Design 1 — Static and animated map showing current control in Russo-Ukrainian War
Sources: Data used from Liveuamap.com, cross-referenced with Deepstatemap.live and imported into MapCreator. Popup information sourced from General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine Telegram.
Process: Static map graphic created in MapCreator and compiled/edited in Adobe Illustrator. Map animation done in MapCreator.io, popups added in After Effects.
Time: Map created in about 75 minutes, animation in 90 minutes.
Design: After analyzing NYP’s mapwork, I noticed there were a lot of bold, warm tones and heavy contrasting red, black and white along with little icons for explosions and tactics. While NYP is known for their boldness, I chose to tone that back for the sake of clarity for the print version. With the animated map, I decided to show a brief day recap of notable moments, bringing in a little bit of those NYP icons/style while not taking away from the overall message of control in Ukraine.
Design 2 — Interactive data visualizations of New York City’s population
Process: Downloaded most recent and complete data (<2020 exact, >2020 estimates/guesses). For data visualization #1, I cleaned up the CSV and imported it into Datawrapper, edited colors, added interactive features and text. My process was the same for the other three visualizations except that I used Flourish instead of Datawrapper.
Sources: Data used from Census.gov.
Time: It took about an hour to create all four maps.
Design: I focused on creating simple, clear and informative charts for both the web as quickly as possible. I chose bold, attention-grabbing colors that fit with the New York Post’s logo of red, black and white.
Design 3 — Front page for Andrew Cuomo leading Eric Adams in mayoral race
Sources: Information from Dataforprogress.org. New York Post, Page Six, Late City Edition were screen grabbed.
Process: Photo editing in Adobe Photoshop, final graphic compiled in Illustrator.
Time: Design completed in about 90 minutes.
Design: After analyzing the Post’s covers archive, I was attracted to the humorous edits that are done on occasion and was inspired to replicate them. The idea of Cuomo being big and Adams small in a visual representation of polling jumped out and, thinking of how it could be humorous, I decided to place Adams in Cuomo’s palm. My humor tends to go for the jugular so, I tried reeling it back to capture NYP’s witty bite. This manifests itself on the cover in the nursing home comment, disgraced governor’s and, of course, the groping title.
Idea for boosting interactivity and engagement for static posts
Sources: New York Post article + Instagram post
Process: Took branded elements and assets from post/article into Figma to create a carousel.
Time: Took about 45 minutes in design and prototyping of the Figma boards. Would be very short if just designing slides and posting on social.
Design: I noticed the Post uses a lot of static posts on Instagram. In my past work and from discussing with colleagues, carousels usually outperform static posts in engagement. So, I did a quick carousel design activity. Keeping with brand, I decided to omit the exact dish he ordered and kept the slides down to a minimum (pictures, context, quote and short link) to maximize interest. Organizations I have worked for have had branded short links to include in posts. Something to think about working with IT or site managers to create custom short links. In this case, I wrote a punny short link… another way NYP can explore their witty, punchy brand of humor.