This simple idea of tearing away a phone number or piece of information from a poster is a clear way in which to see how public interact with and engage with what is being communicated - how popular the idea is, how accessible it is in a public space, and what sort of audience respond, judging by the next step in communication. 

I really like this scanned, sketchbook styled layout design, and could apply it to my own project with a forensics/crime investigation stance. Perhaps I could collect "evidence" and take some still life photographs to lend to this style. 

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pablo-amargo-newspaper-readers-illustration-220219

I felt really inspired by this particular style of minimal illustration, and have thought about applying this inspiration to my own design work when I begin to compile and create my memorial book/book of "evidence" publication. I want to draw the victims of knife crime in 2019 so far, but in a respectful way. I feel that my illustration skills are not quite strong enough to try to create realistic depictions of the victims, especially as this is such a sensitive and personal topic for those who are likely to read the memorial book. Therefore, this minimal line style is something I could try and incorporate into my outcome, without fearing crossing any lines of imitation.

When creating my splatting animation experiment, I came across this article, which influenced me to add sound to the interactive piece to enhance and heighten the effects of the viewers moving in response to the visuals. ASMR is a big trend right now, and lots of ASMR audio outputs are all over the internet, reaching wide audience and being in high demand for different audio experiences. The bodily reactions triggered by ASMR could actually be considered interactive, especially in terms of my project, in which the reaction of the audience/viewers will be crucial in concluding what it is I am communicating through my work.

I am really inspired by the interactive, follow along nature of Janet Cardiff's audio walks, with which the audience listen to the track whilst walking a directed route, listening to her narrative that corresponds with the journey. This clever connection between the pre-recorded audio and the real-time walk in the real life present creates an experience that communicates a story that is both history and current. 

I like the idea of using sound as an interactive medium, something the audience have to participate in. I am trying with the idea of developing a series of recordings simply of different voices reading all the names of the victims on knife crime so far in 2019. This could then become a specific ambiance for various settings, for example both in a public space and gallery setting. The names could be echoed and bounced around the space from different speakers, generating the impression that the sounds are surrounding, and keeping the audience on their toes as to what direction the next name will come from.

APPROPRIATE NOTES FROM READING "CAN GRAPHIC DESIGN SAVE YOUR LIFE?"

• Australian Plain Cigarette packaging - GfK [2012] - these packets have 75% of the front and 90% of the back covered in unbranded graphics presenting the negative consequences of smoking."Communication specialists in healthcare constantly grapple with how to get people's attention on issues they may not way to hear about. [...] What makes someone sit up and think, "I need to do this" or "I need to stop doing that"? We know the health facts, but changing lifestyle can be hard. So, can design make a difference?". In 2016, the UK followed Australia in redesigning cigarette packets to be of "the ugliest colour in the world" - Pantone's 448c's muddy colour, which is intended to do anything but attract people.
• Health Graphic Magazine - Dodo Design [2010 - ongoing] - A free magazine provided from the Japanese pharmacy chain, Aisei. "Every issue uses lots of different graphic devices to explain valuable medical information. Why graphics? Please imagine what kind of people the visitors to the pharmacies are. They may be having a bad day because of illness or injury. Or they may be the mothers, wives, or husbands of sufferers. Do you think they want to read a lot of complex information when they are anxious about their own or their family's health? maybe not."

• Hospitalisation and Graphic Design - "It is clear [that] graphic design helps patients and visitors orientate themselves, improves communication, reduce anxiety and even acts as a valuable distraction from stressful experiences".
• Vardapoteket identity - Stockholm Design Lab [2010] - ... "Strong, simple graphics have always been used to enhance important subjects".
• The Feeling of Pain book and posters - Yin Yao [2012] - Yin Yao's final-year projects at UAL's LCC explored ways of visualising pain. He was motivated to investigate this after struggling to describe to medics the physical sensations of his own severe migraines. using a combination of historical, image-based research and his own graphic experimentation, Yao surveyed 100 people to find out whether differences of age, gender or nationality had any bearing on how people might visually represent pain and its intensity. 
• AIDS: Don't die of Ignorance campaign - Malcolm Gaskin [1987] - this campaign was designed to quickly and effectively alert the public about aids and the urgency of the situation. The campaign included posters, and individually sealed info leaflets delivered to every home in the UK.
• Silence = Death poster - Gran Fury [1987]

• Kill Jill - The Union [2009] - Graphic design can inform, educate, promote and persuade. Increasingly, practitioners also create work to provoke. This hard-hitting campaign invited viewers to save or kill Jill, a child in need of an organ transplant. The Scottish government defended this controversial approach, saying that "softer" campaigns had failed to motivate the public, and this one had increased the number of registered organ donors by 242% over the period of the campaign.

~ collect design outputs and think about how they occupy the space they're in ~

• how did I encounter this design?
• how was it produced?
• what effect did it have on me as a viewer?

I encountered this design in a waiting room. The passivity of the environment draw me towards the work, and kept my attention due to the empty nature of the space. The content was captivating with interesting text and nice images. It was produced as a publication. As a viewer, it didn't effect me as a piece of graphic design in the sense that I wasn't convinced to purchase anything, nor did it spark a thought or motive within me, however it did keep my attention long enough for me to want to read more. Perhaps this says more about the content than the design element.

I encountered this sign on the tube, another passive location. It was produced as a poster, a piece of design to provide information. It effected me by influencing my potential journey, or at least making me consider my route/trip, and my current environment.

I encountered this design whilst walking home - a sticker on a lamppost. I can enjoy the illustrative aspects and familiar character of Charlie Brown manipulated to show this "C" symbol as well, however it has not sustained significance in my mind, as I have no indication as to what the symbol means, what this design is communicating, or how I can learn more about it. 

I encountered this design in my dad's kitchen. It was produced as a piece of informative advertising, displaying information about medicine produced in the past by my distant relatives. The effect it would've had, back then, would have been for consumerism purposes, encouraging people to purchase these pills. However in the present, it can only simply be enjoyed as a piece of design work visually - it doesn't transform me nor encourage me to act from the info provided.

I came across these posters at my tube station. They are all promoting different events, in the hopes that people either participate, want to find out more information or purchase tickers to go. I, personally, am not particularly interested in any of the things on show, however the posters, although fairly passive and easy to ignore, have caught my attention enough for me to read them to find out that I'm not interested, so in a sense, they are all rather successful.  

 This design is the LED information text on the tube. It is produced as lights that move along and display information about the tube route along side audio of the same information being read. This double transmission of information is affective because it targets all those on the tube through two crucial senses.

The design on these seats could also be considered to have elements of graphical design as well as textiles design, as they come together to compliment the train service, on the Piccadilly line, and go in hand with the thematic colours and textures of the underground system. Everyone commuting encounters them daily, with a strong desire to sit rather than stand on the tube.

I found these posters in Archway, when beginning my hunt for design outputs. They are produced as quick application/fly posters, as can be seen through the sloppy pasting and repetition of content. It would persuade me to want to try this ice cream, but unfortunately I'm allergic to milk, so I can't...