Wednesday, August 18, 2010

SCREEN DESIGNS

THIS ARE SOME OF THE SCREEN DESIGNS I MADE USING PHOTOSHOP,BUT THEY ARE JUST ROUGH SKETCHES OF HOW MY FINAL PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE, AFTER MORE DEVELOPMENTS:::...

.:::FIRST SCREEN DESIGN WHICH HAS THE HOUSE AS THE MAIN PICTURE:::..



..::SECOND SCREEN DESIGN,STILL GATHERINGS IDEAS FOR THE MASTER PIECE,WILL GET THERE SOON:::...

PROJECT'S EXECUTION

ICONS
BUTTONS
TYPOGRAPHY




LAYOUT DESIGNS



.:the first layout designs:.


.:second layout designs:.


.:the third layout designs:.

REFFERENCES







NEW PROPOSAL AND CONCEPT

THEME
ORANG ASLI SETTLEMENTS HOUSING/SHELTERS.

PURPOSE (aim/objectives)
The aim of this study is to have a deeper understanding of how their houses are built and material used.

The main objectives of the research are to:

  • interview locals and get valid information about how,why,what about their houses.
  • To see how they live.
  • To experience and feel how the materials used are
  • To spread they way of the orang asli people's housing ways.

BACKGROUND

In this project,i expect to share knowledge with all those who have no clue of who the Orang asli people are,and mostly focus on the way there shelter or houses are assembled.

This is to answer all those questions that many people had but could not find the answers anyway.

TARGET
The application is for people ranging from the ages of 15-until older

-world helper organisations

Research methods

  • -Visiting Orang Asli settlements.
  • -interview with Orang Asli.
  • -Gathering photos on site.
  • -questionnaire for info gathering

EXPECTED IMPACT OF RESEARCH PROJECT

  • -touch hearts
  • -reference and learning resources.
  • -broadens understandings.
  • -change lifes and views towards orang asli people

SCHEDULE OF RESEARCH PROJECT

Week 3-5

proposal and the concept of my application submittion

Week 5-7

Planning of my project and gathering research data.

Week 7-8

Conducting basic research on Orang Asli

22-25 of July 2010

Field trip to Belum Rainforest and gathering on site research

Week 8-13

Starting to create the application

Week 14

Project Submission

RESEARCH QUESTION ON THE PROJECT

  • Is the application interractive? yes
  • Does the application explain about Orang Asli and their history?yes
  • Does the application have its own style and theme?yes
  • Does the application contain sound? no
  • Is the application user friendly for both deaf and blind users?yes
  • Does the application contain video? no
  • Does the application have pictures? yes

RESEARCH QUESTION FOR THE ORANG ASLI'S

  • How are the houses built?
  • What type of materials did you use?
  • How long does it take to complete one house?
  • How long does it last?
  • What happens when an old house colapse?
  • What type of houses are built?
  • What is the capacity of the house?

PROJECT'S RESEARCH

1.QUESTIONNAIRE

Q.HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR HOUSES??
A.by using our hands with materials like knifes to cut the bamboo trees down and the leafs.

Q.HOW LONG DO THEY LAST?
A.well approximately a year an a half.

Q.WHAT IS THE CAPACITY WHICH THEY COULD WITHSTAND?
A.the whole family can stay on the house but when a girl from the house is married outside,she moves out to stay with the husband.

Q.HOW ARE THEY BUILT?
A.they are built using material from the forest,as it provides everything. men of the village gather up and help the owner to build the house using their hands and the resources they have.

Q.WHAT MATERIAL DO YOU USE TO BUILD THEM HOUSES?
A.we use bamboo trees to make the wall,poles supporting the houses and also for stepping on,which is more like mats or floor. for roofing we use leafs called "rumbia" as many as possible and put them close by so that water may not enter.

Q.WHY ARE THEY ALL SUSPENDED FROM THE GROUND A FEW INCHES, IS THERE A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO WHY THEY ARE NOT ON THE GROUND LIKE MOST HOUSES BUILT NOWADAYS?
A.we try t avoid snakes from crawling inside,and also from water as its always raining in the forest. so with the houses suspended we are show of not sleeping with snakes and other crawlers or not having our properties soaked into water and spoiled.

Q.HOW MANY TYPES ARE THERE?
A.we only have one type,and its the one you see around everywhere.

Q.VENTILATION?
A.well as you can see the house walls are made of bamboo sticks so air ventilation is good.

Q.ORIGINALITY,HAS THE OLD HOUSES DESIGNS BEEN CHANGED FROM THE ONES WHICH ORIGINATED?
A.i am afraid not,this has been the design of the houses ever since my friend.

Q.WELL IT WAS NICE TALKING TO YOU,HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN.
A.same here,only time shall tell when.

Q.thank you sir
A.you are most welcome


2.OBSERVATION

My observation at the "ORANG AS LI SETTLEMENTS" we visited,i observed a lot of things. First thing when we arrived the eldest of the village welcomed us with a warm smile like they we expecting us. we started to interact with the people and they were all happy to have us as their visitors for the day.

Now i ll talk about the arrangements of the houses,well they were built in some sort of a circular shape with the entrance at the other end, more like a "horse shoe". they had 9 houses and 4 more houses which were not complete. and fortunately we found one of the man preparing bamboo for the new house.

The people there live like one big family and they were all under one house chilling. some ladies were washing clothes at the tap water pipe.



3.VISUAL GATHERINGS

This are some of the pictures i took at the settlements and edited.together with the sketches which made:
a.PHOTOS OF THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE
.:this is where we caught our ride to the other side of the damn:.

.:this were some of the leaves which had an amazing pattern:.

.:bird view of a tree trunk:.
.:top view of the dam,standing at the tallest tower and this was the right side of the dam as there were two streams. and up front is a bridge crossing both sides:.



.:shallow right:.
.:the left side of the dam:.
.:nature:.
.:some of the houses:.


.:more houses:.

.:cock:.

.:entrance:.


.:map of pulau:.


.:bridge to the other side:.


.:bird out view:.


.:type of tree available there:.

b.PHOTOS OF THE ORANG AS LI IN JAHAI

.:villagers gathered at one house:.

.:the eldest woman with their last born:.

.:an up close picture:.

.:kids enjoying the sweets we brought for them:.


c.SKETCHES OF THE PEOPLE AND THE HOUSES

.:some of the leaves we saw:.


.:the type of houses:.


.:another unfinished house:.



.:oldest man of the village:.




.:his wife and the last born:.

RESEARCH AND DATA PLANNING

  • Questionnaires:
  • a popular means of collecting data, but are difficult to design and often require many rewrites before an acceptable questionnaire is produced.
  • Interviews:
  • a technique that is primarily used to gain an understanding of the underlying reasons and motivations for people’s attitudes, preferences or behaviour.
  • Observation:
  • involves recording the behavioural patterns of people, objects and events in a systematic manner.
  • Portfolios:
  • recording information about how each problem arose, methods used to solve it, and difficulties encountered. it records everything in sufficient detail to analyse. It is very time-consuming.
  • facts findings:
  • things which are truthfully told and no one can stand in your way and argue. The facts of the place,people or their lifestyle,which is mostly true if taken first hand.

GANTT CHART AND TIME LINE

Week 3-5

.: Submitting my proposal and the concept of my application:.

Week 5-7

.: Planning of my project and gathering research data:.

Week 7-8

.: Conducting basic research on Orang Asli:.

22-25 of July 2010

.:Field trip to Belum Rainforest and gathering on site research:.

Week 8-13

.: Starting to create the application:.

Week 14

.: Project Submission:.

GANTT CHART


APPLICATION 'S FLOW AND NAVIGATIONS

Monday, August 9, 2010

BRAINSTORMING

Mind map flow
MIND MAP OF THE ORANG ASLI IN MALAYSIA,PERAK
second mind map

this is the last mind map,which shows my topic for this project...."ORANG ASLI HOUSING"

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

PROPOSAL FOR ORANG ASLI SETTLEMENTS


Digital Media Design 1 (MMD2113)
Task: design and develop an interactive information design application
Topic: Orang asli settlement

WHERE?
Locations in a map


THE PEOPLE

"Orang asli" means "original people",who are indigenious people found in Peninsullar Malaysia. there are 3 tribes which are mainly "the Semang (negrito), Senoi, and Proto-Malay (Aboriginal Malay).

APPLICATION

OBJECTIVES:

-To educate the masses about the indegious people of Orang Asli.

SIZE OF APP.

1024 x 768 pixels or full screen format.

BUTTONS:

There will be 5 buttons being:home page,info page,gallery,contacts,exit button

HOME PAGE-the button for home page would be something of nature like leaves because thats where our subject is based at.This time i will be avoiding using the obvious to make my application more official and market-level.

INFO PAGE-it is going to contain all the info about the settlement and the history of the people,basically what you need to know to have a little light about what exactly the topic is about and our subject.

GALLERY PAGE-in the gallery i would put pictures of the place looks like and the daily shots form morning till late.

CONTACTS-in here is just the details of how anyone can get hold of the people in charge if any hepl is required.

EXIT-the button for the "exit" is going to be more tools used in the jungle as cutting,chopping tools.


TARGET AUDIENCE:
-Adults

-World helpers organisations

-international people


TASK:

-visit the place,learn the ways of the Orang asli settlement and digitize every moment so that i can show the world how it looks like and the way of their life.


SOFTWARES:

-Flash

-After effect

-Photoshop

-Illustrator

BACKGROUND SOUND:

-In this application i will be using original sound which i captured my self and in this one is going to be the sound of nature which is basically birds,people of Orang asli.


VIDEO:

-here i just want to include a few footage of how it looks like and the atmosphere around that place.

HISTORY


The Orang asli people lived alone until they were involved in tradings with the Indians.this made them visible and easily contacted by the world.They retreated further into the inland to avoid everything.They were also the target of Christian missionary and subjects of anthropological research.


SLAVERY

Slave raids into Orang Asli settlements were quite common,in the 18th and 19th centuries. Slave-raiders were mainly local Malays and Bataks, who considered the Orang Asli as 'kafirs', 'non-humans', 'savages' and 'jungle-beasts.During the raid,adults were killed and women and children were captured and sold to local rulers.This period is a sad one never to be forgotten by those still alive.


ECONOMY

Orang Asli living in remote forest areas engaged in some trading with the Malays, with jungle produce being exchanged for salt, knives and metal axe-heads.

SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE






REFERENCES:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_Asli

http://www.google.com.my/imglanding?q=orang%20asli%20MAP&imgurl=http://www.necf.org.my/aeimages/orang-asli-map.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.necf.org.my/index.cfm%3F%26menuid%3D130&usg=__AiiV9rysOJg2xdA5pMpblbYNDCE=&h=956&w=665&sz=46&hl=en&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=_YW_MzFRcKUCQM:&tbnh=148&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dorang%2Basli%2BMAP%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1,isz:m&um=1&sa=X&ndsp=21&tbs=isch:1,isz:m&start=0



Monday, July 5, 2010

MORE POSTERS

STEP 1:


STEP 2:


STEP 3:


FINAL POSTER:




Monday, June 28, 2010

ASSIGNMENT 1:submission

OBJECTIVE:
-TO STUDY AND IDENTIFY THE DESIGN ISSUE BASED ON FLORA AND FAUNA IN MALAYSIA
DEFINITION:
FAUNA AND FLORA:Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.
IN MALAYSIA
About 70% of Malaysia consists of tropical rain forest
and its the rising star of South East Asian tourism, a nation looking to the future while cherishing the ways of the past.
Malaysia has plenty of natural attractions to satisfy even the most discerning of adventure seekers. More than 50 per cent of its land mass is still covered in forest cover. And with the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean lapping its shores, there is an enormous variety of flora, fauna and marine life to be enjoyed.

POSTERS DESIGNS

This was some of the designs i did,so that i can a direction as to what i was suppose to do and my lay outs and the rest.

POSTERS

In this poster i used different colors which are more visible and eye catching, this was because malaysian flag has all this colors except for green which on its own represent nature.

In this one i made ma background blue as to that the topic lies along the lines of nature both animal and plants and since there are no animals i just used blue.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

"TrIP tO FRIM"

date:Tuesday 22 June 2010
time: 8:45am

We took a trip 2 one of Malaysia s best nature sites called "FRIM", which stands for FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA.Here is a map of how you can get to the place:

It was an eventful day,including the journey which took about approximately an hour and a half to two hours.Some of the facts i learnt about the place was that they had one of the biggest amazon fish which is A "DRAGON FISH",it eats small monkeys and sometimes they feed it "KFC" which is one of life s finest tasty treats.

Here is a picture of the fish:
(sorry its not clear)

Second was a "DREANDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS" which has flowers but only produce them after 50 to 100 years.The "KULIM KHADAH"-garlic which was eaten by old people and can also be used 2 replace onion. It helped in the process of blood circulation.The "ELEPHANT TREE" which really looks like an elephant with the trunk and all.

here is a picture:

There was a lot to learn from nature and finally we made it to the "CANOPY WALKWAY" which was at the top of the mountain and it took us an hour to get up there.So to make the post interesting i will just put up the pictures so you can feast your eyes on nature's magnificence and see how i spent my day which to me was "ZE BEST EVA"

ENJOY...!!!

..::arrived at the place and this was how far the bus could take us...."WAIT FOR MORE"::..
..::entrance to the jungle side::..
;;::they call that one the "GHOST PALM",and it was used for family planning::..
..::now i officially welcome you to the forest,thats the beauty of its trees...they formed a map-like image and for your information that is one of the reasons why its always dark in the forest::..
..::taking pictures of the "rubber tree",which we mostly use to rub pencils n other things::..

..::i find the leave fascinating,it has its unique touches::..
..::trees::..

..::finally made it to the top,and getting ready to do the "walk on air"...::..

..::our instructor on duty::..

..::now this is more like it,students attentive and listening to the man up there in charge "GOD"...hehe,just kidding...the instructor,who was telling us the rules and regulations which we should abide by while in his territory and some of the things he shared which i found most important was the number of people walking on the "canopy walkway" which is "5" and distance which we should keep apart::..

..::well here we go,first step on thin ice...it was not that scary walking to the corner which then came a long walk from the corner tree to the 2nd platform. fortunately the young lady you see who i was following was cool and collected and could do stunts while up there, so she made it more easy and a lot fun::..

..::this was the 2nd platform and it only carries a maximum of 4 people,so 1 more we all go down 1000 ft...just kidding,well it is just for cautious purposes::..
..::oohh i forgot to mention Pino,he told me that he was just thinking of home while on that plank...you can see him shakin in his pants::..
..::3rd platform base looking at the 4th platform which pretty looks lyk a long way::..
..::approaching the last platform,in other words "finish line"
..::on our way back down the hill,tired as hell but not really::..

..::touch down,finally on common grounds::..

thanks for checking out my pictures and seeing how much i had fun on dis day,sorry i did not have much pictures of myself in action hopefully will get something from those who i went with and share with your all.
lastly

All thanks to my lectures madam Forest (LIM YAN PENG) and Mr MUNAWARRUZZAMAN BIN MOKHTAR for a rockin adventure and fun filled day, you are the BESTEST.

For more info on the place:http://www.frim.gov.my/index.cfm