United Way Project

For this project, the class collaborated with Erika from United Way to create an educational display of poverty, specifically poverty in the Douglas County area. 

The class was assigned seven content areas to focus on and to develop in an enticing way. 

annica anderson XD, kylie dressman IA, grace cantril GD
[how does poverty impact health?]

kristin enyart XD, haylee hedge IA, ella gore GD
[what are some hard choices that have to be made daily by people in poverty?]

anna-therese fowler XD, caroline heller IA, amelia hernandez GD
[what does it mean to “live in poverty”?]

devon mcgowan XD, michael hornsby IA, michelle merino GD
[who suffers most from poverty?]

hope simmons XD, liz knochelmann IA, jinjoo moon GD
[how does poverty impact children?]

mary sniezek XD, kelly reeve IA, nicole strubing GD
[who are the working poor?]

alex womack XD, alex tatro IA, kylie vandeven GD
[how does poor health impact poverty?]

Each team contains an experienced designer (XD), an information architect (IA), and a graphic designer (GD). I was assigned the role of experience designer. An experience designer is the practice of designing products, processes, services, events, omnichannel journeys, and environments with a focus placed on the quality of the user experience and culturally relevant solutions.