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	<title>Kristen Chan Design</title>
	<link>http://cargocollective.com</link>
	<description>Kristen Chan Design</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Data viz competition - Silenced</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/Data-viz-competition-Silenced-1</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description>Silenced: Child abuse
Child abuse is a difficult topic to discuss and most people tend to shy away from it. How can we effectively engage people in this topic and help them understand and recognize signs of child abuse? The goal of this interactive piece is to bring attention to this topic and to help people understand the characteristic behavior(s) exhibited by children as a result of different types of child abuse.

Neglect: common behavior is attachment
Sexual: trouble walking or sitting Unknown: shrinks at approach of adults
Physical: shies away from touch Emotional: withdrawn, fearful, anxious
Medical: chronic illness, weak

Each of the 6 panels below show the various types of behavior commonly associated with children who have been abused. The interaction is through the mouse, which acts as the adult figure, and the circles which represent the children. Moving the mouse over the circles inside the box will show how the “children” react from each abuse type. See interactive piece online for
full effect. Silenced

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		<excerpt>Silenced: Child abuse Child abuse is a difficult topic to discuss and most people tend to shy away from it. How can we effectively engage people in this topic and...</excerpt>

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		<title>HealthMantic Logo</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/HealthMantic-Logo</link>

		<comments>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/following/kristenchan/HealthMantic-Logo</comments>

		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:16:49 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload99.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/4293305/healthmantic_logo_port_640.jpg" width="640" height="148" width_o="1308" height_o="302" src_o="http://payload99.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/4293305/healthmantic_logo_port_o.jpg" data-mid="22661837"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


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		<title>MedicusTek Logo</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/MedicusTek-Logo</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Logo Design - MedicusTek&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2979336/Medicustek_logo6.jpg" width="523" height="129" width_o="523" height_o="129" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2979336/Medicustek_logo6_o.jpg" data-mid="15175230"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;</description>
		
		<excerpt>Logo Design - MedicusTek</excerpt>

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		<title>Universal Health Insurance</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/Universal-Health-Insurance</link>

		<comments>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/following/kristenchan/Universal-Health-Insurance</comments>

		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:07:28 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I volunteered my time to assist Dr. Jason Wang in creating effective visuals for his presentation on Universal Health Insurance.

Redesign of the original table in: A Proposed Framework for Understanding the Forces behind Legislation of Universal Health Insurance—Lessons from Ten Countries (Health Services Research, Volume 46, Issue 6pt2, pages 2101–2118, December 2011)

By C. Jason Wang, Stacey M. Ellender, Theodora Textor, Joshua H. Bauchner, Jen-You Wu, Howard Bauchner, and Andrew T. Huang&#60;img src="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2930190/WangCJ_ProposedFrameworkUndersForcesHealthInsurance_HSR_2011 6_640.jpg" width="640" height="414" width_o="2048" height_o="1324" src_o="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2930190/WangCJ_ProposedFrameworkUndersForcesHealthInsurance_HSR_2011 6_o.jpg" data-mid="14937278"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2930190/table1_AB_individual1_640.jpg" width="640" height="528" width_o="2042" height_o="1686" src_o="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2930190/table1_AB_individual1_o.jpg" data-mid="14937981"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;</description>
		
		<excerpt>I volunteered my time to assist Dr. Jason Wang in creating effective visuals for his presentation on Universal Health Insurance.  Redesign of the original table in:...</excerpt>

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		<title>strata vizathlon contest winner</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/strata-vizathlon-contest-winner-1</link>

		<comments>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/following/kristenchan/strata-vizathlon-contest-winner-1</comments>

		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:46:32 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2568401/vizathlon_640.jpg" width="640" height="380" width_o="2048" height_o="1215" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/2568401/vizathlon_o.jpg" data-mid="12977407"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
Winner of challenge 1 - delicious storylines. 
To see a larger version of the design click here

About the contest

O’Reilly’s Strata New York Summit September 19 – 23, 2011.

Visualize Big Apples
Food. It shapes our lives, mood and behaviors. What do we eat, and why do we eat it? We're challenging you to come up with great visualizations of diet and nutrition that make it easier to understand how food relates to our life. We have a panel of great datasets, two killer challenges and some of the best judges in the business. You could win a trip to the Strata Conference in New York or other great prizes.

Data
There are two datasets that can be used for the challenges below.

Nutrition Data: This table contains nutrition and ingredients data for 125 randomly selected grocery store items.

Ingredients: This table contains detailed ingredients about the 125 randomly selected grocery store items listed above.

Data provided by foodfacts.com. 


The Challenges
There are two challenges. You may enter either, both, or neither. If your choose neither, don't complain if you don't win.

This is a real contest with official rules. Commit them to memory, put them on flashcards. Whatever strikes your fancy, but do take them seriously.

If you’ve read the rules in their entirety and gone over the FAQ’s, you have a question that needs clarification, please email us.

Challenge 1) Delicious Storylines
For this challenge, your goal is to present a clear, compelling story that engages and opens a reader’s mind to new ideas and raises questions, or answers them. Entries may be interactive, but don’t need to be. Static images, videos, or interactive websites can all accomplish the goal.

Your Visualization in this category should tell a story and will be judged on the following criteria: clear development of a data-based storyline, properly use of data presentation fundamentals, artistic quality, and innovative and impactful conclusions.

Challenge 2) Dig in
The challenge for this category is to enable freestyle exploration of the food data. The goal of this portion of the challenge is to allow the user to explore and form their own conclusions about one or more of the food datasets. You may allow the viewer to filter the data or select subsets in which they are interested.

Your entry in this category must be interactive and will be judged on the following criteria: flexibility to explore multiple questions, breadth and depth of data exposed, ease of use, proper use of data presentation fundamentals, and innovative use of interactivity.

The goal of this challenge is to allow a viewer to explore and find their own conclusions about one or more of the food datasets. You may allow the viewer to filter the data or select subsets they are interested in.

Your creation will be judged on ease of use, the ability to for viewers to flexibly ask and answer multiple questions, artistic design, and properly and accurately represented data.

Each of the challenges will be judged by a trio of good eggs.

Nathan Yau: Nathan provokes and inspires discussion about vizualization at flowingdata.com. Nathan is a PhD candidate in Statistics in his spare time.

Amanda Cox: As graphics editor of the New York Times, Amanda has advanced the art of data presentation. She has done more to get good data stories in the hands of curious readers than anyone.

Chris Gemignani: Chris is a co-founder of Juice Analytics and a disciplined and opinionated pixel-bender.

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		<excerpt> Winner of challenge 1 - delicious storylines.  To see a larger version of the design click here  About the contest  O’Reilly’s Strata New York Summit September...</excerpt>

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		<title>data visualization</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/data-visualization</link>

		<comments>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/following/kristenchan/data-visualization</comments>

		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 13:44:31 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>As part of my job as a researcher, I get the task of  figuring out the best way to present data for our research team. Please be aware that these are altered versions of my work and represent the ideas presented for data visuals for the research we will publish. 

MAPS
1. California map looking at chronic illness discharges from specialty care centers for children 
2. California map looking at the number of chronically ill children and expenditure
3. Heatmap of spatial variation in concentration 

GRAPHS &#38; CHARTS
1. The evolution of concentration fluctuations for two-step phase separation of polymer blends
2. Graphing of the corruption Index for Africa and aid per death in USD
3. Variation in income distribution for different counties

MAPS
1. Variation in Specialty Care Hospitalization for Children With Chronic Conditions in California.

Despite the documented utility of regionalized systems of pediatric specialty care, little is known about the actual use of such systems in total populations of chronically ill children. The objective of this study was to evaluate variations and trends in regional patterns of specialty care hospitalization for children with chronic illness in California.

Decreased use of regionalized care was seen for adolescent patients, black, non-Hispanic children, and children who resided in zip codes of low income or were located farther from a regional center of care.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/chronic.jpg" width="600" height="484" width_o="600" height_o="484" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/chronic_o.jpg" data-mid="5761331"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
2. In the initial stages of looking at expenditure data collected for chronically ill children in California.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/map_chronic_cost2.jpg" width="600" height="464" width_o="600" height_o="464" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/map_chronic_cost2_o.jpg" data-mid="5701855"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

3. Spatial variation in concentration of blue light phototherapy (work in progress)

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/heatmap.jpg" width="300" height="398" width_o="300" height_o="398" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/heatmap_o.jpg" data-mid="6034122"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

GRAPHS &#38; CHARTS
1. The evolution of the dimensionless concentration for the two-step phase separation from T1* = 0.25 to T2* = 0.2 (second temperature jump made at transition time tt* = 4.72) at the following dimensionless times: (a) t* = 4.731, (b) t* = 4.745, (c) t* = 4.798, and (d) t* = 4.861. The initial average concentration is c0* = 0.5, and the dimensionless diffusion coefficient is D* = 200000.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/morph2-double.jpg" width="400" height="562" width_o="400" height_o="562" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/morph2-double_o.jpg" data-mid="5700837"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

2. Bubble chart looking at the corruption index (CI), an indicator of governance in Sub-Saharan African countries, and development assistance in USD/death. (still a work in progress)

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/Corruption-usdperdeath.jpg" width="600" height="379" width_o="600" height_o="379" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1079337/Corruption-usdperdeath_o.jpg" data-mid="5759445"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

3. Variation in income distribution for different counties (work in progress)

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		<excerpt>As part of my job as a researcher, I get the task of  figuring out the best way to present data for our research team. Please be aware that these are altered...</excerpt>

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		<title>social awareness &#38; action</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/social-awareness-action</link>

		<comments>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/following/kristenchan/social-awareness-action</comments>

		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description>The breadth and depth of many social issues can seem overwhelming most of the time but I truly believe that every person has the voice, strength and capacity to make a difference. That difference could mean a better future for one other person and that may not seem significant when there are millions of people living in dire need. However, if every person extended a hand and contributed to a better future for one other person then that becomes a strong movement for change. I leave you with this story that my sister shared with me and a few projects I have worked on .....

The Starfish Story — Loren Eiseley (1907 - 1977) adapted from The Star Thrower

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. 
He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human 
figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would 
dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was 
doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking 
up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.

He came closer still and called out "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"

The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."

"I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" asked the somewhat 
startled wise man.

To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw 
them in, they'll die."

Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that 
there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't 
possibly make a difference!"

At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the 
ocean. As it met the water, he said, "It made a difference for that one."

Projects
Exploring dadaism, a movement that started after WW1 as a protest against oppressive intellectual rigidity in both art and society, through social issues pertaining to women's rights, poverty, immigration, and the survival of women and children. In particular, I wanted to highlight labor issues, HIV AIDS, and sex trafficking of women and children. &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_01.jpg" width="640" height="828" width_o="2048" height_o="2650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_01_o.jpg" data-mid="5180913"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_17.jpg" width="640" height="828" width_o="2048" height_o="2649" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_17_o.jpg" data-mid="5181007"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_06.jpg" width="640" height="828" width_o="2048" height_o="2651" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_06_o.jpg" data-mid="5180957"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_22.jpg" width="640" height="828" width_o="2048" height_o="2650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_22_o.jpg" data-mid="5181032"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_18.jpg" width="612" height="792" width_o="612" height_o="792" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_18_o.jpg" data-mid="5181008"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_20.jpg" width="640" height="898" width_o="2048" height_o="2875" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_20_o.jpg" data-mid="5181021"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_29.jpg" width="640" height="931" width_o="2048" height_o="2979" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_29_o.jpg" data-mid="5181059"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_31.jpg" width="640" height="846" width_o="2048" height_o="2706" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/book_Page_31_o.jpg" data-mid="5181064"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/preloved_poster1.jpg" width="500" height="750" width_o="500" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/preloved_poster1_o.jpg" data-mid="5781470"  border="0" align="left"/&#62; 

Working with a team of researchers from Stanford University to create logos and patches for the Girl Scouts of Northern California on a collaborative project teaching energy conservation (GLEE - Girls Learning about Energy and the Environment).&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/glee-light-logo.png" width="477" height="463" width_o="477" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/glee-light-logo_o.png" data-mid="6058868"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/glee-transport-logo.jpg" width="499" height="462" width_o="499" height_o="462" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/glee-transport-logo_o.jpg" data-mid="6058871"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Working with the Chinese Education Center in San Francisco, a non-profit that helps new immigrant children learn English before integrating them into the regular school system, to design the school mascot and t-shirts. &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/final_logo_26.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078891/final_logo_26_o.jpg" data-mid="7067260"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;</description>
		
		<excerpt>The breadth and depth of many social issues can seem overwhelming most of the time but I truly believe that every person has the voice, strength and capacity to...</excerpt>

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		<title>diabetes visual project</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/diabetes-visual-project</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>POSTER

A chronic condition that I feel doesn’t get enough attention is diabetes. The rapid increase of type 2 diabetes can be reduced and reveresed through the first step of bringing awareness and education. The poster and graphs are samples of data taken from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as data collected through a volunteer who has been diabetic for over 20 years. The two most important aspects of diabetes management is to control blood sugar and cholesterol. 

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/diabetes-poster.jpg" width="600" height="891" width_o="600" height_o="891" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/diabetes-poster_o.jpg" data-mid="5769139"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

BLOOD SUGAR 

Blood sugar fluctuations can be a result of many different factors. It’s a complicated disease and although we know a lot about the illness, we still don’t know the exact cause of it, nor do we know what factors or combination of factors result in the fluctuations of blood sugar levels. The variation of blood sugar levels is different for different people, even if they face the same situation (e.g. same diet, exercise, stressors).

This graph represents what a typical diabetic, without proper management of diabetes, will observe in their blood sugars 1 hour after eating (the readings could be higher for more severe cases, and especially if they have consumed a lot of carbohydrates). There are a few goals for this graph. The first is to show a profile of what blood sugars look like for diabetics so people understand that just because a diabetic person may not feel sick, in the traditional way people think of being ill, it doesn’t mean nothing is happening to the diabetic internally. The second is to know what the range is for high, normal, and low readings as this helps with monitoring of blood glucose when patients are given blood glucose meters for home use. The third, which is most important, is for people to recognize the symptoms of high and low blood sugar because these are very dangerous states for diabetics to be in. Often times people who have diabetes (whether they have been diagnosed or not) simply are not aware of how blood sugar affects them and they do not recognize the symptoms to help themselves better regulate their blood sugars.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/blood sugar.jpg" width="640" height="343" width_o="2048" height_o="1099" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/blood sugar_o.jpg" data-mid="5766582"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
CHOLESTEROL

I wanted to highlight 4 distinct scenarios: use of 1) medication; 2) exercise; 3) exercise &#38; medication; and finally exercise, medication and diet in lowering cholesterol. The reason why this chart was chosen as the next set of data to be shown was because of the fact that 2 out of 3 people with diabetes die from stroke or heart disease. The person who volunteered to provide me with the diabetes data only gave me a glimpse of what the response would be like for the first 2 interventions. It is very interesting to see the difference in results based on just these 2 interventions. Cholesterol medications alone work pretty well initially, but then have less of an effect with time. And for this particular volunteer, exercise alone did seem to help, but it took longer to get the cholesterol levels to approach the desired range. Exercise prompted a slower response, but might be a better intervention than medication (with its many side effects). I believe the volunteer kept their diet as consistent as possible throughout each intervention.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/Cholesterol.png" width="640" height="279" width_o="2048" height_o="892" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1012722/Cholesterol_o.png" data-mid="5766523"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

This project is still in it’s infancy as more data needs to be collected. The long term goal of this project is to put together a book of data and visuals to educate people on diabetes and diabetes care.</description>
		
		<excerpt>POSTER  A chronic condition that I feel doesn’t get enough attention is diabetes. The rapid increase of type 2 diabetes can be reduced and reveresed through the...</excerpt>

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		<title>design challenge</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/design-challenge</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:18:49 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/network-poster_4.jpg" width="598" height="1052" width_o="598" height_o="1052" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/network-poster_4_o.jpg" data-mid="5701529"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/work life balance poster.png" width="640" height="866" width_o="1690" height_o="2287" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/work life balance poster_o.png" data-mid="5240759"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/creative patterns.png" width="640" height="847" width_o="2048" height_o="2709" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1088705/creative patterns_o.png" data-mid="5229074"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;The task for this project was to design three articles from SEE magazine and to write an editorial statement that ties all three project designs together. Through this work we were asked to utilize design principles, develop grid systems, refine typography, consider form as well as function and integrate type and image. 

The three articles in this project were:
Networks: The Way to Get Something Done
Life and work exist in constant tension. Sometimes we balance them, sometimes we don’t.
Research: Patterns of Creative Work

EDITORIAL STATEMENT

Three articles from SEE magazine on life work balance, networks and patterns of creative people were designed with a common theme of human perception. Humans acquire, interpret, select and organize sensory information based on biology, culture, experiences, and developmental learning. Therefore, our sensory experience of the world around us connects us mentally, physically and spiritually in different ways and creates different meaning for different people. 

The design for life work balance was based on the idea that choices made are relative measures of what one perceives as being important or valued. Time was used to demonstrate this point as our perception drives our goals, motives, needs and desires. One interesting contrast was the 7 year indicator where the ending of a marriage could be a result of the time invested in becoming an expert in a field of study. In the formation of networks, perception plays the role of governing the way we communicate with one another. Humans form connections based on their own reality and belief system, hence, we tend to migrate towards people with similar likes and dislikes, building these networks of people we know, respect and trust. A simple factor tree was used as a mathematical analogy to represent the structure of networks and how it can be broken down into smaller and smaller segments to complement the essay in that the average person knows a lot of people but respects less and trusts even less. Finally, creative patterns of work was expressed through the making of paper toy models. These paper models were initially blank templates and the purpose was to give creative freedom for personal expression. Creativity is a powerful tool because it has the ability to change our perception. It can challenge the minds of people and push human learning in new directions. In short, creative minds inspire innovation and innovation changes our reality.

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		<excerpt>The task for this project was to design three articles from SEE magazine and to write an editorial statement that ties all three project designs together. Through...</excerpt>

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		<title>apaba logo &#38; website</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/kristenchan/apaba-logo-website</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Kristen Chan Design</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">1078427</guid>

		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA-schematic.png" width="640" height="556" width_o="684" height_o="594" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA-schematic_o.png" data-mid="5361507"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA logo color.png" width="640" height="652" width_o="2048" height_o="2086" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA logo color_o.png" data-mid="5189114"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABASV_logo_text-color.jpg" width="600" height="207" width_o="600" height_o="207" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABASV_logo_text-color_o.jpg" data-mid="5701618"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
I was selected to redesign the logo and website for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA). 

The above images show the thought process and execution of the logo design for APABA.

1. A schematic detailing the thought process for the design of the APABA logo. The logo is made up of the letters APABA and it is arranged in a circle because the organization is continuous and connected. The corners of the letters all point inwards to represent direction, goal driven, focus and bringing people together. The boldness of the letters represent strength and empowerment. The logo is also equally balanced to show justice, equality and fairness. 

2. The final logo in color

3. The final logo and text in color

Website layouts:

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_main.jpg" width="572" height="508" width_o="572" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_main_o.jpg" data-mid="5329838"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_2.jpg" width="569" height="508" width_o="569" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_2_o.jpg" data-mid="5329834"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_4.jpg" width="571" height="508" width_o="571" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_4_o.jpg" data-mid="5329833"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_9.jpg" width="568" height="508" width_o="568" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_9_o.jpg" data-mid="5329835"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_10.jpg" width="571" height="508" width_o="571" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/82307/1078427/APABA_10_o.jpg" data-mid="5329836"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Please visit apabasv.com for details about the organization and to see the website. </description>
		
		<excerpt> I was selected to redesign the logo and website for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA).   The above images show the thought...</excerpt>

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