Course Resources

Information Design – Related Resources

The resources listed below are a collection of all supplementary materials used throughout the semester. They are organized into the three main topics of the semester and presented in chronological order.

Topic 1: Information Graphics

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)
• 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)
• Read: Wei, Sisi. “Intro to Spreadsheets” Data Institute 2018 ProPublica, October 1, 2018. (ProPublica)
• Read: Willis, Derek. “Where to Find Data” Data Institute 2018 ProPublica, October 1, 2018 (ProPublica)
• Read: Miller, Meg. “The NYT’s New Look Is A Masterpiece Of Information Design” FastCompany, March 3, 2017. (FastCompany)
• Read: Grimwade, John. “Pictogram Story” Ohio University, January 8, 2019. (VisCom at Ohio University)
• Read: Norman, Donald A. “What went wrong in Hawaii, human error? Nope, bad design” FastComany, January 16, 2018. (FastCompany)

Videos

• Watch: The Unique Challenges of Designing with Life | Dr. Karen Hogan  (YouTube)
• Watch: Synthetic Biology, Biodesign, and Society | Dr. Jane Calvert  (YouTube)

Tutorials

• Watch: Creating Graphs in Illustrator | Adobe  (YouTube)
• Watch: Adobe Illustrator: Creating Graphs in Adobe Illustrator using Excel Data | Ben Halsall (YouTube)
  
• Watch: Basic Calculations in Illustrator: Create a pie chart | Sunflood Studios (YouTube)
• Watch: Making Bubble Charts (Circle Scatterplots) using Illustrator | Jonathan Soma (YouTube)
• Watch: Illustrator CC Tutorial | 3D Graphic Design Transparent Tubes | Graphic Tweakz (YouTube)
• Watch: How to Create Metrics Line Graph Analytics Vector Artwork in Illustrator | Tutvid (YouTube)
• Watch: Incredible 3D Dots and Lines Glowing Fiber Effect in Illustrator | Tutvid (YouTube)

Topic 2: Visualizations

Reading

• Read: Grimwade, John. “The Infographic Family” Ohio University, October 17, 2018. (VisCom at Ohio University)
• Read: Müller, Boris. “Bringing Design to Science” Medium, October 22, 2017. (Medium)
• Read: Christiansen, Jen. “Visualizing Science: Illustration and Beyond” Scientific American, October 25, 2018. (Scientific American)
• Read: Lucas, Jake. “Meet Amanda Cox, Who Brings Life to Data on Our Pages” New York Times, February, 28, 2019. (New York Times)

Videos

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Tutorials

• Watch: Geometric Line Art Tutorial | Adobe Illustrator | Ste Bradbury Design (YouTube)
• Watch: Create Geometric Art In Adobe Illustrator | Knack Graphics (YouTube)

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Topic 3: Storytelling and Data Journalism

Readings

• Read: White, Richard. “What is Spatial History” February 1, 2010. (web.stanford.edu)
• Read: Grimwade, John. “Maps Revisited” Ohio University, May 21, 2019. (VisCom at Ohio University)
• Read: Hillery, Allen. “How Vignelli’s Design Still Influences NYC’s Subway Maps Today” Medium, Jul 25, 2019. (Medium)
• Read: Liu, Lu. “Diversified Wayfinding Design” The journal of Cross-Cultural Communication (Vol 11, No 7) 2015. Click for PDF in the middle of that page. (The journal of Cross-Cultural Communication)
• Read: Charles-Joseph Minard: “A Legacy of Beautiful Data-based Maps” The Dirt, Oct 03, 2018. (The Dirt)
• Read: Lauren. “The 34 Best Interactive Data Visualizations from the New York Times” Dolphins, February 28, 2018. (Dolphins)
• Read: Gamio, L. “Election maps are telling you big lies about small things.” Washington Post, November 1, 2016. (Washington Post)

Videos

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Tutorials

More to come shortly

General Resources

• Information is Beautiful An excellent resource for getting ideas and seeing how others do it.
• Data Visualization Society An organization and online publication with excellent articles and resources about the field of Data Visualization and Information Design
• Data Stories A podcast about Data Visualization and Information Design by Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner