concepts for self directed project 2

The theme of the interactive design is “Welcome Japan”.
The website shows the scenery of Japan with strong seasonal visual elements, such as cherry blossom in spring, sun flowers and morning glories in summer, beautiful autumn leaves in autumn and snow scene in winter and these seasons are able to changed by the user by clicking the arrows. Also this interactive shows some famous cities in Japan such as Mount Fuji, temples in Kyoto and Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.These elements visually symbolize “Japan”.

There are some hidden objects to explain the facts of Japan such, as Mount Fuji, which is the Japanese highest mountain, is 3776m hight and Hiroshima is the first city which had gotten the atomic bomb in the world and the atomic bomb dome symbolises the damage and the history . Also there interactive contains some small Japanese games. These games will have some Japanese visual contents such as Geisha, Kabuki and Samurai and the games are some traditional Japanese games such as Karuta which is Japanese determine card game and Fukuwarai which is Japanese children game to create new face without looking at it as well as Menko which is very simple ruled card game. These hidden objects are easily found by using a mouse because the mouse rolls over a hidden object, the object will be hovered and highlighted. Once the object is clicked, then the screen will move to a small game or short animation about the fact of Japan. The purpose of the interactive is to let the users know the facts of Japan and Japanese culture and to understand some stereotypes of people might have are wrong. By playing these small games then the user can learn and enjoy traditional Japanese games.