#design bootcamp

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[newsnarrades2016]

Assignment 8: Design Bootcamp 2

My final project is different from my original, broad idea. I decided to use stickers as the platform to address my audience. The top half asks, “What’s your passion?” while the second one prompts, “Why are you not pursuing it?”

(My dad wrote it since he has better handwriting and he took this picture right before we drove around to hang up the stickers).

Next, the stickers were placed at the following locations:

E 115 & Lexington Avenue

E 115 & First Avenue

Randall Ave & Cross Bronx Expressway

Pleasant Ave

And lastly, in New York Public Library book.

Below are the results: how do I know if I reached 15 people, or anyone at all for that matter? 

When I went back to the locations, I was not surprised by what I had found.

The stickers remained blank, but I knew I had reached at least ONE person–who else could have been responsible for tearing down the stickers at two sites? People encountered them by walking down the streets, glancing mindlessly at the sticker, perhaps pondering the weight of the two posed questions from an absolute stranger.

But, some stickers still remain as shown above. Perhaps they’ll remain until someone writes on them. Or tears them down.

[newsnarrades2016]

Assignment 3: Design Bootcamp

I wanted to reach a group of 15 random people. In terms of how I knew for sure if I reached them, they would pass by my piece everyday. I wanted to pose the question, “what is your passion and why aren’t you pursuing it?” on a piece of paper and hang it up wherever I could. The location would be all along New York City. That way, my audience is not limited to a specific group of persons–as long as you can read, you can be included within my project.

Whether the sign gets posted in my hallway, school corridor, or even if I “dropped” a slip onto an empty subway chair. The question would touch anyone who happened to read it, or even glance at it. I’m hoping that the broad question strikes a personal connection with the reader and perhaps inspire them to ask the question to those around them.