Hitchings | D054 | Fall 2022

Week 3 Agenda

Class Info

  • Date: Monday 9/18
  • Meeting Info: Room P114

Topic

Activities and Lab Time

  • >Overview about ways of organizing and arranging information: >>www.artorium.com
  • >>The Data Visualisation Catalogue Take a peak at the Data Visualisation Catalogue, a project developed by Severino Ribecca to create a (non-code-based) library of different information visualisation types. The website serves as a learning and inspiration resource for those working with data visualisation.
  • Introduction to Illustrator and its graph tools based on a simple class survey: >> See Week3-Files in DropBox

Homework

  1. Read:
  2. Browse research tips posted here: >>Lesson/Research
  3. Review Introduction to Project 1 Overview above and work on:
  4. Review the following website: >>Lesson/Inspiration
    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
  5. For additional support on creating graphs in Illustrator watch this tutorial:

19 Comments

  1. joseph asimeng

    so, for me my inspirations for a:

    • M. Genevieve Hitchings

      Thanks for sharing Joseph! Interesting examples. Some are so beautiful but it can be hard to decipher what the story is – what information is being presented and does it have meaning.

  2. Sadman Hafiz

    Here are the examples I found on Pinterest:

    Info Graphic- https://pin.it/3cdOT6c

    Diagram- https://pin.it/1BiKpMy

    Flow Chart- https://pin.it/7bc0q38

    • M. Genevieve Hitchings

      Hi Sadman, Browse and choose designers/projects listed here >>Lesson/Inspiration I want you to become familiar with some of the work posted here. You might also be able find more context about the projects which is key to finding inspiring information design.

  3. Maria Iacono

    Here is my inspiration

    Infographic – ” rel=”nofollow ugc”>

    This infographic of the ice caps is visually appealing but also holds a lot of information which I thought would be good for my future infographic

    Diagram – ” rel=”nofollow ugc”>

    I thought this diagram was very straightforward and easy to understand. I also thought this one was visually appealing

    Flow Chart – ” rel=”nofollow ugc”>

    This flow chart also stood out to me because of how it was presented with leaves instead of circles. It was more creative than previous ones I have seen

    • M. Genevieve Hitchings

      Thanks Maria. Who was the designer for these?

      Did you browse and choose designers/projects listed here >>Lesson/Inspiration You might also do so. I want you to become familiar with some of the work posted here.

  4. Angela Iacono

    Here is my research and a list of designs I found interesting!

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EDO5noZkuuxLj6egWNTpOfBJnkfsm52S52o-5KwDg5g/edit?usp=sharing

  5. Guen Fung

    https://www.facebook.com/1392926107618513/posts/the-ultimate-mechanical-keyboard-infographic-by-superanked-a-helpful-cheat-sheet/2954947224749719/ – Here is one of my findings of a custom Mechanical Keyboard for an infographic

    – An ocean depth diagram that shows what sea creatures resides in the depths.

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/313422455294362957/ – a funny flow chart I found about adopting a pet.

  6. Freddy Romero

    Examples of:

    1. Info Graphic – https://www.artsupplies.co.uk/blog/the-most-googled-artist-in-every-country-in-the-world/
    2. Diagram –
  7. Calvin Garcia

    Here are my links. I thought all of these were really interesting from a visual point of view. It’s funny how many half finished information design images you can find on the web.

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  8. Alvaro Panozo

    Infographic – “>” alt=”” width=”” height=”” />

    Flow Chart – http://13pt.com/projects/taxmap/

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