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Revised Story "Get Out the Vote"

1 out of 15 people today in America feel that their vote will not effect the outcome of this election. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2004 there were 197,005,000 American citizens 18 years and older. 1 out of 15 sounds like a small number, but when you think about it has approximately 13,133,667  will not vote because they feel their vote does not matter it becomes a substantially large number. 

There are only three states who have a population of American citizens 18 years and older larger than this number, California, New York, and Texas. This shows that when this many people vote it is just the same as a whole or multiple states not voting at all. This is an overwhelming statistic because in the 2000 and 2004 the presidential election was decided by one state.

Associated Wordlist:

Hope Impact Aspiration Shock Bold

Change Important Persuade Difference

Choice Meaning Effective Leader

Impression Powerful Stand Up

Voice Influence Effective Inform

One Statistic Intelligence New

Optimistic Knowledge Talk Now

Impact: (n) 1.) An impinging

                   2.) Influence

                  3.) The force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, 

                             or ideology

              (v) 4.) to have an impact or effect on

Influence: (n) 1.)the capacity or power of persons or things to be a 

                                 compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, 

                                 behaviors, opinions, ect.

                    2.)a person or thing that exerts influence

                    3.) the exercise of similar power by human beings

                    4.) sway 

Inform: (v) 1.) to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to

                     2.) to supply with knowledge of a matter or subject 

                   3.) to animate or inspire

I nform

I nfluence

I mpact

I can make a difference

Designers Must See!!

This is a video that was shown last semester in my History and Philosophy of Design. It is sooo funny, any designer will get a kick out of this!!

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Info Designer Comparison

These three designers are very much similar in the fact that they all have based their careers around information graphics. They all help better explain statistics/information/knowledge to common viewers who would otherwise not understand the information. But they are all different what they represent and how they execute it.

Tufte does what seems to be more educational/training material, lots of numbers and statistics, Holmes also does educational material but executes it in a what seems to be a more pictorial manner, and Wurman is said to do more mapping/location info design.  

Important Info Designer: 3

Edward Tufte

Ink should be used to convey and display significant data, not decoration.

Born in Kansas City in 1942 Tufte is a Emeritus (person of importance who as retired) of information/interface design, political economy, and statistics. Currently he travels around the U.S. offereing workshops. He gaduated from Stanford University with a BA and MS is statistics. The recieved his PhD in political science from Yale.  He has written written, designed, and self-published many books on analytical design, where he has recieved many awards for his works.

Workshop Info

Books

The Cognitive Style of Power Point

Important Info Designer: 2

Nigel Holmes

Born in England in 1942 Holmes is a graphic designer and theorist. He is known for his great visual representations of information, data, and knowledge, known as Information graphics/design. After graduating from Royal College of Art (1966) he worked as a freelancer until. In 1977 he was hired by Time Magazine where he worked for 16 years as a explanation graphics artist. He currently owns his own company and works for many well known clients such as Apple, Nike, The Smithsonian Institution, Fortune, United Healthcare, Visa, and so on, where he helps them using his info graphics skills. Holmes has published over six books dealing based around information design.

Parts of the Brain

Size of Federal Debt

Olympic Dreams: 2_1/2 Pike Dive

Important Info Designer: 1

Richard Saul Wurman:

Born in Philadelphia in 1935 Wurman is architect and graphic designer. He is considered by many a pioneer in Information Graphics/Architect. He takes massive amounts of information for things like neighborhoods, restaurant locations, parks, museums, and makes it understandable for the common reader using graphic design techniques. In 1959 Wurman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with highest honors and now has over 50 years of award winning works. He created the TED conferences in 1984 and has writted and designed of 80 books, his first one being published when he was 26 (1962).

Understanding USA

Understanding Health Care

Understanding Children

Stories for "Get out the Vote"

Story One:

Many people today in America feel that their vote will not affect the outcome of this election. But history has shown that 'one vote' can and has made a difference whether for the good or bad.

1776: 'one vote' gave America the English language instead of German.

1830: 'one vote' in the U.S. Congress passed "The Indian Removal Act".

1845: 'one vote' admitted Texas as the 28th in the Union

1850: 'one vote' admitted California into the Union.

1850: 'one vote' admitted Oregon into the Union.

1872: 'one vote' kept the Dakota Territory from giving women the right to vote.

1888: 'one vote' kept Fredrick Douglas (African American abolitionist) from being nominated

            for the U.S. president.

1890: 'one vote' admitted Idaho into the Union.

2008: your 'one vote' can change the future.

Story Two:

One one of 15 people today in America feel that their vote does not affect the outcome of this election.  Anyone who feels this way needs to consider this: There are approximatley 305,000,000 people residing in the United States of of 2008. If one out of 15 people do vote because their vote does not count then that means their are around 20,333,000 people not voting for this reason. To understand how large this number is, only two states populations are larger than this amount of people who feel their vote does not count. Imagine the entire state of New York not voting, this would dramatically effect the outcome of an election. The last two elections have been won by less than 1%, what would the power of 20,000,000 more votes have changed?

Project I Objective

The main purpose of the "Get Out the Vote" assignment is to encourage voter turnout. This will be acheived by taking data/statistics that most people find boring or not important. This information will then be turned into a short motion graphic that allows the viewer to fully understand and become intrigued by the information. It must be 20 seconds or longer, include sound, and use both type and graphics. The final outcome should entice or inform the viewer enough for them to consider voting; or visit the attatched website to get more information about the organization Design for Democracy.