Major Studio | INTERFACE : Final Project “Climate” brainstorming

One ingredient in this concept of interactivity is visualizing the “climate” created by the contributed commentary and users’ reactions expressed through voting.  I would ultimately like to present 3 different ideas for visually expressing this “climate”.

I would like for the visualizations to be:   A) visually stunning or at least interesting  B)representing a moment in time C) clearly expressing the dichotemy of positive and negative

Here are some brainstorming ideas:

• Thumbs Up vs. Thumbs Down
• Gray/Rainy vs. Sunshine
• Empty vs. Full
• Dark vs. Light
• Barbed Wire vs. Picket Fence
• Jail vs. Open Field
• “-” vs. “+”
• Death vs. Growth
• Mold vs. Clear
• Infestation vs. Vacant

I’m also very interested in the idea of the visualization manifesting itself within the design of the website, as well.  Perhaps this could be communicated through color shift, line thickness shift, image shift.  It is an opportunity to truly create a “climate”.