What I did:
Worked on laying out the content for the printed kits. 5 hours
Made kit models. 3 hours
Met with Hannah .5 hours
Met with Stephanie .5 hours
What I discovered, encountered, achieved.
This week I really feel like I have a grasp on a clear direction. Last week I wrote about being torn between a few different directions of working but now, after talking to hannah and stephanie, I know that I need to get a concrete breakdown by page and map for the printed kits.
I've also realized that having one booklet for filing would add to the confusion rather than resolve it. There needs to be a minimum of 2 booklets, possibly 3. One for Citizens petitioning for a family member, one for Permanent Residents petitioning for a family member, and possibly one for someone trying to immigrate. I think as of now that the person trying to immigrate would be included in the other two kits because you can't do one without the other. The trouble with that is that the people aren't always together filing. One could be in the U.S. while the other is in a different country.
I'm also realizing that a booklet isn't enough. These people need a place to store all of the gathered documents and to stay organized. I originally envisioned the booklet at 8.5x11 size but if there are going to be perforated pages and pockets or sleeves then it needs to be at least 9x12.
Here is the content overview for the eligibility booklet. Something like this would most likely be in conjunction with a table of content or be the table of contents itself. Within the eligibility booklet there will be three sections. One for immigrants, one for permanent resident petitioners, and one for citizen petitioners. Each section would have its own table of contents and probably a color system.
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1 comments:
I think you are jumping the gun by starting to lay out the design of the booklet- letter versus legal and so forth. You should really get all of your information collected, organized, and outlined before doing mock page layouts. The issue of immigrating while one party is in another country seems like a major hurdle you need to overcome sooner than later. You need to become an expert on immigration protocol- know every step, law, bi-law, clause, act, ect. before designing.
Your rough templates seem like a distraction- they are good for recording and analyzing information- however, they do not contain enough information. Writing "blah, blah, blah, blah" is not very productive. Replace it with raw data.
I assume you are anxious to begin designing, but I'm not convinced you are prepared enough to start.
You are making good progress, but focus on one step at a time. You should concern yourself with color scheme in March.
-Sean
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