Digital designer based in New York City with a passion for information design, presentation, and accessibility. Formerly Lead UI/UX Designer at an eCommerce marketing agency.
FireClear
Creating a visual standard for public-facing wildfire evacuation maps.
City of Irvine
RoleStudent Designer
Years2019
Project TypeGraphic Design
Information Design
Wayfinding
Overview
FireClear is a collection of maps for the residents of the City of Laguna Beach & the City of Irvine to prepare for a wildfire evacuation. These maps are designed to develop a pre-evacuation campaign that would improve residential information and planning for wildfires. Additionally, these maps assist residents and users with more accurate cognitive mapping and path-knowledge in the case of an emergency.
For the Laguna Beach campaign, three macro maps, and twenty micro maps were developed to be displayed publicly, accessed online, and distributed in evacuation plan brochures to the residence. This project is endorsed by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, City of Aliso Viejo, Laguna Beach Emergency Management, and the Design Network for Emergency Management. Internationally recognized at the 2019 Visualizing Knowledge conference at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.
This project was completed under the advisory of Professor Claudine Jaenichen.
Before & After
Examples of the previous wildfire evacuation maps, updated to the new FireClear standards.
Campaign Sequence
FireClear Laguna Beach campaign sequence. Includes city-wide FireClear map, zone identification map, and individual area neighborhood maps.
FireClear Laguna Beach
Micromap designs for 20 neighborhood areas across the city of Laguna Beach.
FireClear Irvine
Micromap designs for 25 neighborhood areas across the City of Irvine.