So, its the start of a new brief and that means research into something new…

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

So after not really thinking about the theory of relativity and what it was for a few years, I though that it would be a good idea to get a better understanding of what it is and how this could be made into an informative website, app, poster and infographic. 

I therefore wanted to get an idea of what this was in a simplified way and found this website which explains this in an easier way: 

http://www.space.com/17661-theory-general-relativity.html

“In 1905, Albert Einstein determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers. This was the theory of special relativity. It introduced a new framework for all of physics and proposed new concepts of space and time.

Einstein then spent 10 years trying to include acceleration in the theory and published his theory of general relativity in 1915. In it, he determined that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity.”

This explanation was a simplified explanation about what the theory is and got me starting to think about the type of infographic I wanted to create. 

When reading all this information about the theory of relativity I wanted something which would explain it in a more interactive and visual way, whereas these websites gave a lot of wordy explanations. 

I then looked at Youtube to see what visual ideas there where around the Theory of Relativity and Einstein.

I first looked at this video which uses video graphics to create an easy understanding of the Theory of Relativity and this explains in a visual way.

I like the way in which it makes it easy to understand and it is visual, however, the content is not how I would want to create my website graphics as I wanted to use a more simplistic approach to the brief. 

I then found this Youtube video and this uses a different design approach to the explanation of the theory and uses animation and bold colours. 

This youtube video was easier to understand in the way it was simplified in the animations and uses familiar images to explain the theory. 

The Theory of Relativity is a very complicated topic and therefore, I like the idea of creating a very visual website and app which help to make the topic easier to understand.