Inform and Persuade

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

In town planning, urban design and architecture it is important to present your proposals in the clearest and most communicative form. It is about trying to achieve a balance between being informative and persuasive.

It is important to engage all stakeholders in the development process, whether it is a planning application, public inquiry, promotion of strategic planning sites, local development framework, masterplan, design brief, or any kind of regeneration project. A whole range of print and digital media are used to this end, the most common including:

  • Technical documents
  • Maps and plans
  • Diagrams
  • 2D illustrations
  • 3D models
  • Photomontages
  • Exhibition panels
  • Websites

Jason is experienced in the design and delivery of all such documents, including the creation of supporting mapping, illustrations and imagery — in both print and digital forms. He also has access to a network of other specialists to deliver particular requirements as necessary.

Open Source Mapping

Extracts from OpenStreetMap and OS OpenData online viewers.

Extracts from the OpenStreetMap (left) and the OS OpenData (right) online viewers.

It has always been difficult to develop copyright or rights-free mapping. Unless you have carried out your own detailed land survey, all maps must be derived from pre-existing maps, orthophotos, or similar. But, things are different now. More…

Inform and Persuade

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

In town planning, urban design and architecture it is important to present your proposals in the clearest and most communicative form. It is about trying to achieve a balance between being informative and persuasive. More…

Cartographic tools for the Mac

Application icons.

Do you know your application icons?

It is probably reasonable to suggest that most designers are Mac-based and most GIS-users are PC-based. If like me, you need to use tools across the board, from GIS to design, what options do you really have if you want to work on a Mac? More…

Interface Design

Apple’s application interface.

A short but explicit graphic summary extolling the virtues of simplicity in interface design. First posted by Eric Burke back in 2008, but still worth a revisit! More…

Walking Maps

Extract from a walking map for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Extract from one of two walking maps designed and produced for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Walking maps can have various uses, but generally, they all promote a healthy lifestyle, discovery, exploration and a sense of place. More…

Generative Cartography

A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures.

A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures. Processing is a free application that everybody is encouraged to try — not just programmers.

Generative art is simply that created through a degree of autonomy, such as defined by a computer software algorithm. More…