My Toy Cars
My collection of 38 toy cars was started by my dad in 1973 when he was six years old, and it was passed down to me. The most recent edition was made by me in 2007 when I was six. To showcase the cars and analyze data I pulled from observing them, I designed a large 34 x 52 inch poster and nine 11 x 17 inch RISO prints.
The large poster and RISO prints represent two perspectives and times: now as an adult and nostalgia for childhood. Photographing the cars shows them for what they are and reveals years of wear. The cars are organized in a curve as if speeding down a racetrack or waving in a checkered flag. This is the more informative of the two designs. The cars are organized in descending order from oldest to newest and number to coordinate with flanking vertical lines of data—this is meant to imitate a finish line—that contains the date, year, location, and who collected the car (me or my dad).
In the RISO posters, the illustrations, simple and messy, imbue the toys with character and a childlike quality. The cars float in a white plane as if a child were playing with them. They are again arranged by date, yet this time showing the spread of data over the nine prints.
The large poster and RISO prints represent two perspectives and times: now as an adult and nostalgia for childhood. Photographing the cars shows them for what they are and reveals years of wear. The cars are organized in a curve as if speeding down a racetrack or waving in a checkered flag. This is the more informative of the two designs. The cars are organized in descending order from oldest to newest and number to coordinate with flanking vertical lines of data—this is meant to imitate a finish line—that contains the date, year, location, and who collected the car (me or my dad).
In the RISO posters, the illustrations, simple and messy, imbue the toys with character and a childlike quality. The cars float in a white plane as if a child were playing with them. They are again arranged by date, yet this time showing the spread of data over the nine prints.
