Exercise

Build a page that highlights your guide to NYC, centered on an interactive map but consider how to create impact and character through the surrounding elements and presentation. Embrace typography and illustration (if you can’t draw, considering using simple iconography from The Noun Project).

Requirements:

  • Embed a robust, interactive map using Google MyMap
  • Consider how to frame your page, introduce the map and provide additional insights and commentary for how to use the guide.
  • Upload a fully working version of the page to Github Pages and submit a link by Wednesday night.

Weekly Critique:

Select one of the stories below to critique — focus on the use of typography, illustration and the general art direction as it impacts the story.

  1. Extra Virgin Suicide
  2. Car Ride With Lena
  3. In Flight
  4. Why are the streets always under construction?
  5. My Travels With Brazil’s World Cup Curse
  6. What is the Higgs?
  7. Kicker vs. Keeper
  8. Battle Cries
  9. Goth Is Dead
  10. New York’s Love-Hate Relationship With Commuting

Before next class, submit a critique that generally answers the following questions about each piece (fewer than 300 words).

  • Substance: What story was this project attempting to tell? Was it successful? Was the narrative compelling? What scenes or characters most resonated?
  • Form: How did elements of color, illustration, typography or composition add or subtract to the experience? Compare the experience on a desktop or laptop computer and a phone and highlight any differences and explain if one version was stronger.