Now that i'd decided to choose the Fabric visual case study, I had to develop the critical moments of the Fabric court case and think of ways of creating icons and symbols that resemble that event.
The events of the court case are as follows:
- August 6th / calendar icon showing date of teenagers death
- Dancing icon / to show atmosphere inside club
- Drug icon / to show the cause of the teenagers death
- Ambulance bed icon
- Gravestone icon / to indicate teenagers death
- News and social media icon / news of death hit headlines
- Fabric door shut / indicates Islington council revokes the club license
- Save fabric icon with unhappy face / shows campaign started to save the club
- Campaign icon / showing Fabric worldwide support
- Cheque icon / £270.000 raised for clubs legal fee
- November 28th / calendar icon to show date of court case to determine Fabric's future
- Court case icon
- Save fabric icon with happy face / shows Fabric wins appeal
- January 6th / calendar icon showing date of reopeing
- Fabric doors open icon
- Dancing icon / to show atmosphere inside club back again
The icons and symbols were developed to work together as a series and remain cohesive throughout the case study. Keeping the colour palette black and white helps maintain the series but also helps communicate a very 'straight faced' culture that operates in the after hours so I felt black and white icons would work best. When designing the icons and symbols I felt the best way to approach this process was thinking of the event in basic form and delivering an icon that is a literal response, from this the user can interact with the case study on a basic understanding then allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences.
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