topic picking

I chose community revitalization as my topic.  I did some pre-article reading brain storming, researched and read some articles, and then created a second list of words. As follows -

urban, racism, prejudices, wealth and poverty, low-income, poor, economic disasters, neighborhoods, neighbors, neighboring, fellowship, assumptions, health, broken families, schools and failing school systems, education, separation of race, class, and wealth, ghetto, projects, gangs, public health, food access and affordability, food deserts, social justice, money, funding, unity, youth, shelter and housing, homelessness, jobs and joblessness, sustainability

It's a lot of words.

Here are some sites that I used to read about different community related things happening both within Kansas City and in general, how revitalization might look. I'm really interested in how revitalization looks within existing communities and how, from a faith and religious stance, social justice calls people who can help, to help.

http://jacobswelljustice.com/2013/09/12/neighboring-rosedale-ridge-pt-1/
http://wearesuperman-themovie.com/about-we-are-superman-the-transformation-of-31st-and-troost/
http://youthfront.com/missional-journeys/preview/
http://www.dwell.com/great-idea/article/kansas-city-makes-it-right
http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/fresh-ideas-for-building-healthier-communities-revitalizing-a-community-beginning-with-health/#.UuiKN5F6jyV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert
https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/17

semiotics for the win

semiotics - uses signs and symbols individually and in sign systems to study communication. This also includes how we understand and construct meaning.

sign - something that stands for something else.

signifier - a sound or image referring to something else within a sign.

signified - a concept or object being referred to within a sign.

icon - sign category; this thing bears a physical resemblance to the object or concept being referred to.

index - sign category; there is a direct link between the sign and the object or concept that can be figured out by looking at it.

symbol - sign category; there is a connection between the sign and object or concept that is learned and agreed upon in society.

syntagm - signs that have a sequential order between each other, and can exist in various forms.

paradigm - accepted outline that units are apart of a common set, but each unit is inherently different from another unit.

code - a part of language; a culture decides on a specific set of signs to be used within society.

polysemy - the existence of multiple meanings for a single word or phrase.

the vinyl covers

Fun, movement, lively, happy, upbeat, bright, modern

Smooth, sad but hopeful, content, classic,

the final type specimen

the visual interview

The final images of my visual interview french fold book —

vinyl covers

Two digital mockups. I want to create analog versions and use those as the final covers.

the visual interview

Revised visual interview document.