Hand Built For this way finding experience for children Erica and I wanted to challenge the children to think abstractly about the material and processes used to create each of the 6 outlined sculptures in the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Sculpture Park. The sculptures were represented with a an object which is familiar to [...]

On Saturday we had to opportunity to do some user testing on the maps we’re creating for the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Because the maps are directed towards children, we were able to ask a couple of families to come out and give us an opinion about the form and function of the map. [...]

As designers, a common task we have is to synthesize other peoples perspectives. Therefore it is important to understand those we are speaking for, and this is were research can step in. Because the work we produce has the ability to alter perceptions about the particular group we are communicating for, we have to be [...]

avid marathoners are an extremely particular breed of people. some people call them crazy, and some call them super-humans. they might be right, but those who dare to refer to marathoning as a “hobby” are most definitely wrong. marathoning is a way of life—evolving out of a rich history of honor, dedication, and physical endurance—that [...]

The history of the race. The tale upon which the modern Olympic Marathon rests is the mythic run of Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens. He was a professional messenger and, in 490BC, is supposed to have brought a message from the plains of Marathon, where the Greek Army had just won a crucial battle against [...]

Visual Communication by Johnathan Baldwin. 74-77, 96-97. What is culture? Critiques of mass culture. Sub and counter cultures. Raymond Williams culture: 1. the process of a society’s intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development. 2. The particular way of life of a people, period or group. 3. The works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity. [...]