Growing in many different environments and being in a farm and city situations I noticed not until recently that by examining farm behavior I noticed food that did not make the market was thrown away and food in the market were thrown away even though it was safe to eat. Going back to the city it was sort of shocking to find that there were people who could not find or buy enough food for there families and there seemed to be a solution on how to get a surplus of edible food to people who needed it.
Currently in America 54 million are under nutrition and there were 81.4 billion pounds of food that went to waste. That is about 1,500 pounds per person. Most of the confusion comes from reading labels in the grocery store or throwing out food because it is the cheapest option. Food waste creates a lot of methane that is released in the air and it is the largest waste found at landfills (about 26%).
The green orb is the food waste sitting on a plate and every dot represents an under nutrition American. The shield is showing that many paths are excluded for the people to get to the food they need and the dots are moving frantically because the statistics to how people get food is always fluctuating greatly. I would like to hear everyone’s opinions on how to get the message across and aspects that would be cool for this work. I am thinking about adding an animated background to go along with the moving food and people dots. I like the idea of flies swarming around a plate of food to show statistics but I am kind of stuck on what the background should be to accompany it. The food moving is to show decompsint
This project hits home for me because I find joy in cooking for myself and other people. Also I have always been in a habit of buying food I need in order to decrease the amount of food wasted. I found it very interesting researching that a place that throws away so much food has so many people who are under nutrition.
Source that inspired me to make this Sketch: www.rubicon.com/blog/food-waste-facts/
For my question I was wondering how to better represent the food and whether to make the data more detailed, the current texture is temporary and for representing food what is the first thing that comes to your mind? I also am thinking about changing the background to be a foggy gradient and I would like to hear opinions on what would enhance the message. If you have any suggestions feel free to let me know.
As a suggestion for the animated background, you could make it focus on the idea of the methane pollution that food waste creates. You could have the background give the illusion that as time goes on, the background gets heavier with methane/carbon and gets somewhat darker.
The representation of the food decomposing is a bit unclear, especially because of the graphic that’s so stretched and altered that deciphering it is impossible. As an alternative option, you could use animation of the food sinking below the plate to show how it’s quickly disappearing. Perhaps show the small dots representing undernourished people trying to get closer to the food but never close enough. Or if you’re feeling ambitious, have the dots bounce off the shield.
I love the use of the shield to represent how the food is inaccessible for the people who need it. For the current texture, I don’t know if it’s possible to change textures in runtime, but I think it would be neat to first show some fresh food and have it decompose over time through texture swaps.
I like the mapping idea of the spere, which really makes this work stands out from the rest. Although with the mapping the piece as a whole started to look a little bit messy. The idea and data could be easier to understand if the whole thing is tidied up a little bit.
I like your concept, I think the main thing to bring your idea to life is creating a contrast between the dots sphere and background.
I also like the topic you chose, It reminds me of how, since I live off campus, I now have to buy food for myself, and I’ve been adjusting my shopping list to eliminate waste (and cost). I kind of turn it into a game for myself to see how many meals I can get for a low price, make healthy, and use before week’s end.