1) Visual Literacy

2) Intro to Information and Experience Design

3) Vietnam Veterans Wall

Examine how the Wall uses basic principles of Representation, Graphic and Experience Design, turning Data into Knowledge (or even Wisdom).

How are the names ordered? How does this relate to "plot" and "character", and how do these relate to "theme"?

Describe the basic architectural design of the monument: interplay of abstract and iconography to create an emotionally meaningful response: use Scott McCloud's The Big Triangle

Describe its context/setting: how these in turn shape meaning.

How do the two photographs themselves apply Experience Design and Representational concepts and methods?

Compare to:

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Washington Memorial

Lincoln Memorial