As part of the Citizen Science Project, I was approached to create a signboard for Lower Ambalipura Lake in Bangalore, Karnataka. This board focused on communicating statistics and data about the lake, underground water connectivity to other lakes in Bangalore, details of the catchment are and general information about the lake in both Kannada and English.
CLIENT
Lake community of Lower Ambalipura
FUNDED BY
CSR Grant through Covalense Digital
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Biome Environmental Trust
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE)
• Red-whiskered Bulbul • Painted Stork •
The components of the signboard included:
1. Top view of Kaikondrahalli Lake Map
2. Key/Legend
3. Lake Series and Catchment Area Map
4. Data and statistics about the Lake
5. Illustrations of 2 birds found at the Lake
Process:
1. All Lake Maps were hand-painted and digitally scanned to scale.
2. All icons of the key/legend were digitally created as vectors.
3. All text was digitally inserted in Kannada and English.
4. The layout of the board was decided based on information-hierarchy.
5. The birds were hand-painted and digitally scanned. They were placed in relative proportion to each other on the board.
(L) Lower Ambalipura Lake Map
watercolour, colour-pencil and gouache on paper
A4
(R) Lower Ambalipura Lake Series Map
watercolour, colour-pencil and gouache on paper
A4
The final board was 4 ft by 3 ft in size, printed on vinyl sticker and pasted on an ACP sheet.
The signboard was then mounted on site.
