I wasn’t ready to abandon Nate’s clock idea, but I wanted to try something else as well. So I did both. I only changed the date & time information from Round 3 on the clock idea (top right). I tried to make the time and date a little easier to understand. I also added the three in the clock so that there is a 365 in the clock itself. Am I forcing it? I think the clock design might be based too much on the actual time of the event.

On the new design (bottom left) I tried to accentuate the idea of one ring being equal to one year. If you would like to look at a larger version click here. I wanted this design to look like one in a science book. These diagrams point out the fire of ‘45 or the drought of ‘31 on the rings of old trees. Instead of pointing out different historical events, different points on the ring would represent different designs around the country. I would eventually like to talk to the original designers and find out when they actually designed the example shown and include this information on the poster.

I will let Nate pick which direction he would like to go next.