1. Life Landscape toolkit
Lauren Chapman
Hannah Gilchrist
Steffi Paepcke
Conceptual Models | Project One | March 29, 2011

2. Project Goal
“ Create a toolkit with which to author a visual
autobiography. Assemble one model to communicate the
toolkit’s framework and meaning, and another to
demonstrate the toolkit’s real-life application.
”

3. Process
Brainstorming
What is an island?

4. Process
Affinity Diagramming
We each wrote our island ideas
out, and categorized them into
themes: personal space,
fantasy, physical interaction,
social seclusion, life journey,
prison.

5. Process
Winner: Life Story
“ No man is an island entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main…
--John Donne
”

6. Process
Format Brainstorming
How do we best
communicate the idea
of “life as an island”?

7. Process
Icon Creation
Icons were created to represent types of life event.

8. Final Design
Model One: Toolkit Template

9. Final Design
Model Two: Sample Life Landscape
Young
Teen
Adult
Middle
Child Age
Birth
Childhood was super fun! Moved to California Applying to college Self-Discovery Still haven’t met
Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1985 12 years old Unknown Undergrad someone...
2 brothers, many imaginary friends Challenging Lots of friends
Parents get divorced Tired of classes Full-time job
17 years old Peaceful life