Prj Communication Models: overview

What we say and what is heard depends on a range of factors (from technology obstructions to cultural encoding). As designers we must develop a high sensitivity to the messages we create and the way in which these messages are received by the intended audience, so we can adapt the conversation accordingly.

This project will explore theories about how the communications process works as well as apply and test out that process through peer-to-peer "visual conversations". You'll design three rounds of messages that will be sent, received, interpreted, and responded-to for feedback.

Over the course of this project each student will produce:

1. three postcards
2. thorough & constructive written feedback on your blogs
3. a clear & detailed infographic that visualizes your understanding of the communication model/theory and elucidates the project's phases
4. process documentation

Objectives:

1. visually craft messages and responses (as practical application of communication theory)
2. conduct real-time dialogue about your intentions and interpretations
3. visualize your understanding of and document your experience of communication models/theories
4. professionally documented project stages, improved layout, writing and treatment of content

Each project phase increases in complexity. You will start with limited channels and a singular message that will subsequently build into a more layered conversation.



what's due:
day 2: postcard 1 iterations, inclass feedback, process document
day 3: postcard 2 iterations, inclass feedback
day 4: postcard 3 iterations, inclass feedback
day 5-6: annotated communication model (iterations)
day 7: final crit, process document