Bike Ride

Documentation:

How did I feel when riding the bike?

At first I felt annoyed, I hadn't had ride a bike in quite some time and the seat was kind of high. I also felt somehow confused because I didn't remember how to use the breaks. But after I got on it and rode it for a few seconds (about 20 or so) I felt relieved, and the I remembered the phrase "it's like riding a bike; once you learn it, you never forget it." Then it gave me a feeling of nostalgia, brought me some good old memory at the same time as some bad ones. This in a way helped me clear my mind, and wonder about some things.

What was my sensorial experience?

It was nice to feel the smell of moist trees (because of nostalgia), the sound of the chain and the wheels where kind of relaxin as well as feeling the wind on my face. It was overall a very enjoyable experience which at the same time was tiring, because I haven't exercised a lot lately.

Difference between bike ride compared with traveling on foot or by car?

I kind of enjoy more walking then riding a bike, helps me feel safer for some reason. Riding in a car helps me get faster where I need to go, so I guess the purpose defines the differences between walking biking or driving. Riding a bike is somewhere in between this to walking and driving, a nice mixture of things. I guess variety is a good thing.

Rethoric - Why Logos is relevant

To me in order to create an emotional response, logic is needed. It is not only by the basic sense of human reasoning, but it is also defined by the background and the environment that though the use of reason we try to control. Emotion is nothing but a way for us to understand life, thus making it just a part of reason. Logic (logos) helps emotion become easier to understand or deal with. At least this is my humble opinion.

Metaphor

Antithesis

Parody

Metonomy (or metonymy) 

Hyperbole

Shigeo Fukuda - Refinements

Shigeo Fukuda - Progress + Concept

Concept: To portray a sense of duality  which aims to communicate meaning and emotion. Influenced by the Japanese poster techniques, my poster doesn't offer instant comprehension. Through the minimal use of color, subtle intricacy  and visual elegance the poster provokes interest and emotion. 

Hayao Miyazaki - Profile

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese movie director, animator, illustrator, manga artist, producer and screenwriter. With a great sense of humor he brightens the life of his partners and employes. His animation still is immersed in the human perspective and gestures that are projected by the characters, this way they not only become aliens in a cartoon world but they also remind us that we can be like them, and that we have their flaws we also have great potential. 

Data Visualized - Final

What I struggled the most was finding out the right direction to go, I was confused for some time regarding the structure of the information and how I wanted to depict the data. Also, I still have some doubts regarding the functionality of some of the visual elements, hopefully the critique will give me some clarity about this doubts. I feel very confident about the color palette that I chose, and I think the way I depicted the data is a personal example of lateral thinking. The information given in the form of body copy is not just numbers with 2-3 words, they help describe the situation and clarify the data that I am giving away. By doing this I expect to allow people to relate to this information and to take it seriously as it should be.

Data Visualized - 2 ideas

Spirals and color pencil peels (as in pencil sharpener peels)

The spiral idea comes from the concept of how children's life can spiral down into a miserable life when they lack education, they are more likely to become violent, to become criminals and ignorant. But on the other hand education can help them spiral up, into success. So basically the way I am thinking of this data visualization is basically a contrast between this two situation.

Instead of using rings that contain the data as if they were pie charts, I though of color pencil peels. Still, I don't want to depict these in a flat perspective. I want to let them have dimension and maybe show some kind of realism (photo quality?).

Regarding color schemes, I think I might want to use the previous scheme that I had for my mark and
e-blast, at least for the color pencil idea. For the spiral idea I was thinking in somewhat a wide palette of colors that could allow me to create some kind of drama and emphasize the contrast between the two spirals (situations) that I am working with.

Shigeo Fukuda - Small Changes and more experimentation

So far I wanted to stick to two ideas; the first one relies on intricate imagery that creates and environment were meaning can exist, but not only the meaning that I am placing it –– I also want the the viewer be able to interpretate it in their own way, to allow them to think and use this environment as a playground for thought. The second idea is based on simplicity and visual elegance, using economy of elements and a letting the empty space sing and flow in harmony through the composition. This way every small detail has a meaning, and to discover it it demands careful thinking which hopefully, at the same time will create a emotional response. 

Visualized Data - Research

• around the world 75 million children won't be able to attend school.
• most that half of them are female
• 1 out of 3 children that enroll in school (in a developing country) will drop out before finishing or after finishing elementary school.
• In most developing countries, the budgets allocated for primary education are too low to meet requirements and to achieve the goal of universal compulsory school attendance. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), developing countries spend an average of 4.4 per cent of their national income on education. The United States and countries in western Europe invest 5.5 per cent on average, some countries even invest more than 8 per cent on education. In the period between 1999 and 2006, 40 countries reduced their education expenditure – and that figure does not even include many countries that did not supply statistics.
• Aprox 166 children around the ages of 4 and 16 have to work up to 16 daily hours.
• 1 in 4 children in africa, 1 in 5 children in Asia have to work

Based on estimates, the lack of access to, and often poor quality of, the education systems in developing countries means that some 30 to 50 per cent of those who leave school after four to six years of primary education are neither literate nor numerate. Around 11 per cent of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are classed as illiterate. Worldwide, around 776 million adults and young people over the age of 15 cannot read or write – just under two thirds of them women

• As of 2012, 31 million primary-school pupils worldwide dropped out of school. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.
• In the sub-Saharan, 11.07 million children leave school before completing their primary education. In South and West Asia, that number reaches 13.54 million.
• While girls are less likely to begin school, boys are more likely to repeat grades or drop out altogether.
• According to UNESCO, 61 million primary school-age children were not enrolled in school in 2010.
• Of these children, 47 percent were never expected to enter school, 26 percent attended school but left, and the remaining 27 percent are expected to attend school in the future.
• Children living in a rural environment are two times more likely to be out of school than urban children. Additionally, children from the wealthiest 20 percent of the population are four times more likely to be in school than the poorest 20 percent.
•  In developing, low-income countries, every additional year of education can increase a person’s future income by an average of 10 percent.
•  Children who are born to educated mothers are less likely to be stunted or malnourished. Each additional year of maternal education also reduces the child mortality rate by 2 percent.
•  Women with a primary school education are 13 percent more likely to know that condoms can reduce their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. An education can help decrease the spreading of this virus by promoting safer sexual practices.
•  53 percent of the world’s out-of-school children are girls and two-thirds of the illiterate people in the world are women.
•  Education empowers women to make healthy decisions about their lives. For example, women in Mali with a secondary level education or higher have an average of 3 children, while those with no education have an average of 7.
•  The youth literacy rates in South America and Europe are among the highest with 90-100 percent literacy. The African continent, however, has areas with less than 50 percent literacy among children ages 18 and under.

The Line - Progress

Visual Directions

E- Blast : Final

Each of the elements of my composition  are stablished in a sequential fashion, this way information its easier to assimilate at it also creates some kind of narrative which is being reinforced by the imagery. 

The quote by Tom Hiddleston serves as my ethos mean of persuasion, by using the reputation of "Loki" people get to identify with a famous individual and learn from their example. Then, I share some statistics, which give a more realistic idea about my topic and thus serving as my logos means of persuasion. Last but not least, The moving picture of a beautiful children in need, this I believe to be a incredibly powerful photo which by itself should touch people's hearts. Still, I reinforced how bad her situation is by sharing her story, by doing this I add more strength to my pathos element of persuasion, which will hopefully makes some people's eyes water.

Axial Iterations

For the freestyle, I am thorn between this two.

Keynote : Shigeo Fukuda

Modes of Persuasion - Triple c-c-c-combo breakers!!!