Category: Weekly Agenda

Agenda

DUE

• Post the 3 links that you found from researching 5wgraphics.com website to the blog comments on the page (see last weeks posting Homework)
• Reading (see last weeks posting Homework)

Lecture

• Discussion of reading: W.E.B. Du Boise  and Florence Nightingale
• Types of Graphs and Charts
• Graphs & Charts (blog post about what chart or graph to choose)
• Illustrator Lesson: Basic Charts and Graphs
• Understanding data and displaying visually measured quantities
• Basic Excel: Sort and Filter
• Fill out In-Class Survey

Lab

• Collecting Data from class
• Enter spreadsheet – Class Spreadsheet
• Intro to Illustrator continued

Homework

Readings

• Review: Graphs & Charts (blog post about what chart or graph to choose)
• Read: Friendly, Michael. “Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, statistical graphics, and data visualization,” (Introduction, pp 1-3 ) Oct. 16, 2018. (Math.USA.Edu)
• Read: Grimwade, John. “Twelve Centuries of Infographics” Ohio University, August 28, 2019. (VisCom at Ohio University)
• Read: Fresques, Hannah. “Visualizing Data” Data Institute 2018 ProPublica, October 1, 2018. (ProPublica)

• Watch: Creating Graphs in Illustrator | Adobe  (YouTube)
• Watch: Adobe Illustrator: Creating Graphs in Adobe Illustrator using Excel Data | Ben Halsall (YouTube)

Assignment

• Finish entering class data into Excel file
• Create 2 charts in illustrator based on class lecture and collected data

Agenda

Introductions – Welcome!

• Overview of the three main projects for the semester
• Class requirements and expectations

Lecture

• Data Visualization and Info Graphics
• Visual Storytelling and Data Journalism
• Science Visualization – explaining complex problems visually

BioDesign Challenge

We are very fortunate to be participating in the the BioDesign Challenge this semester.  The main goals of this competition are as follows:

1. 1. To create a community of collaboration among artists, designers, and biologists
   2. To seed the first generation of biodesigners
   3. To build meaningful public dialogue about biotech and its uses

Visit the BioDesign Challenge >>  website to learn more here

Lab

• Collecting Data
• Introduction to Illustrator

Homework

Readings

• Read: Andrews, Raymond J. “Florence Nightingale is a Design Hero” Medium, July 7, 2019 . (Medium)
• Read: Forrest, Jason. “W. E. B. Du Bois’ staggering Data Visualizations are as powerful today as they were in 1900 (Part 1)” Medium, Jul 18, 2018. (Medium)

Video

What is BioTech? Watch the following 3 videos as a starting overview

• Watch: Suzanne Lee | Why “Biofabrication” is the Next Industrial Revolution | TED 2019
• Watch: Daisy Ginsberg | Synthetic Aesthetics | PopTech
• Watch: Heather Dewey-Hagborg | I Steal DNA From Strangers | TEDxVienna

Assignment

Review the following website: 5wgraphics.com
Find an excellent example of each of the following (copy and paste the URL to the comment part of this blog):

• • 1 Info Graphic
  • 1 Diagram
  • 1 Flow Chart