Week Four: Thursday

I found the lecture on maps very useful as it showed a variety of different looking maps, which had been done in different illustration styles. It discussed how the map still has to match the design style of the brochure, and also about how much actually needs to be on the map. For example, the London Underground maps were helpful in showing that sometimes information is much clearer when there is less detail. This makes me think about my own map, and wonder exactly how much I can cut away from it to still keep it clear and obviously Wellington.

This idea was reinforced by the little map activity where we had 5 minutes to draw a map on a post it note showing where we live and the route we take to uni. It was interesting to see that some people's maps were really clear mainly because they used landmarks to orientate us. I drew my first map using a side on view, for the sole reason of emphasising a hill, but later discovered that this view is not as affective as birds eye because it was a lot harder to show all the surrounding roads.

My spreads are nearly done, I have a few details to sort out, as well as writing my body copy, but my main task for the weekend is to create my map as well as get started on the cover page.

Workbook

This was the brochure that I found and brought into class

This is a map example that I like because of the simplicity and ease of following the directions. I would like my map to be clean cut and clear to read like this one.