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This was a project I did embroidering with wool on plastic window screen material. It is meant to depict the changes in open, green space in the Detroit metro area. It's not a very exact depiction of that, but I did my best by using maps of census tracts, and assuming that where there was low population density, there'd be more green space. This is a close up of the square that represents 1940. My other pics came out poorly, so this is the only one I'm showing. Also, I plan to re-do this project in the future, using GIS and better data.
This is a picture of the elevator buttons (up or down) in the Ford Building. I think this is an example of good mapping because the controls are properly organized. There are only three buttons: one is red and is clear that it is for emergencies; the remaining two buttons are positioned in a way that it is very intuitive to figure out which button is UP and which is DOWN, even in the absence of labels or arrows. The upper button corresponds to going up and the lower button corresponds to going down.
Mapping Freedom
After the Civil War, African Americans joined the United States Army in hopes of making a decent living. This new freedom coincided with government efforts to relocate American Indians throughout the west. Often camping here at Rattlesnake Springs, the 10th Cavalry Unit, “Buffalo Soldiers,” pursued the Mescalero Apache into the nearby Guadalupe Mountains. Between skirmishes with the Mescalero, the 10th Cavalry Unit surveyed huge expanses of territory, making maps that significantly contributed to American westward expansion.
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Rattlesnake Springs
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Parks Trip 2022
May 27 - June 4, 2022
After creating all the silhouettes, we made short videos of each sequence to look at timing, placement, and the interaction of the different characters.