Mesa College Campus Map

I found inspiration for this project by browsing through different public art works. There are many artists who use the environment around them to send different massages about politics, culture and their social circumstances. Artists such as Banksy and Mel Chin, but in this project I am trying to use art and design as a tools to inform other students and whoever is new to the campus about what is happening around them in Mesa College. In this project I placed the Mesa college map on a crosswalk walls, and I got the idea of doing this from a personal experience. Last summer I went to Mesa College to buy a book. It was the first time I was going to Mesa College, and I was lost for an hour looking for the bookstore. I finally managed to use my phone to find the Mesa College map in order to find the bookstore. That very moment I realized that it was not just me who is confused and lost, and there must be many other students looking for the library or other buildings. From this experience I got the idea that I can create something beautiful and useful, using crosswalk walls as my canvas. In my opinion this would help many students and parents, who are not familiar with the Mesa to find places they are looking for without walking around for hours trying to find the direction. In my opinion, if large maps positioned in key areas many will find them useful. It should be visible and easy for everyone to work out where they are standing in relation to the college. Another positive point is that in this way we can save material and money. For example, most colleges use papers and posters to print the campus maps and setting up these large maps as a permanent tools can be helpful for people to find their destination without wasting papers and ink. A well designed piece that not only is beautiful, but it also helps us protect our environment.