project 3: important questions to explore

• What is a map? does it represent space, time, ideas
and/or experiences?

• How can design prompt/enable families to explore/discover the Nelson-Atkins sculpture park? is the experience linear? non-linear?

• Can the map/design become or include an interactive art making activity (e.g. draw, write, stamp, fold, pretend, wear, hold, solve, etc.) that occurs either during event/in location (e.g. at art tent or parade) or after event/at home?

• Can all information be presented on a single page (e.g. folded french brochure/poster)? does it necessitate multiple/assembled components or dimension?

• How can you translate the physical world (of sculptures, pathways, & buildings) to printed format (e.g. representational, reductive, symbolic, iconic, typographic, abstract, etc.)?

• What learned/cultural conventions of map reading/using (e.g. north compass) are important to rely on? to break?

• Do you depict relationships between objects or themes with geographic accuracy or without regards to context/scale?

• How much information is crucial to facilitate an experience? how might it be displayed, distilled or edited?

• What design aesthetic might appeal to the audience? the client?