Leeds Riot Map
Leeds Riot Map was created for James Cauty's ADP Riot Tour. It's available both web and mobile through a static map.
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| mobile static map |
The riot map shows the 21 riots that happened in Leeds from 1643 to 2002. It's more of a timeline of all the riots which may be to accommodate the structure of the tour in order for tour member to understand the history of Leeds and the riots. Also, because it's related to history, it's important to make it very informative and educational hence how wordy and text heavy the format is. It's also not the typical 'map' because it's more of a timeline, however it effectively showcases the idea and its purpose for the audience and its usage.
Thoughts & Reflection:
I think as it focuses a lot on the information and the educative side of the tour and about the riot, the design aspect of it is missing, therefore I don't think it'll be than enjoyable or memorable. I think that if the information within each timeframe was shorten and was accommodated with visual cues and ind of storyboard format timeline along with the map it would much more engaging to look at and actually learn what it's about. It will also gather the users attention span much quicker and longer as they can follow the map better with more visual direction as opposed to just the stars on each location. All in all, I think it's a pretty basic map and not something users would probably want to have or keep or even be interested in be in the first place. Although the educative and informative aspect of it is well thought out and produced the engaging and visual design aspect is lacking making it ineffective in reaching its audience for its purpose.
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