Cook County, Illinois, voter experience system
University of Illinois at Chicago, AIGA Design for Democracy, Chicago, Illinois, 2002
Description
In November 2000, a poorly designed ballot in Florida provided an unexpected and unprecedented opportunity to act as a catalyst for change in the design of election materials.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a multidisciplinary class at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) worked in collaboration with AIGA, the Office of the Cook County Clerk and the Chicago Election Board to conduct research and to develop theoretical solutions designed to improve the informational and physical systems involved in the American voting experience.
Under AIGA’s Design for Democracy initiative, prototypes developed by UIC students for polling place signage, document management and storage, and absentee balloting have been implemented in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
Credits
- Design firms
- University of Illinois at Chicago, AIGA Design for Democracy
- Project director
- Bob Zeni
- Creative directors
- Marcia Lausen, Stephen Melamed
- Research director
- Elizabeth Tunstall
- Project designers
- Veronica Belsuzarri, Thomas Brandenburg, Hillary Geller, Sabine Krauss, Cheyenne Medina, Meeyoung Melamed, Matthew Terdich
- Student graphic design team
- Veronica Belsuzarri, Katie Boston, Thomas Brandenburg, Carrie Butera, Lydia Cervantes, Sandra Champion, Claudio Fucarino, Matt Granstrom, Sabine Krauss, Alice Leaf, Vedran Residbegovic, Jennifer Stratton, Matthew Terdich, Arlene Tormon, Sofia Vaitsas, Joanna Wilkiewicz
- Student industrial design team
- Susan Bullis, John Christenson, Olivier Currat, Jay Demerit, Randy Estiller, Justin Geagan, Tim Jones, Brian Mak, Stacy Myers, David Sagan, Ronaldo Santiago, Joe Schifano, Brian Urbanik, Marcus Wolff
- Typeface
- Univers
- Printer
- Wicklander
- Clients
- Chicago Election Board, Office of the Cook County Clerk