The class continued to work in their groups for the design
interventions that will be installed on March 27th from 2:30 to 4:30.
Some groups remained in the classroom while others went to work in the studios
and woodshop.
- Wayfinding Group 1: Brian, Katya, Gizelle
- Coordinated with other wayfinding group about graphics
- Thinking about how to get feedback on intervention
- Talking to people, create a poll, timing people, observation, writing down comments
- Take caution about interacting with people
- Take data first, figure out what to do with it later
- Specific graphic revisions
- Take away question mark for rotunda sign: could be confusing
- Think about adding text about specific directions for locations (behind, straight ahead, etc.)
- Bigger arrows, Bigger font
- Thought about multiple options for fixing signs to wall
- Something that won’t damage the wall, and options for if we can’t tape to wall
- Wayfinding Group 2: Sachia, Omar, Sarah
- Coordinated with other wayfinding group about graphics
- Plot signs longer and trim on site if needed (depending on site scale)
- Clock coming in mail tomorrow, and will be in the same green as the signs
- Housing court as a brand name for people to
easily recognize the signs as a whole
- Lawyer for the Day Group: Ben, Mackenzie, Tyler, Craig
- Bought hardware for partitions
- Building two partitions
- Wood frames sandwiching vinyl print of people sitting
- Using 1”x3”s for easy carry and movement
- Decided not to paint wood because vinyl covers it
- Using chairs and tables as well
- Need to buy or get permission from studio to borrow chairs
- Will have a plaque to explain lawyers for a day and interventions
- Use a survey to get feedback from the lawyers (potentially)
- Really fast, simple answers (be sure not to ask leading questions)
- What are your thoughts?
- What would make this better?
- Ask
or provide information to contact lawyers for additional feedback
- Separation and Privacy Group: Mykaela, Brody, Tori
- Finishing final touches on separation devices (curtain dividers for benches and mediation room divider)
- Made separation devices 5’ high
- Need to decide how to attach the end of the separation if the pole doesn’t reach the top of the bench (bring blocking, putty, etc.)
- Hem the bottom of the curtain
- Touch ups: paint, sand edges
- How to observe
- Watching
people: who actually sits near the interventions
- Kevin to come up with feedback protocol
- Consider if it is better to interact with people leaving
- However: could the outcome of court experience could interfere with genuine feedback?
- Before and after pictures
- Ask mediators at the end of the day: did you notice a difference?
Final Notes:
As the last class before the installation of the interventions came to a close, groups made sure to finish up last coordination details and to make plans for transporting items to the courthouse. Conversations about every detail of the designs brought up larger conversations about design in general. Although at face value it might not seem like a lot, a lot of detail goes into the design. The signs for example: one must consider everything from lineweight, size of font, the boldness of the font, colors, spacing between words, arrows sizes, etc. Each decision affects every part of the process, and this takes a lot of time and diligence. As designers, this is something we know well and something we can contribute to the process when working with different disciplines.