Postcard Key Instructions & Tips

Your postcard’s key is critical to understanding your representation for someone who has no knowledge of design principles or of the activity that you may have engaged in. Think of it as a legend for understanding a map. Identify the symbols and visual techniques that you have utilized and what they represent in the context of your visualization. You may use these questions to guide you.

How can we (the reader) understand your representation?

What does your representation mean?

What are the visual symbols in your representation and how can they be interpreted?