Responces

I received 50 responses after posting up on Facebook and receiving emails back from friends. I received some expected results but also some which threw my design development abit as i wasn't expecting to hear that as an answer. below i have the broke down statistics.

1. Do you remember playing consoles like Megadrive? Super Nintendo? Atari?

Megadrive: 

8

Super Nintendo:

14

Atari:

2

Other: 

24

2.What was your favorite Video Game?

Mario:

31

Sonic:

8

PaperBoy:

2

Other:

9

3.Do you remember the intro's to your favorite games?

Yes:

45

No:

5

4.Did music play a big part of how you remembered these games?

Yes:

23

No:

27

5.Do you miss the old games?

Yes:

46

No:

4

The above told me that many people i asked remembered the old games and had quite a mix of memories of main characters. With asking people my own age i imagined the results would be more aimed towards the nintendo and sega ere mainly late 80's - late 90's as this was many people ages 19 - 22's childhood years. 

The results show people remembered Mario as apposed to Sonic and the biggest surprise was that more people remembered other consoles than the ones i gave as an option.

I broke down the results of the 'Other' category and noticed many people remembered the more affordable handheld console, the Gameboy!.

The music didn't seem to be as important as i thought it was but still gave a good response Furthermore the videos where memorable which i was hoping would be the case as i will now try and carry this through my project.

100 Questionare

Using what i did with my previous project i decided to keep the questionnaire simple and short meaning people wont feel as annoyed by spending a minute answering them.


1. Do you remember playing consoles like Megadrive? Super Nintendo? Atari?
this will hopefully be simple enough that after i say the three names it may help them remember.


2. What was your favorite Video Game?
hopefully there will be some similarities that occur when looking at them on a whole.


3. Do you remember the intro's to your favorite games?
this will let me know if following a path with a video at the end of this project would be worth it.


4. Did music play a big part of how you remembered these games?
this could be a possible extra part of the brief i could follow up with.


5. Do you miss the old games?
if mostly yes then i will feel good about following a subject of retro games.


I printed these off and handed them to friends in hull. They filled them out and sent me them back via email.
I went onto Facebook and also created the same questionnaire on a friends group and also posted onto the retro gamers group. 

Collection 100

Basing the brief on:
Classic/ Retro Games


What will i collect and document:
I am going to be looking to collect video game box art as is a key way of identifying the subject that i want to focus on. I will create a questionnaire where i can find out what people remember and what they would consider would be a good way to follow this brief through.


By collecting box art from older games i will be able to show people them and see if they do recognise any and then use the ones which seem to be noticed the most in my outcome.


I have also thought i would collect the startup videos for many of the video games that people say they remember and perhaps create away to also show the initial startup video with the final outcome.


Possible way to implement this into the brief:
I could use the above found items and information within my brief by collecting the top 100 games people remember along with the videos. I could also keep a note on dates that the games where created and create some info graphic items to see if there is a pattern being followed with the date, age and time of the games played/remembered. 


Primary Research:
Questionares,
statistics created from the data
find some retro game fan clubs and ask questions to people who consider themselves fans.
Personal favorite games


Secondary Research:
For this part of the brief i will be working with the internet mostly to make sure i have an upto date knowledge of all the retro games to backup any primary research i obtain.


I will visit game shops and see how they are sold in current styles of games along with pictures from different sources for the box art.


YouTube will allow me to find many of the intro's to the video games which will be a relief as finding them to every game i imagine to produce by video camera would be a really tricky job.

What If - OUGD102

Brief:

We where asked to collected information about Leeds. The information we collected had to be a minimum of 100 things when these where collected it became a starting point for the brief "What If".


The Brief was a group effort and after being put into our arranged groups decided on our topics of collection we decided to focus on litter as it seemed the most apparent and easy to obtain further research.


I had afew days off and when i returned the group had decided to move on from focusing on litter as a general problem in Leeds City Center and move the problem to Leeds Festival.


This created abit of tension with the group as i didn't really agree that is was a good path to go down when the litter in the city center was so accessible. Regardless of the fact we carried on and we had a problem ready for the brief to start.

Problem:

Due to the increase in people attending Leeds Festival there has been an increase in litter during the festival.

The first thing i decided to do was try and incorporate any ideas i had from the previous litter problem which was ready before we decided to change the problem. From talking with the group we had split into separate parts of the problem, all tackling a section each.

Moving away from the group i had a time think about how i could make collecting litter less of a task and more or a natural thing to do. 

I created a sheet ready to brain storm ways of making this work:

• Posters showing how to bin litter
• Making it almost impossible to litter
• Biodegradable items
• Incentives
• Shock tactics, info-graphics showing the amount of litter
• Join in music
• iPhone App

After thinking it through i had come up with more reason why not to participate in trying to resolve a problem about litter with anything which appears to be litter. For example posters, pulled down, blown off teared up becomes litter. Incentives like freebies would be a good if not expensive way to encourage people to help. So i decided to look further into the iPhone app idea. 

Research:

My research comprised of questionnaires, older ideas and peoples opinions. The problem i faced was that i had not ever been to a festival and with the Leeds fest being a few months ago from the project starting i had no way of obtaining any primary research. 

This problem was quite a large factor when it came to considering that the brief was supposed to live. Regardless i tried to salvage it and find people who had been to the previous leeds fest and ask them questions.

Questionare:

1. Did you consider Leeds Festival Clean?
2. Did you think litter was an issue?
3. Was there anything to make you want to clean up?
4. Would free items encourage you and friends to tidy up?
5. Do you own a smartphone?

With the fact Leeds fest is a fast paced and fun event i didn't want to overload the questionnaire with hard thought provoking questions.  

I set out to the facebook group for Leeds Fest and i sent out a group message to all members to please reply. I received 22 replies but decided to use 20 for sakes of keeping statistics easy. The replies came from 9 females and 11 males. Each Answer added to 5% of the statistics.

1. 25% No 75% Yes
2. 10% No 90% Yes
3. 100% No 0% Yes
4. 15% No 85% Yes
5. 10% No 90% Yes

The above statistics clearly showed that the litter is a problem at the festival and it seems that nothing seemed to be done about it.

The last question in the series was to help me justify if a mobile app would indeed benefit anyone. If the majority of people didn't have a smart phone readily available to download the app being created it would be wasted.

Regroup:

Coming back together with the group they told me how incentives for collecting litter was going to be a main way of them following throughout this brief. Now not wanting to conform to everything and have abit of a different take on things to show abit of diversity into our project, I decided to keep with the idea of pursuing the iPhone app.

Everyone liked the idea if not finding it abit eccentric but still the design sheets came next.

Research:

Looking through the internet i came across an video game advert which claimed to use smart phones to advertise its new upcoming game.

Fable 3 King Maker

The iPhone app allows users to "drop" flags wherever they are in the world and claim territory against the apposing team "Royals v Rebels". This was a huge success with over 1,000,000 people taking part around the world. This not only helped me come to terms that an iPhone app very well could work but that people are there to use it.

I moved onto developing ideas for what could be on the iPhone app and developed an icon for the event:

The Idea Matures:

Throughout research and looking closely at the existing Fable app i imagined if the "players" of Leeds Fest where broke down into even groups for example- Red, Green, Blue and Yellow. The users can check statistics and see which group is currently winning in the collection of rubbish. By adding a competitive streak to the collection of litter i feel it would push people to want to see there team conquer the festival. 

The app could contain a live map of the site giving guidance to where places are, parking areas, drinking tents and gigs. The app could also include up to date news feed making sure festival goers are always in the know of giveaways and potential money making events.

This was presented to the group and again appeared to go against what the rest of my group had decided to go for with them making T-shirts and other giveaway material i felt it didn't quite create a resolution for the problem of litter.

I took on board a comment of "how will you know when litter has passed the bins?". A quick creative thought of bin stations throughout the festival would allow a simple inferred beam to be broken when rubbish enters inside and adds to the total. This would meet the already suggested need for more bins at the festival but also add abit of authority to the mix making sure the app is shown as a fair game.

A fellow group member calculated the cost of the cleanup phase of the festival to be of a MASSIVE expense. Im not sure how much this would cost to create but i know an iPhone app is very cheap to create and have on the market. If the free giveaways given to winners of the clean up app would only add up to a third of what it costs to do a full regular clean up the festival would save a lot of money already. 

Iphone App Sheets:

I created a quick liner version of the iPhone and made a sheet of them to work on so i could structure the iphone app idea more clearly:

This sheet shows you a breakdown of what the app would consist of starting from top left:

1. App Loading Screen

2. Main Menu

3. Live Map

4. Live News

5.Group Breakdown

6. Statistical View

7. Bar Code Scanner for Rubbish Input

8. Leeds Fest Store

1. App Loading Screen:

this would be a simple logo with slight motion to ensure fast loading and quick retrieval of data.

2. Main Menu:

this section is the home screen. Choose from the different categories within the app.

3. Live Map:

this will allow you to see which group is cleaning up which areas and your own personal score. Also gives you notifications of what is happening is different places.

4. Live News:

This will be up to date and always have new information for everyone to join in with and keep in the know.

5. Group Breakdown:

A quick show of how your group is doing and a quick show of the rest of the groups progress.

6. Statistical View:

For those really wanting to see it in a clear way this allows for a bar graph with the team colour to show in comparison to their own.

7. Bar Code Scanner for Rubbish Input:

This would let individuals put their own rubbish into one of the designated bins and scan their own personal barcode to add PP ( Personal Points ) to the account and allow them spend points in the Store. 

8. Leeds Fest Store:

This is Leeds Fest very own store where people can spend their collected points from rubbish on merchandise. Example would be that 50 items is equivalent to one T-shirt. The option to confirm buying the item would appear and ask for a shipping address the collection of 50 items by a clean up team would cost more than postage to someones address therefore again saving money and not allowing people to throw these items on the floor adding rubbish !

Mockup:

I created a design sheet to try show how the information for these apps should be received. I created this in both illustrator for the individual screen and Photoshop to bring them all together.

The above would be a nice way to show the app to the class and as a large poster.

Final App Logo:

This is my final version of the logo. Using existing logos such as the Apple Game Center i felt people would get a fun and game like feeling off the colours used. The contrast of colours from the background tot he logo is a great way to bring attention to it and make people quickly identify it.

Final Poster:

This was the final way of showing the app making it a long poster i felt it was the best way to showcase all the capabilities of what i had thought up.

Conclusion:

I enjoyed this project and found it fun working with others, I did however dislike how the group had changed ideas after i returned to college as i still feel focusing the project on the general rubbish of leeds would have been a better and more in depth way to show our work with things we produce being able to be used in public as a live item.

I dont think i would like to have to focus on Leeds Festival again as it doesn't really interest me but i think if this outcome was to be produced it would be a great way to try solve the problem of litter at a festival.

If i could come and do this project again i believe i would keep upto date on the blog alot more than i have a its slacked and i have probably missed some important information or development out which is a shame for myself.

Collection 100

20 Facts

The most commonly-found litter is cigarette ends, followed by sweet and food wrappers.

An estimated 122 tons of cigarette butts and cigarette-related litter is dropped every day across the UK.

More than 100,000 trolleys go astray from supermarkets each year. Many end up obstructing paths, spoiling beauty spots or polluting rivers and ponds. 

Any type of litter takes a long time to disappear naturally, so whatever the material the right thing to do is not to drop it in the first place.

Degradability depends on climate and circumstances, but under unfavorable conditions estimated time spans can be as long as:-

• Plastic bottles - indefinitely
• Aluminum cans 80–100 years
• Tin cans 50 years
• Glass indefinitely
• Plastic bags 10–20 years
• Cigarette butts up to 2 years
• Orange peel/banana skins up to 2 years

• In 2007 public litter made up 35% of the total litter found on UK beaches 
• In 2007 fishing debris made up 14% of all beach litter
• In 2007 Sewage related debris (SRD) made up 6% of all beach litter
• Cotton bud sticks make up 78% of all SRD on UK beaches
• An estimated 1.5-2 million items of sanitary products are flushed down  the toilet each year in the UK
• Even in areas with secondary sewage treatment, raw sewage can enter the sea via combined sewer overflows
• The public rates SRD as the most offensive form of visual beach pollution
• 80% of all pollution in seas and oceans comes from land-based activities
• Thousands of marine mammals are killed by litter each year
• Plastic makes up over half of beach litter every year
• The UK uses 5 million tonnes of plastic per year
• Plastic is estimated to take 450 -1,000 years to break down
• Plastic will never biodegrade – it just breaks up into smaller pieces – plastic dust 
• Many hand cleaners and body scrubs contain tiny pieces of plastic
• Plastic items are the most common objects sighted at sea

20 Opinions

• hey can’t be bothered or are too lazy to find a bin
• They have no sense of pride in their community
• There is a lack of education / poor parenting of young people
• If an area is already dirty, why bother to look for a bin?
• People don’t appreciate the consequences of littering 
• We live in throwaway society with a ‘snack culture’ and too much packaging
• It’s not cool to use a bin
• Litter keeps someone in a job
• People aren’t aware that some items are litter eg food, cigarette ends, chewing gum
• It’s OK to litter if no one can see you!
• It’s OK to litter if you are drunk!
• There aren’t enough bins
• The bins are in the wrong place
• The bins aren’t emptied often enough
• The bins aren’t big enough
• The bins are not suitable for disposing of dog mess or cigarette ends
• The bins are dirty
• There aren’t enough fines for littering
• One person can’t make a difference
• It’s rebellious and anti-authoritarian to litter (is it?)
• Fast food outlets don’t care about the litter associated with them
• Everybody does it!
• The Council aren’t doing their job properly
• There are much worse things in the world to worry about than litter .

20 Words

• LITTER 
• DIRTY
• MESSY
• SMELLY
• RUBBISH
• HASSLE
• UNSIGHTLY
• AWFUL
• STUPID
• DRUGS
• MCDONALDS
• CIGS
• CRISPS
• MESS
• MUDDY
• LAZY
• BINS
• THE NORM
• POINTLESS

20 Statistics 

Taxpayer Cost of Litter in England and Wales

• In 1963 the cost to local taxpayer in England and Wales was £13 Million.
• Current cost of litter in England and Wales- £450 Million – Plus add in the costs with litter from parks and other public places.
• An Excess of 30 Million Tones of LItter are collected from DEFRS and ENCAMS (Previously Tidy Britain Group) every year.
• ENCAMS- spend between £6 and £19 per kilometer to sweep the streets.
• More than 100,000 trolleys go astray from supermarkets each year. The cost of recovering them from rivers, ponds and beauty spots is estimated at £5 million.
• According to ENCAMS local Environmental Quality Survey of England 2006/07, smoking related litter was found in 78% of all locations surveyed. An estimated 122 tones of cigarette butts, matchsticks and other cigarette related litter are dropped every day across the UK. It costs an estimated £342 million per year to clean up the 200 million cigarette butts thrown away every day by UK smokers

Types of Litter

• 90% of Drivers find that litter on the roadsides irritating and disgusting.
• The amount of fast food litter, especially within the past decade has risen quickly and is one of the top three forms of litter reported to the Council. National data in 2003 has confirmed this by stating that it rose by 12% – with items such as sweet wrappers, crisp packets and takeaway litter rising by 6%
• Nationally the number of drinks cartons on our streets during this period has also risen by 11%, together with a rise of by 7% for fast food dumped with these types of litter.
• Over 90% of England’s streets are blighted with cigarette ends, cigarette packets and matches.
• An estimated 122 tons of cigarette butts and cigarette-related litter is dropped every day across the UK.

Top Littered fast food brands in England

• McDonald’s – 29 %
• Unbranded fish and chips/kebab – 21 %
• Greggs -18 %
• KFC – 8 %
• Subway – 5 % 
• other branded coffee 5 % 

Rats

• The increase in presence of both fast food and fast food related litter has helped to dramatically swell the resident rat population within Britain to over 60 million – that’s more than the number of humans currently living within the country.
• Figures show that no person is more than 10 meters from a rat at anytime in the day. The increasing rat populations within the UK mean that we are greater at threat of catching Weil’s disease from rats’ urine. Weil’s disease can lead to kidney and liver failure and eventually death

Fires

• Figures provided by DEFRA state that almost 40% of outdoor fires each year are litter and refuse related fires and ones that can be easily avoided.

Drugs

• Increasingly drugs related litter is becoming a problem. This was confirmed in a survey in 2001 within the UK, in which 66% of councils with a seaside boundary found drugs and drug related paraphernalia such as needles, syringes, and blood infected material to mention but a few, upon their beaches. In this same research 68% of councils also found needles in public toilets and that over 20,000 discarded and potentially infected needles were found in the UK last year (2001) in parks, public toilets, churchyards, abandoned cars and even on beaches.
• In 2001, 214 people, including 17 children, were either stabbed by or injured picking up this drugs-related litter.
• The places where most Local Authorities found contaminated needles and drug related paraphernalia were in parks and playing fields with 72% of them finding them here and over 64% of Councils had removed needles from residential gardens.

Balloons

• There are an average of 11.5 balloons or balloon pieces found on every km of UK beaches
• Balloons are known to be ingested by several marine species including dolphins, whales, sharks and seabirds
• Turtles are thought to mistake balloons as jellyfish, their main prey species
• Balloon ties are made of plastic strapping, which entangles animals and can be lethal

My Design Progress Chart

I have decided to create a flow chart for the design process... Using " Design Thinking " by Gavin Amboss and Paul Harris along with lecture notes i have put together this piece of work.

I started by liking the colour scheme of this piece:

I thought it looked really good and was easy to follow. So moving on from this i set up my illustrator document and got to work which left me with this:

I was happy with it, it may not have the perfect layout or the colours may not please everyone, but for me this will help a great deal to have as a poster and refer too...

My only issue was that it didnt look complete. Trying to create something like the original image meant i needed some texture. I went and found some paper samples.

After importing them to photoshop and using two paper samples ontop of each other with different transparencies and a linear burn meant the end product looked more like the starting point than what i had previously made:

This was my final design which i was happy with. I feel the paper texture has added tot he retro feeling colours and given the piece a sense of age and knowledge.

Alphabet Soup - Illustration Design

We where asked to use Illustrator as a tool to create 26 final alterations of a single letter form. 

I first decided to try out some ideas before putting together my final set.

I liked the look of some but others i felt didn't work as well. This helped me decide upon my final 26.

After choosing i came through with these. I used warps, shadowing, direct alterations and effects to create my panel.