Masters Thesis
2016 - 2017
Creating A Buzz
There is growing concern for the well-being and care-taking of Wellington’s bee species, emphasising the need for them in our ecological system is imperative when understanding the empathic human relationships and encouraging positive interactions for future species development. This social/cultural issue is relevant to the sustainability and conservation of current and future bee populations in Wellington, these methods and approaches include the visualisations of current climates and the impacts it may have on interactions in future context. The structuring of communicative design techniques within my thesis focuses on the visualisation of information that has the ability to place community involvement within the existing bee populations.
My project locates and visualises the perspective of audiences within this issue and involves physical and virtual interactions, to encourage the spread of information and suitable conservation techniques. These platforms provide a larger scaled visual insight into bee species and colourful interactions among Wellington’s natural environment. The value of communication design recognises content told through visuals and targeted material to address the education of the public and designing a tool for education itself. The technological aspect and media platforms target the interactive nature of information and the accessibility of content to the physical and virtual Wellington audiences. Connecting the physical location of hives, with neighbouring residents and visitors/experts to these sites is encouraged through the online media platforms. The website and social media platforms are designed to help viewers understand and appreciate the validity of bees in Wellington and increase visual stories of interactions and positive outcomes of keeping bees.
Masters Thesis (In Progress)
2016 - 2017
Creating A Buzz
There is growing concern for the well-being and care-taking of Wellington’s bee species, emphasising the need for them in our ecological system is imperative when understanding the empathic human relationships and encouraging positive interactions for future species development. This social/cultural issue is relevant to the sustainability and conservation of current and future bee populations in Wellington, these methods and approaches include the visualisations of current climates and the impacts it may have on interactions in future context. The structuring of communicative design techniques within my thesis focuses on the visualisation of information that has the ability to place community involvement within the existing bee populations.
My project locates and visualises the perspective of audiences within this issue and involves physical and virtual interactions, to encourage the spread of information and suitable conservation techniques. These platforms provide a larger scaled visual insight into bee species and colourful interactions among Wellington’s natural environment. The value of communication design recognises content told through visuals and targeted material to address the education of the public and designing a tool for education itself. The technological aspect and media platforms target the interactive nature of information and the accessibility of content to the physical and virtual Wellington audiences. Connecting the physical location of hives, with neighbouring residents and visitors/experts to these sites is encouraged through the online media platforms. The website and social media platforms are designed to help viewers understand and appreciate the validity of bees in Wellington and increase visual stories of interactions and positive outcomes of keeping bees.
