Explaining Process
Breaking down and rebuilding an instructional set of information
Faculty Leads:
Tomoko Ichikawa
Jody Campbell
Teaching Assistants:
Rachel Huvard
Cagla Kuzu
Class:
Introduction to Visual Communication
Students:
Aamena Ansari
Samar Anwar
Rodrigo Dyer
Samar Elhouar
Lizzy Engele
Jessie Gao
Hugo Hsiao
Noah Keppers
Evija Kristopane
Eddie Kure
Shinichiro Kuwahara
Stephanie Meng
Anand Nagapurkar
Veronica Paz Soldan
Zack Schwartz
Faye Sun
Pukka Tackie
Julian Walker
Alison Yang
Minyi Zhang
by Samar Anwar
Designers are often required to explain process, whether to describe how they arrived at solutions, or how they envision the end-user walking through a new experience. This two-week project asked students to develop their own content and explain how to achieve an end-result in a step-by-step manner.
Students had to deconstruct an entire process into discrete steps, then decide whether to use text, imagery, or diagrams to represent them, and ultimately craft the information into an understandable and replicable visual representation. This engaged the students to analyze the content, as well as determine how to handle non-tangible aspects of the process.
The ID Foundation program at the Institute of Design welcomes students with no design background. Students take Foundation classes in Communication, Product, and Interaction Design, together with Photography, to become versatile, well-rounded, designers.
by Aamena Ansari
by Evija Kristopane
by Noah Keppers
by Rodrigo Dyer
by Lizzy Engele
by Hugo Hsiao