Briar and Annabelle - 222.358 Assignment 1

Got our first type set, coloured, brief done for feedback session today- a few good things to go on with. Simplify title- Just "life in the concrete 'jungle'". user profiles are illegible, improve these- better contrast of text on background. Good infographic.// switch up the colours more! more colours// improve text handling change facts so they will all be percentages more colours . refine copy/ better heirachy/ add logos for clients Bigger photos/ spell check. make this funner!

Today we showed the first iteration of our brief (very very rusty) and got some valuable feedback from others. Overall most of the content we have, especially the research is pretty good- But a lot needs to be changed in terms of structuring and order.

Colour Palette and Precedents: Illustration Style:

We came up with the following questions to get an insight from a professional ( Vant Russell, Massey university counselor)  about stress in the city : "In the reading 'Stress and the city' by Ellard he stats "rates of mental illness tend to be higher in busy urban centers than they are in the countryside" why do you think this is?"   What we know is that excessive stress is a key factor in promoting or precipitating a range of common mental health concerns. If Ellard is correct, we could readily conclude that life in busy urban areas must be more stressful than life in the countryside. While this seems like a reasonable proposition, it is worth noting that life in the countryside does not necessarily take the form of a relaxed, bucolic ideal – rosy-cheeked children skipping merrily along garden paths and apple pie cooling on the windowsill. Life in the countryside comes with its own stressors. Are they less significant or more manageable than tho

Fist class idea generation Briars further Idea Development: Annabelles Further Research: Healthy places, healthy lives: urban environments and wellbeing   " Cities and towns also influence health in a way that goes far beyond the presence of health services in these areas (see Figure 1). The way urban areas are planned and laid out – known as urban form – shapes people’s life choices and has a strong bearing on health outcomes. Urban form affects where we live, how we travel to work or school, how clean our air and water are, whether we are active, and what shops or other facilities we use. Appropriate planning of urban areas has the potential to help New Zealanders live healthier lives in a range of ways. For instance, planning can provide opportunities for physical activity and social interaction, and access to employment, health services and green space. In high-income countries such as New Zealand, advances in engineering during the past 50 years have red