ethnography: final outcome

For me, it was a big transition moving from the map(on research process) to this typographic grid as I kept relating every idea to the map and got stuck. It is organised from west to east however bearing no relation to north and south. The numbers represent the frequency of my visits to each places, followed by the name of the place and where from or to I visited there. This is only for print and additionally, I will tie up threds across the numbers, with its length representing the distance between places. It will probably be difficult knowing the exact distance, however, it should be possible to estimate and compare the distances of each travel. I used Apple Gothic as its typeface.

ethnography: research

I made a data log table on my 8 day travel pattern. I recorded where I traveled to, including my departure, the time and date, the time taken, the distance, and travel method. Because I wanted to know how actively I was travelling around London, distance became the key element when organising the data. Then of course it became apparent it will be easier to understand when the data is transferred into a map.

Two images above are the maps. Each places I have been to are marked red, the thickness of lines are directly proportional to the number of travels. It turns out I have this dramatic shape. I found it visually interesting but it was non-typographic nor in a grid system (which was what the brief was asking for).