Gun Control: Assault Weapons
This project was done while attending Seattle University. The objective of this project was to create an impactful infographic regarding a subject matter that affects society, I chose to do it on assault weapons and breakdown the reasons for banning them.
Overview
Assault weapons have a history of mass shootings in the U.S, this infographic makes the argument for the ban on all assault weapons. In order to convey the seriousness of the subject matter this infographic uses red and black coloring, gritty textures, and large charts/statistics in order to visually speak out against assault weapons. The proportions of the infographic are designed to be shared throughout social media and other online communities, as it’s long and large so people can scroll through it and see it on smaller devices. Through visual design this infographic hopes to spread online awareness to gun control and the need to ban assault weapon ownership for civilians.
Execution
"Growing food, education, and community."
Our client expressed the need for the Yes Farm brochures to have an illustrative map so readers would easily understand their organizations different locations and services. Since Yes Farm is apart of a larger organization called Black Farmers Collective, they have multiple sites that include more than just community gardening. The sites that our client wanted us to highlight were focused on farming education, food drop off locations, and other farming locations that focused on food sovereignty and social impact. Our goal for designing the map was to keep it simple while incorporating the brand colors and Yes Farm's community theme. The locations and their services we were told needed to be included in the map are as follows:
Clean Greens Farm and Market
Location: Duvall, WA
Focus: Bringing fresh food to the city for 10+ years.
Nurturing Roots
Location: Beacon Hill, WA
Focus: Farm social justice.
Yes Farm
Location: Yesler Terrace, WA
Focus: Growing food and community.
Africatown Grow
Location: Columbia City, WA
Focus: Intergenerational urban farm education.
To start, we first took a screenshot of Seattle from Google maps.
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We outlined the map and labeled all the most relevant areas in Seattle that pertained to Yes Farm.
We then styled the map by incorporating the branding colors, relevant icons of different landmarks/scenery, and transportation routes.
Finally, we added in the different Yes Farm locations and icons to help the reader identify them quickly with a key to describe each one.
"Grow with us."
To really get a sense of who Yes Farm truly is and what one of their locations was like, our group visited their community farm located in Yesler Terrace. Accompanied by Yes Farm director Ray Williams, we were shown the community garden that they had built and how they would use compost for their garden soil. We also got to see their selection of vegetables and leafy greens that they would then donate to the community. Visiting Yes Farm really opened up our groups eyes to their mission which allowed us to better capture the creative and community aspects of their organizations in our designs.
"Growing community one seed at a time."
Results
