Category: Weekly Agenda

Agenda

Tuesday 09/17/19

Due

• Decide on topic for Info Graphic
• Research topic. Find at least three resources with relevant data.

Lecture

• Present your graphs to class from last week: Week3-Homework as well as you findings on 5wgraphics.com website
• Lecture on Collecting Data
• Illustrator Continued: Graphs and Charts: See example here

In-Class

• Project 1 – Phase 1 – Worksheet
• Finish Graphs – Work on creating your unique pie chart design

Homework

• Finish Phase 1 Worksheet
• Continue to research project and start sketching ideas into your sketch book
• Refine your Pie chart – turn it into a unique visual design
• The CUNY Innovation Challenge: Direct Effect Innovation Challenge
  The COMD department is hosting on Saturday, September 21st (9-5PM). We are teaming up with the US Postal Service in hosting this event. There will be two clients and the ideas/work produced by the different teams will be judged by representatives from the industry. We have invited 7 other design schools to send teams to compete to come up with ideas for a client’s integrated marketing campaign.

Agenda
Tuesday 09/3/19

Due

• Read: Florence Nightingale is a Design Hero
• Post the 3 links that you found from researching 5wgraphics.com website to the blog comments on the page.

Lecture

• Graphs and Charts
• Understanding data and displaying visually measured quantities
• Basic Excel: Sort and Filter
• Link to lecture notes here: Charts & Data Overview

In-Class

• Collecting Data – Link to Class Spreadsheet
• Intro to Illustrator continued

Homework

• Read: Carefully review the lecture notes: Charts & Data Overview
• Finish entering class data into Excel file
• Create 2 charts in illustrator based on class lecture and collected data

Agenda

Tuesday 08/27/19

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

In-Class

• Collecting Data
• Intro to Illustrator

Homework

• Read: Florence Nightingale is a Design Hero
• Review the following website: 5wgraphics.com
  Find an excellent example of each of the following (copy and paste the URL to a document that you will be able to call up in class next week):
  • 1 Info Graphic
  • 1 Diagram
  • 1 Flow Chart