My thoughts are now turning more towards how we interact with spaces and images, I have begun investigating specific cases of how we are influences to move around an area without being told in an obvious way and without knowing about it.
My initial thoughts went towards retail. From working in retail for a few years, I understand that shop floors are designed and manipulated in a way to influence customers to move around the store to best encourage them to use the store to browse properly.
I looked into retail floor plans and how they are arranged to dictate where customers move to maximise browse times. I found an article online which explains basic floor plan layouts and how people usually interact with the spaces. I found this really intriguing and wondered if this movement could be recreated though visual design. (http://fitsmallbusiness.com/planning-your-store-layout/#)
I think my next step will be to explore these layouts and understand how these shapes and paths are used and try to reflect this theory in my own work.
From this idea, I started to create some images which reflected the ideas discovered in my research. Below are the results.
I think now what I need to do is further investigate the actual theory behind how shops are laid out. Maybe looking at some of the specific techniques and ideas they employ.
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