Movement – Bufferism

Overall out of the ideas I thought of I decided slow internet was an idea which is very relatable to a lot of people, and has a lot of visual signs such as the loading icons which will be recognisable. There is also lots of different roads I could go down into different aspects of slow internets.

After looking into the idea of slow internet, I looked and thought more into the idea of frozen and buffering screens, as well as the loading icons and decided these aspects happen more with slow computers than slow internet, for example screens freezing or buffering because of slow or old computers, or having too many programs open in the background. I decided to call the movement ‘BUFFERISM’ which is a movement against screens buffering or freezing, and more specifically encouraging people not to just sit around and wait for their screen to unfreeze. After deciding the name and the general idea, I thought about the main visual language and the things I thought about when i think about Bufferism. 

I thought about windows opening and freezing and screens loading half way and freezing, which could lead to the screen or computer overloading. I also thought about computers shutting down or error pop ups as extreme examples. I sketched them out and sketched in red the movement which occurs, such as th popups getting bigger or smaller, and the loading icon or ‘spinning wheel of death’ spinning and thought these could be vital ideas of how I could show the movement.