Weekly Recap 9/26-10/2

What I did:  

I spent 3-4 hours collecting my thoughts and putting together my sentences. 

I spent 2 hours doing online research for graphic ways of conveying information.

I spent 1 hour mind mapping.

My sentences were:

What?  To improve the communication and navigational aspects of the U.S. Immigration Process.

Why?  Because it lacks accessibility and legibility because of the overwhelming amount of information.

What I accomplished/discovered/encountered:

I found this on Good Magazine's website.  They have some really fantastic ways of depicting infographics.  I think the way this is presented is very clear but slightly boring.  Its about the number of legal immigrants that came to the US in 2008.

http://www.good.is/post/transparency-who-is-coming-to-america/


I also found this which I think is a much more interesting style but not necessarily for my purpose.  It is about the healthcare systems in Salt Lake City and Albuquerque.  I really like the use of simple colors and blocks of text.  The symbols are really subtle and not distracting.  This is also from Good Magazine.

I really found the group brainstorming helpful today.  I would like to do more of that.  Maybe on a smaller scale?  I also need help with universal symbology and language.

What I think I should do next:

For Tuesday's "making something" I want to take Erica's challenge of redesigning a tab of the immigration website.  I think this will be a challenge because I will have to break down the information and format it in a way that I think is cohesive.  Next week I also hope to talk to immigrants who came to the US because they had immediate family here.  I'm really looking forward to those conversations.