Locative Infodesign
stuart November 30th, 2008
This is an infographic sign we designed to explain some location-specific stats. Mosman Park in Perth is unusual in that it has a pronounced split between the haves and the have nots. This side of the two-sided sign faces the less affluent part of the suburb. The sign explains several points of interest. These include that the more affluent are more likely to use their cars for most trips, however short; and that the poorer denizens spend around one third of their income on car running costs, while the richer spend less than one eighth. Its placement in a place of leisure and relaxation is deliberate: This is a place to reflect on the day-to-day, and to recharge the batteries before returning to the weekly grind.
What are your thoughts on guerilla infographics? What might they contain and where might they might be placed?
November 30th, 2008 at 4:48 am
That is great.
Billboards!
Enormous electricity meters ont he outsides og buildings, so we can see who are the companies who use the most power!
I think there must be a fine line between the ‘guerilla’ and the official, if the publicly-presented official information is uncomfortable for the man.
November 30th, 2008 at 7:53 am
A great idea: Some kind of thermometer that measures the ‘heat’ that place of work might draw from angry, environmentally conscious citizens!
December 16th, 2008 at 8:08 am
This is cool.. simple but I am more wondering how you did it? did you get the metal cut out n put in the ground? or was it there as a sign at one point?
May 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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