CloudyWithAChanceOfStools
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Hello Everyone!
I hope this is okay to post, but I've been scouring the internet for a good place to find people who may be able to guide me. I have a college project to explore graphic design in the context of encouraging particular behaviours; whilst seemingly everyone else chose the (with hindsight, arguably more obvious) route of COVID-19 comms, I am exploring how different countries use design to signify risk during major weather events.
I felt like a great place to start would be to download as many weather apps as I could, to look at how they're displaying current snow/ice warnings in England to try and convince people to take more care. I've also gone on a bit of a rabbit hole of looking at some of the sites that are used elsewhere in the world, and found myself a bit overwhelmed. This has led me to seek out a community where I'd guess that people are likely to have already done a fair bit of investigation into how they choose to view the weather, in the hope that there would be some "hey, you should check out this obscure Mexican forecasters approach, it's amazing" type tips.
I can't pretend to have a big background in weather communities, but I do enjoy watching lightning storms when they (rarely) go off where I live - though nothing like what I've seen online from around the world.
If this isn't okay to ask, please feel free to delete, but it did seem like it could be a fun way to find some more niche forecasts that I might not otherwise spot, and I'm hoping to work in graphic design at University in two years so would love to nail this piece!
Thanks!
I hope this is okay to post, but I've been scouring the internet for a good place to find people who may be able to guide me. I have a college project to explore graphic design in the context of encouraging particular behaviours; whilst seemingly everyone else chose the (with hindsight, arguably more obvious) route of COVID-19 comms, I am exploring how different countries use design to signify risk during major weather events.
I felt like a great place to start would be to download as many weather apps as I could, to look at how they're displaying current snow/ice warnings in England to try and convince people to take more care. I've also gone on a bit of a rabbit hole of looking at some of the sites that are used elsewhere in the world, and found myself a bit overwhelmed. This has led me to seek out a community where I'd guess that people are likely to have already done a fair bit of investigation into how they choose to view the weather, in the hope that there would be some "hey, you should check out this obscure Mexican forecasters approach, it's amazing" type tips.
I can't pretend to have a big background in weather communities, but I do enjoy watching lightning storms when they (rarely) go off where I live - though nothing like what I've seen online from around the world.
If this isn't okay to ask, please feel free to delete, but it did seem like it could be a fun way to find some more niche forecasts that I might not otherwise spot, and I'm hoping to work in graphic design at University in two years so would love to nail this piece!
Thanks!