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Using the same colour scheme and fonts and before, I started to lay out the poster. We decided to change a few things based on feedback, for example changing the captions form point 1, point 2 and point 3 to a more specific labelling of the actual area.

After our feedback, I suggested to my group making the poster less abstract and more legible, as it’s purpose is to display information. I came up with the idea of keeping the “blob” idea but making it more easy to understand by using flat colours layered(almost like a heat map) each colour would relate to one of the categories of noise with a key.

Collection = Interpretation Final Reflection

For this project, I felt less confident as I tend to prefer working by myself, however I really surprised myself with how I was able to adapt my usual working style. I found it easy to communicate with my group as we worked really well together and we were able to build up our ideas together rather than one person taking the reins and everyone else following along. 

In terms of our data collection, I think we did well. We did it at the correct time and all collected relevant data that we could use for our outcome. The one issue is that I think perhaps BPM may have been a better measure than Frequency as it is more relevant to individual songs which is how we collected the data. However, with the data we did collect being in Hz, we used this information effectively to create a visual outcome.

I am happy that we created the idea of using spheres to represent the data, with size and colour to differentiate each station and their frequency range. I feel that our concept was quite original as the idea of each station being it’s own ‘planet’ and creating a space like outcome looked really good in our final outcome.

Final Poster Designs

This is our final poster as a set. I think that we worked well together as a group and created an outcome that represented our data in a unique and visually pleasing way. 

Individual Posters

For our Individual posters, I think they do look effective as individuals and as a set. They obviously look better when put together as they all connect and overlap onto the different pages, however I think the colours we used and our concept of radio stations being like different planets is unique and can easily be understood in terms of data.

Test Printing Final Poster

Trial One

We attempted to tile print a few times to ensure that our poster had the same effect digitally as it does when printed. We found an issue with some of the spheres when printing which had a darker square background compared to the background. This was a big issue as it takes away from the overall look to the poster. 

Trial Print Two

We then asked for help as we weren’t sure how to fix the error of the spheres. We were able to fix a few of them but when we tried to print again the same issue occurred. I think the main spheres look good and the text size is also legible and clear to see. 

Final Trial Print

This was our last trial print doing tile printing. We still had the same issue reoccurring, we asked for help but there wasn’t anything we could do to fix it. We considered taking away the background spheres as those were the problem areas and weren’t as relevant to our design as they carry no information. However we thought that they add more layers and texture to the posters when viewed digitally and there was quite a lot of negative space not being used without them.