Friday, 20 February 2015

OUG505: Real Problems, Graphic Solutions

The problem we were given to solve is based around money and the economy. We chose to look into political parties and their policies based around money (spending, intended tax alternations, money divisions etc)

I chose to look into the Labour party, here are their core policies at a glance

1. Raise the Minimum Wage to £8 an hour and ban exploitative zero hour contracts 
2. Freeze energy bills until 2017 while reforming the broken energy market 
3. Cut the deficit more fairly by asking those earning over £150,000 to contribute a little more through a 50p rate of tax 
4. Get at least 200,000 homes built a year by 2020 and deliver a fairer deal for private renters 
5. Scrap the Bedroom Tax 
6. Require all firms that have a major government contract to offer apprenticeships 
7. Repeal the Tories’ plans to bring competition and privatisation to the NHS 
8. Ensure the NHS has time to care with 8,000 more doctors and 20,000 more nurses, funded by a mansion tax on homes worth over £2m 
9. Control immigration so that entitlements to benefits are earned and wages are not undercut 
10. Devolve power to Scotland, Wales, and the cities and counties of England

A graphic solution must be developed in response to the research, design justifications must be purely research based and chosen out of contextual understanding avoiding personal or aesthetic influence.


Our Response:

A website where users can select from a number of options and certain categories (education, pensions, minimum wage) they feel would personally connected to; and are then taken to a page listing each parties policy and intended spending on this issue.

Colours: The responses for each party would be in each parties colour to make them easily recognisable. 

The look: similar to price comparison sites for choices and decisions for easy usability





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