Subject of The Poster:

My project is an interactive information design that illustrates information regarding the laws of cigarette packaging, advertisements, and other cigarette information within different countries during the years of 2007, 2010, and 2012. Thoughout the years the laws regarding cigarette usage and presentation has become much stricter based on the server health conditions that smoking creates. My project will allow the user to click on the different years and counties allowing the user to see how the laws regarding cigarettes have changed thought the year and differ from each country.

The Data:

The data I will use is found on http://www.who.int/en/, which is the website forThe World Health Organization. This site has collected a lot of data about the laws and regulations of cigarettes within a multiple different countries during the years of 2007, 2010, 2012. The World Health Organization has a lot of interesting data in reference to this subject.

Tools and Approach:

I will download the data that I found into CSV files and import them into processing. I will organized the information into each individual country and allow all the information for the specific country to be organized in such a way that is interesting and readable. Each specific year and country the user chooses will have an outline of a box of cigarettes, in order for them to get an idea of how the laws regarding the packaging of cigarettes have became very specific and strict over the years. I will supply additional information regarding the cigarettes within that country and year in order to have a clearer understanding of the regulations for each country.

 

My Sketch: