ChristopherCheong

=Hello my name is= =CHRISTOPHER=

PROJECT THREEEEE Feb05: Added page for my favourite interface Jan31: Defined language Jan28: Defined communication Jan.18: Created page setup for Student Alias Jan.15: Researched different concept map styles Jan.8: Joined Wikispace and decided on a medium On-Going: Updating process work for proj.1
 * Activity Log:**

--- __**PROJECT 1**__ These are my ideas that I would like to explore further through concept maps

Concept map would be done on skateboarding, skateboarders, history, how they're made (materials), influences, brands, etc. I also think it would be interesting to present the map on the bottom of an actual skateboard that I would paint on.
 * Skateboarding**

I've always had an interest in action figures and toys. With this new age of "urban vinyl", I would include artists, history, colour, paint, where they're made, where they're bought, who buys them, brands, do it yourself (DIY) toys, shape, size, styles, etc. If I follow through with this idea, I would like to proceed to show my concept map on a DIY toy.
 * Urban Vinyl**


 * Process work for Project 1 - Click here to see what I've been up to.**

__**PROJECT 2**__

Urban Exchange’s main purpose is to make the relationship between businesses and urban artists closer by bringing them to one specific area, this being the website. However, the site is directed more toward the artist than the businesses.
 * Rationale**

The site allows for urban artists to customize their personal profile and contact information, post their work, post their resume, search for jobs located according to their particular preference, as well as view other artists who might want to start a team.

Urban Exchange will also offer a separate navigation path specifically for businesses to sign up for a “business account”, where they will be able to post job offerings as well as search specifically for the type of artist that they are looking for.




 * Process work for Project 2 - Click here to see what I've been up to.**

__**PRJECT TROIS**__


 * Process work // final Project 3 -click here to see what I've been up to.**

Here are a few concept map examples that I have came across in my research (Good, Bad, and Ugly):

http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/spring2007/images/05_01.gif This concept map has all the right information and connections between ideas, however it lacks visual appeal. The colour of the background makes it especially hard for us to make out what is trying to be communicated. Although blue and brown compliment each other nicely, the way in which the designer executed this was not very well thought out.
 * Aerospace Corporation**

http://classroomtech.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/concept-map-mindmanagement.jpg This concept map is pretty good. It has a good balance of interesting visual concepts as well as correlations between ideas. I do enjoy the pencil crayon style and the strange shape and different sizes of each bounding box for each idea. I also like how some of the bounding boxes are of familiar shapes, such as a lightning bolt. For all these reasons this concept map makes for an interesting approach.
 * Classroom Tech**

http://www.yogateacher.com/images/mindmaps/mindmapping.jpeg The approach taken for this concept map is an example of thinking literally but also "out-of-the-box". This is a mind map, illustrated through the use of a sketched brain. The nerves that branch out to the concepts is a visually effective way to communicate relations between the subject. Overall, this map is appealing, yet it communicates efficiently and effectively to the audience.
 * Yoga Teacher**

http://www.anu.edu.au/physics/Savage/TEE/site/tee/sharedimages/mindmap.jpg This particular concept map is not that great. As a graphic designer, the effects applied to this design is not working visually. Stay away from this!
 * Relativity Map**

http://www.dubberly.com/images/thumb_brand.png Now, this map is what I would consider exceptional. It has everything, it has it ALL. It is not only very visually appealing graphic design wise, but it also very easy to navigate through, easily understanding everything. It is clear and concise, good use of work space and colour, and overall great in communicating information.
 * Brand Experience**