Hitchings | D054 | Fall 2023

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Class Info

  • Date: Monday 11/27
    Meeting Info: Room P114

Topic

  • Visual Diagrams – >>Visualization methods that help explain and show ideas or concepts.
  • Project 2 & 3 >>Activities/Projects/Project2&3
  • Intro Phase 3 Design and Development >>Activities/Project2&3/Assignment7
  • Review Phase 2: Develop concept and refine sketches >>Activities/Project2&3/Assignment06
    1. For your Diagram: Sketch and design your focal image. This should be clear, beautiful and stylized. You can use photography, or an illustration (digital or hand-drawn). Work should be original
    2. For your FlowChart/Timeline (sequential story) Flush out your content, create a mind-mapping chart to help focus subject. Organize all content that will appear in your sequential story (this should be outlined in your Project Proposal). Begin to experiment with how you might present the content visually.
    3. Research examples to reference as inspiration. Save them as URL links in your project proposal.

Activities and Lab Time

  • Final Project 1 Review – InClass Critique
  • Time to work

Homework

  1. Read Article: >>Datavizcatalogue.com Selecting a Chart Based on the Number of Variables
  2. Phase 3 Design and Development >>Activities/Project2&3/Assignment7
    Save your doc or PDF with your name into the class Dropbox folder titled: >>Assignment7-DesignDevelopment

Class Info

  • Date: Monday 11/20
  • Meeting Info: Room P114

Topic

  • Project 2 & 3 – Phase 2: Develop concept and refine sketches >>Activities/Project2&3/Assignment06
    1. For your Diagram: Sketch and design your focal image. This should be clear, beautiful and stylized. You can use photography, or an illustration (digital or hand-drawn). Work should be original
    2. For your FlowChart/Timeline (sequential story) Flush out your content, create a mind-mapping chart to help focus subject. Organize all content that will appear in your sequential story (this should be outlined in your Project Proposal). Begin to experiment with how you might present the content visually.
    3. Research examples to reference as inspiration. Save them as URL links in your project proposal.

Activities and Lab Time

  • Review Project Topics
  • Time to work

Inspiration

Here is a look at a number of examples to get you thinking and inspired:

    1. Diagrams
    2. Flow Charts and Timelines (sequential storytelling)
    3. Maps

Homework

  1. Read Article: >>Datavizcatalogue.com – Timellines
  2. Project 1 FINAL Due Week 12 (next week)
    Please save your design PDF as FINAL with your name on it into the >>Assignment04-InfoGraphic-Final Dropbox folder
  3. Phase 2: Project 2&3 >>Activities/Project2&3/Assignment7:
    Save your doc or PDF with your name into the class Dropbox folder titled: >>Assignment06-ConceptDevelopment

Class Info

  • Date: Monday 11/13
  • Meeting Info: Room P114

Topic

Project 2 & 3 >>Activities/Projects/Project2&3

  1. Visual Diagram
  2. Information Flowchart
  3. Overview of Subject Matter – Inspiration

Activities and Lab Time

  • Project 2&3 Proposal >>Assignment 5 Topic Proposal &  Research
  • Overview of Diagrams and Sequentially Based Graphics
    Built on the foundation of research, good information design:
    1. Provides a means to see what lies within
    2. Finds relationships
    3. Calls attention to things that might not have been visible in other forms
    4. And perhaps even determines the answer to a question.

Inspiration

Here is a look at a number of examples to get you thinking and inspired:

    1. Infographics
      https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/3986-bat-benefits-infographic
      https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/3933-trees-of-new-york-city
      https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/4357-the-time-is-now
      https://www.lucasinfografia.com/Mortality-causes
    2. Visual Storytelling, Visual Journalism
    3. Diagrams
    4. Flow Charts and Timelines (sequential storytelling)
    5. Maps

Homework

  •  
  1. Project 1 FINAL Due Week 12
    Please make a folder with your name and save your FINAL design comp as PDFs into the >>Assignment04
  2.  Dropbox folder
  3. Phase 1: Project 2&3 Proposal >>Assignment 5 Topic Proposal &  Research
    Save your doc or PDF with your name into the class Dropbox folder titled: >>Assignment5-Research
  4. Next week we will work on: Phase 2 Developing concept sketches:
    • For your Diagram: Sketch and design your focal image. This should be clear, beautiful and stylized. You can use photography, or an illustration (digital or hand-drawn). Ideally work should be original
    • For your FlowChart/Timeline (sequential story) Flush out your content, create a mind-mapping chart to help focus subject. Organize all content that will appear in your sequential story (this should be outlined in your Project Proposal). Begin to experiment with how you might present the content visually.
    • Research examples to reference as inspiration. Save them as URL links in your project proposal.
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