First ideas for Client Project

I've been thinking of ideas for my client project and will keep it up to date on here so i know where i after christmas when the project begins.

I have an idea in my head and once i get it, and know that it is going to be a challenge, i have to do it. the basis for this idea began when i was travelling around europe in the summer. when we arrived at our hostel in warsaw we assumed that it would just be another city visit, like all the rest. however, we were greeted with a vibrant, and very useful map which was made by young locals and designed for young travellers. it was like a breath of fresh air that made the day that we had in the city a lot more useful than it would have been without this map. There were illustrations of all the buildings and main points of interest with honest opinions from the locals. It was all colourfully coded so we could tell what was a restaurant, what was cheap and what art gallery was worth going to. There were also photographs of the locals at the bottom with their opinions in speech bubbles. Next to this was a logo of the design company and a tag line explaining how to do this for your own city.

This triggered off a few sparks and i really wanted to do this for nottingham. for my research i would speak to the locals, including students and young people of nottingham and make another useful map for the new freshers and to bring travllers from london to nottingham, so they would get a good feel about nottingham as a city.

i would like to make the map more than just a paper map. i want it to be paper so it can come in the induction pack for the new students, but also as a web version, so it is possible to click on all the sights of nottingham which will link to a page with information and a video of the sight. I will see if the idea is good enough to take to the SU or even to Nottingham Council so i can promote this idea further.