Team:Thessaly/Graphic Design
GRAPHIC
DESIGN.
In an effort to make our project unique and recognizable, we managed to combine design with science making it accessible to our community in a more vivid way. In this page, we are documenting the graphic representation of our project and the story behind it. In that way, we aim at inspiring future iGEM teams to take into serious consideration the union between graphics and science.
“Design is about understanding human needs and solving tough problems within bounded constraints. Science is about using a rigorous, an empirical process to understand the laws that govern our universe and when they work together, they can address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.” Inspired by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s TED talk, we tried to utilize our team’s scientific diversity in order to connect design with science.
Logo Design
Building the visual identity of different parts of our project in a way to connect people with science was a very challenging part for us. For this reason, we tried to create unique logos for both our project and Human Practices activities, in order to make them recognizable to our community.
Project Logo
Our project “ODYSSEE” is a diagnostic test for Tuberculosis destined to be applied in refugee reception centers in our country. The name ODYSSEE was inspired by the play “Odyssey” by Homer, perhaps the most well- known ancient poem in Greece. It describes Odysseus's adventurous journey and the obstacles he had to overcome to reach safety at his homeland. ODYSSEE is represented by a migratory bird, which travels in search of better conditions to live, a metaphor we are using for the dangerous and uncertain journey that migrants have to take seeking a more secure situation.
To show the modularity that characterizes our platform, we designed the bird in pieces. Each one of them represents a different aspect of our project.
A key factor for the implementation of our test is the possibility to see the detection result with a naked eye. This fact resulted in the name “OdySSEE”.
Key words: Tuberculosis, Refugees, Modular, Cell-free
SynArt
In terms of Human Practices, a series of events called SynArt (Synthetic Biology combined with Art) was organized to connect science with society through art. For the needs of these events, we wanted to create a visual symbol that would be easily comprehended by the public and related it with us. Taking this into consideration, we designed our SynArt logo to be a box surrounded by the capital letters A and S (Syn Art). Our vision is that the following iGEM Thessaly teams will continue to conduct SynArt events, evolving this way our initiative.
Key words: Art, Synthetic Biology, Science, Events
iGEM Greek Meet Up
Our team hosted the first Greek Meet Up for 2019, in the city of Larissa, the capital of Thessaly. It was a great opportunity for the teams to get to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss about their journey to the competition. The logo we designed for the Meet Up shows the idea of all the Greek teams coming together with a map on which their cities are pointed and finally united in Larissa.
It was a really fruitful experience for us that made us see how science can be combined with amusement. We are thankful to everyone who attended the Meet Up.
Key words: Thessaly, Larissa, iGEM Thessaloniki, iGEM Athens, Greece
Team Logo
Our team is the first interdisciplinary team from the University of Thessaly to participate in the iGEM competition. We wanted the logo to be something characteristic of our work and make people relate it with us. Based on the “butterfly’s effect”, a small change in the sequences of biological events can lead to a creation of a whole new biological system, which may not have been created otherwise. This time, a butterfly flapped its wings in Thessaly.
Key words: DNA, Synthetic Biology, Beyond Limits, Freedom
Wiki Design
Our wiki's design aims at making it easy and fast for the user to navigate. This is achieved with by the guide bar at the left of each page. This guide bar allows you to see instantly the section you are on, along with its subsections.
As for the color palette, we want the colors to be unique, to stand out but all together to create a beautiful visual effect. Our choices were:
In the same context, we wanted the background to be easy to read and elegant at the same time. So, our choices were:
