'How to... survive the day in college.' Final Piece- NAP MAP

The images above show the front, back and inner final design of our 'Nap Map'.  The colours are simple; the format is simple and the overall design is simple.  It needed to be this way because of the nature of 'napping'- if you are finding somewhere to take a nap you are likely to be tired and are therefore not going to take in alot of information- it is suitable to the audience we created it for.

'How To'.... Self evaluation

Rationale:

The Brief:

To solve the problem you have been given, ours was:

'How to...Survive the day in college' -defying tiredness.

We had to come up with an appropriate response to this brief in order to successfully complete it.

What do you need to communicate?

We need to clearly communicate to students within the college on how to defy tiredness in these first few weeks of College.

Why do they need to know?

They need to know 'How to survive the day in college' to make the beginning of their new lives as comfortable as possible in the foreign environment.

What will they respond to?

Because they are students and we are all students we feel that humour and a hand rendered approach will force them to respond to it.  We think that an interactive piece will also make the students take in what they are looking at/holding.

Where do they go?

The resolution will be available in college because the problem mainly affects students in college.

We intend to create a map of the college and incorporate nap spots within specific areas.  We will include different areas that show the level of tiredness so the student can nap accordingly.  The student is are target audience.

The general aim is to make it look as organic and hand rendered as possible to give a personal touch that students will respond to.  However we will experiment with different looks to see what works the best.

A Personal Response

What I want to achieve this year:

• Improve my presenting skills so that I communicate what i am trying to say in a more concise way.
• Gain some experience in software so that I can confidently translate what is in my mind  through these packages.
• Keep on top of everything! -time management skills.
• Keep up to date with magazines so i've got a steady awareness of current graphic design.
• Also gain awareness of designers- old and new to put everything into context and get inspiration.
• A good blog- for sure. 
• Be more open-minded to other techniques and methods of designing.
• Organisation- bring everything to college.  Stay late, come early etc.
• Work on group work.
• Travel.  Cultural awareness.