Updates

Stressing out, but trying to keep myself together with this project.

These are photos I took of the signs and maps in Golden Gate Park that I took a while ago. I'm organizing it so that I'm able to show my findings from Golden Gate Park and from other parks around the world. Here are some examples:
Panel of Experts:

So far, I have Design Faculty Professor, Pingo Trogu, helping me out. He is giving me guidance since his expertise is in information graphics and he also work on signage and wayfinding for exhibit gallery, but has knowledge on signage in environment. I been trying to meet with him when I get a chance to show what I have and how to work off it.

I have been leaving messages to other people for Golden Gate Park for information. Gloria Koch Gonzelaz, manager of Golden Gate Park, was nice to leave me a message, telling me she was too busy to talk to me, but left me a number for another contact. I'm still waiting for two contacts to reply back, but I'm worried to not to be impolite to call them many times and bugging them. Any suggestions on how to deal with that?

Research:

Been reading on books and taking notes on it. I'm still continuing it as I slowly start to do sketches on my pro-type in case if I found more information to strength my design work and facts to back myself up.

So that's my update so far, I'll be busy more than ever so hopefully I won't go too crazy for the past weeks, but I'm starting to pull my hair a bit.

Panel of Experts

1. Gloria Koch Gonzalez, Manager of GG.
Office Number: (415) 831-6307
Email: gloria.koch_gonzalez@sfgov.org
Website: None


2. Jared Blumenfeld, interim S.F. parks manager
Office Number: (415) 831–2700
Email: jared.blumenfeld@sfgov.org
Website; None


3. Josh Singer, Faculty Teacher at SFSU in Visual Communication
Office Number: (415) 338-6067
Email: jsinger@sfsu.edu
Website: http://atomtan.com

4. Pino Trogu, Faculty Teacher at SFSU in Visual Communication

Areas of Expertise: Information Design

Office: Humanities, Room 248

Phone: (415) 338-1954

E-mail: trogu@sfsu.edu

Web: http://www.trogu.com
(option if I can't get Josh Singer)

Pert Chart

Draft of Survey

Wondering what you all think of my 1st/half draft of my survey and any suggestions on what to watch what I put down?

1. Where do you mostly go when visiting the Golden Gate Park?
Where do you mostly go when visiting the Golden Gate Park?

*Academy of Science
*De Young Museum
*Japanese Tea Garden
*Conservatory of Flowers
*Other (please specify)

2. Do you find the signage/wayfinding maps around the park useful to your destination?
Do you find the signage/wayfinding maps around the park useful to your destination?

*5 - Usefully
*4
*3 - Fair
*2
*1 - Not at all

3. Do you find the wayfinding maps around park useful to your destination?
Do you find the wayfinding maps around park useful to your destination?

*5 - Usefully
*4
*3 - Fair
*2
*1 - Not at all

4. Have you asked for assistance (Park Patrons, Residents) to direct you to your destination? If yes, who do you ask?
Have you asked for assistance (Park Patrons, Residents) to direct you to your destination? If yes, who do you ask?

*Yes
*No

5. Would it be helpful if the signage were improved to direct you in the right way to the attraction?
Would it be helpful if the signage were improved to direct you in the right way to the attraction?

*5 - Very Helpful
*4
*3 - Fair
*2
*1 - Not at all

Final Problem & Purpose Statement

Problem Statement:

Visitors are in need of an improved signage system for locating the main attractions in Golden Gate Park.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this study was to research and developed a user-friendly guiding system for Golden Gate Park.

Problems/Purpose Statements

1. Street Signs for Blind People

Problem Statement:

‘Blind people’ have a hard time trying to figure out what street they are on because their disability.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this study was to research and develop a stronger and more efficient way for blind people to tell what street they are on without having assistances.

2. Wayfinding through CalTrain Stations

Problem Statement:

People cannot find their way around San Francisco CalTrain Station because of the signage and post information that people can get confused.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this study was to research and develop a stronger and more efficient way for people to be able to get around the San Francisco CalTrain Station.

3. Visual Communication graduate school during Budget and Economic Times

Problem Statement:

Undergraduates in Visual Communication during this time are going to find it hard to find a job in their fields and usually might end up going back to graduate school, but is it worth or it or would be best to go in a different degree or don’t go to school.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this study was to research and developed an update guide for graduating students to have once they graduate in Visual Communication to give them options to continue education or not.

4. Informing Poison Ivy

Problem Statement:

Poison Ivy is difficult to point out from a bunch of other plants and people may not know how to tell the difference.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this study was to research and developed an update guide to informed people how to tell what poison ivy is and a way to point out where it is located to warn people.

About Me

My name is Steven Chin and I am graduating with a BA degree in Visual Communications from San Francisco State University. I love graphic novels from the story being narrated to the amazing visual artworks by the artist.

My influences are my parents, who have help me in my interest in art. They took me to art museums and enroll me in art lessons. Their help and guidance shows how much my parents love me to support what I'm interest in.

Another influence is Takashi Murakami, a contemporary Japanese artist, who works in fine arts media and digital media. His work incorporates pop culture themes from Japanese animation and graphic novels. His work eventually become his own style called Superflat, a graphic images and color derived from anime and manga. His work shows how he is able to create design artwork through his own interest in anime and manga. It goes to show to show to never give up my dreams on doing something that interest me, but to find a way to join work with something that I like.



This is an image from Jeff Smith's Graphic Novel, Bone, that mixed a lot of fantasy, comedy, and adventure from story to wonderful artwork. I like this scene from when the main character, Fone Bone, gets separate from his brothers and tries to find them. I like Jeff Smith's artwork and how he creates these wonderful landscapes in his comic and the colors he chose to make the setting look realistic even thought its in a fantasy setting. The image also seems to give me a look into the future when I'm living on my own or after college and have to know what to do or where I'll be going. I feel I have a lots of choices at my age when I'm about to graduate from college and I feel this image describes how I would feel like venturing out into the world.

After graduating, I want to find a career in the design and industry that pays well and also is fun to work at. Hopefully, I want to take classes to continue my education in the design industry and learn different kinds of design media to have more variety in my design skills.

I am creative, determine, open-mined, active, friendly, and capable.