The illustrated guide to dyslexia and its amazing people - Kate Power & Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth

 A little off topic in terms of where I was going and what I planned to do next but this was a really interesting experience for me - it may not be a classic book but it certainly kept my attention, as an adult and allowed me to absorb much more information than any academic book or article I could have read! It's a really interesting premise and connects to my idea of creating visual, interactive elements.

I could have gone through every page and analysed it, there's that much to say about this book, but that isn't so much the point here - it's more a matter of gaining an understanding of the use of visual language used within this book and how it is used to encourage meaningful engagement.

Whilst this isn't entirely relevant to what I'm looking at, I find it interesting how this book is educating on dyslexia whilst acting as an example on how to actually focus long enough to take the info in, for those with dyslexia. It's a difficult thought to word but I found it educating on how I can take information in like this - small amounts of text, broken up around visuals, with a quick page turner to keep engagement. Much like comic books, not only in the sense that there are fewer words but also in that the story is mostly being described visually.

I want to combine this use of visual communication with materiality to push interactivity, engagement and education, in potentially a fun way but more so in a memorable way.

It's at this point that I think the target audience for this project will be children/early teens but with a level of interest for adults with attention deficit disorders such as myself who don't want to be seen or treated as children but who could also benefit from easy communication/learning techniques.