The aim for this project was to visualise data in a different way over a subject of choice. I immediately latched onto the idea of trains and train timetables and tried to visualise a way to make them easier to read. I figured out quickly that I was going to be difficult working with so many numbers and organising them into relevant groups which posed a problem. The numbers held no actual comparative value that could be compared and put into a visual format. With this I then went on to look at the things that commuters or visitors to London really want to know when they look at train information. I came up with elements such as how full each carriage is and trains with the most number of stops but ultimately decided to research the excuses for trains being late and the actual reasons why rather than the vague justifications heard on the platform.
I was finding it difficult to visualise these excuses, using the news article on train drivers in Lewisham as inspiration to create a quick typographic piece. I was happy with the results but I wasn't sure how this could be applied to the real world by aiding customers of the London train network.
I began to think of an idea that could translate these excuses
After trying to create these small banners that could be put in the tube carriages I carefully considered the reasoning behind doing so and I struggled to come up with a concept or real life application. This was when I decided to develop an application that could deliver the information that I had just tried to present. The app would be completely tailored to the person using it whilst retaining a truthful approach to reasonings behind delays and cancellations. Depending on the person using the app and how much information they wanted to give, it would be able to tell them numerous different things that is simply not available from mainstream providers. These things would include when they would have time to get tea/coffee, which carriages of the trains are most likely to be full, where to board the trains, quicker routes and shortcuts through the maze of tunnels. Originally I wanted the facts presented on the previous banners to demonstrate how much users of the underground don't know about it, but to market this app I feel that something simpler is needed.
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I began to think of an idea that could translate these excuses
After trying to create these small banners that could be put in the tube carriages I carefully considered the reasoning behind doing so and I struggled to come up with a concept or real life application. This was when I decided to develop an application that could deliver the information that I had just tried to present. The app would be completely tailored to the person using it whilst retaining a truthful approach to reasonings behind delays and cancellations. Depending on the person using the app and how much information they wanted to give, it would be able to tell them numerous different things that is simply not available from mainstream providers. These things would include when they would have time to get tea/coffee, which carriages of the trains are most likely to be full, where to board the trains, quicker routes and shortcuts through the maze of tunnels. Originally I wanted the facts presented on the previous banners to demonstrate how much users of the underground don't know about it, but to market this app I feel that something simpler is needed.
These images show
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