This morning Kane and I went to the tutorial and got to speak with JN about our idea.
He likes the idea of Obama vs McCain, but basically reminded us about making sure it followed the brief - it has to be informative and contain facts, so although adding humour is important, we have to make sure we stay focused on the facts.
He also questioned the idea of being a game, as it has already happened and people know who won. We emphasized the aim was to document from a historical point of view; that people who didn't follow the election '08, or a few years from now when children aged 15/16 are our age and maybe have more of an interest and are actually seeing the effects of the Obama's presidency, can use it as a resource to see why and how things happened.
Johnny Norridge also stressed that we need to keep in mind that it is an ISTD brief, and that while illustration is encouraged to add some visual interest and aid communication, we need to focus on making a typographic solution.
He suggested we could look at handmade type, or type that's made into images as possible things to explore.
And by Monday we should have created some form of visuals for the website, but that we shouldn't just start one visual idea and follow through with that, but consider a few different solutions to play around with.
At the moment, Kane and I are compiling the research and trying to decide on the possible content of our website so that the research can inform the design. We have re-read the brief, and also looked at the ISTD brief, to try and make sure our outcome remains appropriate.
I'll show our current ideas on content in a separate post, and you guys can add any opinions and thoughts.
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