MPM35 - Final Presentation

This is the documentation for my final project

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MPM35 - Changing Ideas

Instead of having the sheets standing, I've decided it hang them from the ceiling. I want this to have a very clean and simple look. There will still be enough space inbetween each sheet so viewers are still able to walk inbetween each set of data. I have decided to use the Lexan sheets from Active Surplus.to find However still not being able to find a printing shop to print on my 3x3 sheets.

MPM35 - A trip to Active Surplus

I found a new material to work with on my trip to Active surplus. It's called Lexan. It was affordable and there was a lot in stock, so I took advantage and bought 10 sheets. The pieces are about 3 x 3 which I feel are large enough to create the effect I want. However, they are flimsey (as u can see by the way im bending it in the picture) and I am thinking about creating a border out of a thicker plastic so that they can stand like in my previous sketch.

I still haven't figured out what I will use to represent each child missing. Since it will be a large number I have been looking around printing shops, but no one seems to be able to print that large on the sheets that I have.

MPM35 - Changing Ideas

After my presentation, I got to thinking about the different ways I might be able to represent my data still using the plexiglass.

Some new sketches...

The idea is to have large standing pieces of plexiglass with the same effect of the density graph in my prototype. Viewers would be able to around each representation and get a clear view of each year.

I searched mostly hardware stores (Home Depot, Roma, Canadian Tire...) only to find that the large pieces of plexiglass range in cost from $50-100. Knowing that I want to create atleast 5, this is already not going to work out.