Yasuto's+Wiki

**Table of Content **
Abstract State of Interest Mindmap Competitors Inspirations User Persona SNNif Analysis Competitive Matrix User Walkthrough Wireframes Book Cover Mood Board Site Map Timeline

**ABSTRACT **

My thesis project is an interactive educational museum kiosk (and maybe website) of wildlife in African Savanna focusing on mammalian predators (for example, lions) and prey ( for example, zebras). African Savanna, for example, the Serengeti national park is well known for its wildlife. Perhaps you can identify elephant, giraffe, lion, and rhino. But, how much do you know about lions and their hunting skills? Are they always successful? How about zebras? What do they eat? Are they easy to hunt for lions? Do they just run from hunters?

In this project, I will introduce how carnivorous animals hunt and how herbivorous animals use their own defense for survival. The predators are categorized in two groups, which are cats and dogs. In addition, I will introduce magnificent species and ecology of the African wild animals including their habitats, habits and characteristics using inforgraphics and interactive map rather than just giving text information, which is usually the case for website and museum about wild animals. Also, I will create interactive quizzes so that users can play and learn about the wildlife in African Savanna.



**STATE OF INTEREST **

I love Impala and gazelles in the African Savanna. Impala, particularly, I find it graceful. I love how they leap and run to escape from their predators. My fascination of animals started when I was a young boy. I liked to sit on my grandfather's lap and watch TV together. There was a TV show about wild animals and nature on Sunday night, equivalent to Discovery channel in the U.S., and he liked to watch that show. So, every Sunday night, I watched the show with him. I still remember the theme song for the show and HITACHI was the main sponsor. Anyhow, at first, I was watching the show just to be on my favorite spot, on my grandfather's lap. Then, gradually an interest towards wild animals was growing in me especially African wild animals. Then, I started drawing them. Next, I started to collect plastic figures of animals to play. I started to read books about them. I watched more TV program about wild animals whenever I had a chance. The more I learned about them, the greater my interest grew. I was simply so interested in them. At one time, my dream was to be a zoo keeper. Needless to say, at the California Academy of Science in the Golden Gate Park, my favorite section is African Hall.

I still draw gazelles, but unfortunately I'm not so good at drawing. Now that I'm in New Media at AAU, I can finally use my passion to create an educational website of African Savanna. The wildlife in the African Savanna is very fascinating and I'd like to introduce and share my knowledge of unique ecology in the Savanna to people who are not familiar with. I may have some knowledge of this topic; however, it is certainly limited. Therefore, I will need to research more to complete this project. I hope that users will learn and gain an appreciation of the wildlife in the African Savanna by visiting my thesis project.



**MINDMAP **

**COMPETITORS **

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals
 * National Geographic**



http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
 * PBS Nature**



http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/
 * Animal Planet**



**INSPIRATION **

http://www.calacademy.org/
 * California Academy of Sciences**



This site is not about wildlife but I like the way quizzes pop out. I find it very interesting and I thought I could do something like this for quizzes. Also, I like the illustration style. http://quakequizsf.org/
 * QUAKE QUIZ**

I like the simplicity and cleanness of this site. I thought it would be good for my museum kiosk to have this kind of style. http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/
 * Favorite Architecture**

**USER PERSONAS **

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 Competitive Matrix



 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">SNNif Analysis



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">User Walkthrough



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">Wireframes



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">Book Cover



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">Mood Board



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">Site Map



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">Timeline