2 because i believe shouldn't force all our audience to adapt when they don't have to since our job is adapt so they don't have to .

Abu Hammour,Phase 2 the layout

-I decided that my book layout should look like comic book form so I am better able to control the time the viewers eye.With my images, I want the viewer to take less time analyzing some images and more on others.In comic books, control is done with the size and shape of the panel the picture is in and distance between each image. You move faster between a set of images if they are small,portrait and tightly spaced then you would if the images were large ,panoramic and take up a whole page,especially taking in to account the time to turn the page.

I am now posting how my final problems look. i had first collected a lot of pictures to convey a problem, dealing with the idea of macro and micro. But then after the class critique and discussing with the teacher, i realized that even three pictures when placed next to each other (keeping in mind the knowledge of semantics), my problem was very clear.
hence i will post pictures of few of my problem.
System:
My 3 photographs for each problem are based on a system. The first photograph is a zoom in of what is creating the problem; the second photograph is a zoom out of the environnment in which the problem is created and the third picture shows again a close up of the problem. Hence when placed next to each other, one can clearly get a feeling of the space in which the problem is created.

Maha, more problems

After my first problems I went looking for more and I got problems that are similar to my other problems. Basically they all have to do with sign.
My problems are mostly to do with kids and their environment. Kids tripping from bags, kids running around blocks etc.
All these problems are related to safety and signs. I separated them and got two different ideas or images for every problem. Eg . Bag problems an example of where they place their bags also shelf problems. ( image #3 example 1 for bags. )
Not all of my problems will be added to my book but just the important ones that I think will connect as a group to make my book.

Now I have to take all my problems and try to make a story board to see the connection with the placement or pages organization.
2) Will see if images are enough or should add more images to complete each story
then when i'm done with that , i will have to go back and fix my images if I have images that are not clear with brightness etc.

Book Structure

I decided to create a accordion fold book. The reason why I decided to use this setup was for two reasons. One the reason why was so that I could stretch out all the images in one line and emphasize the idea of the images being in a series. The second reason is because I'm focusing on the track area of Aspire so I wanted to also in a way show this concept.



For next class I need to still work on the images that I have collected for the sequence and then I have to come up with some sort of idea of how to separate each of the problems. I either need to decide to have a fluid sequence or develop some sort of idea for chapters. I also plan to work on my title page and to connect the cover to the inside spreads. I plan to do this through the use of lines since that is my over all concept for the book.

Group Discussion

Today in our group we all discussed each  other's problems and how to solve some on them. My problem is how people fail to stand in lines in food courts' fast food restaurants. Ghada suggested one solution which is to include the same stand posts they have in airports and hotels that guide people where to stand in line. That way, customers don't really have the choice to create more unecessary lines and ques. I also suggested that she make signs for petrol stations that direct people where the entrance and exits are for these areas, because usually they are very confusing.

I also suggested that Abdullah should have signs to tell apart from the different unique spices found in souq wagif.(Abdulla, Arwa alsulaiti, Ghada Al Khater, Assil)

Class discussion

After discussing my problems with my group members, I can tell that I understand much more clearly. We all got the chance to critique each other’s work and I learned from their mistakes, which I will try to avoid in my coming steps. I wasn’t sure about my problems and I found it really hard to combine all the problems and make a scenario. I used my driver as a cast, but I think after discussing with the group I need more people and more acting.
They told me that I’ve got good problems, but Hussain said that I need to draw a storyboard so that everything becomes clear. Wafa and Aisha told me that I somehow connect everything and make it as a complete story.
- Problems of not having signs for the different sections (vegetables, fruits and Indian vegetables)
- Prices are written whether in English only or Arabic only or written wrongly.
- Sellers not wearing uniform.
- The names of the shapes are all in Arabic only!
So, what I am going to do now is draw a storyboard of two women (Arabic and English) not knowing how to act, where to ask or where to go. (Aisha Al Naama, Al Hussein Wanas, Nawar Al-Mutlaq, Wafa alsaffar)

Process a

At first I started by going to the place and taking pictures of the problems I saw. I did not have a clear understanding of what problems exactly we were seeking for. From the class I knew that we were to find problems of place+objects, place+audeince, ..etc but I did not get what they mean. I found a lot of problems; some were problems that designers cannot solve. For instance, there is place for storing the food, so it is everywhere, which also leads to another problems that the food expires. Another problem was the wet floor, people has to be careful while walking. But, these are considered more for the ministry of municipality, so I got more confused and felt that it is a little bit complicated.