Television+(Reality,+Technology+&+Society+Interpretation)

=Television(Reality, Technology, Societal Interpretation)=

Response
During my preliminary stages of the design process for the Concept Map Project I focused mainly on the process of how television functions. As I researched it became more obvious that there were more interesting ideas about television then the technical process. I began to look at television as a determinant through society as a Societal Interpretation, a technology and how technology forms reality. As I categorized and organized these ideas the concept map became more readable and fluid.

In order to make connections between the concepts, it was important to organize the information in order to make it fluid and to have hierarchy. In the execution of the concept map design, I had many issues in the way the main ideas were to be represented. I wanted the aesthetics of the main concepts to be represented in a way that illustrated their status among the other ideas in the design. I had difficulty deciding on a method of representation of the major concepts. I found it extremely difficult to represent complex ideas in a simple information graphic. Finally, after experimenting with various systems of representation I developed a sub-way map style graphic that had an essence of television.



Design Process










Rough Concept Map: Version 1 Rough Concept Map: Version 2

C-Map: Version 1 C-Map: Version 2 C-Map: Version 3

Illustrator Design: Version 1 Illustrator Design: Final Version (PDF)

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