COMD3601 Information Design, F2023

Hitchings | D054 | Fall 2023

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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.

Project 2 & 3

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For Project 2 and Project 3 you can chose the same subject matter. Or you can choose an entirely new topic. >>Student Project 2&3 Past Examples

Purpose

To explore various methodologies for displaying information and to develop strategies for designing effectively and communicating to audiences. To imagine new forms of organizing information and to create more coherent communication.

Project 2 Visual Diagram

Visual Diagram: a simplified drawing or rendering that shows the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

Objective

Select an object or an item that could use explanation (i.e. the human heart, a butterfly, a hiking boot) Create a visual diagram that details:

  1. What an object is made up of and how it is structured
  2. How it behaves/functions
  3. Any additional relevant information to facilitate deeper understanding

Project 3 Information Flowchart

Information Flowchart: sequencing information. Explain a concept through a series of steps: A. B. C., 1. 2. 3., etc. The steps do not have to be presented sequentially but they need to be read and understood within the context of each other.

Objective

The flowchart must present 5 facts (i.e. metamorphosis of a butterfly, a hiking trail, symptoms and causes of a heart attack). Project can be:

  1. Historical
  2. Geographic
  3. Time based

Project Details

Stages

  • Phase 1: Research: understanding topic.
    Gathering, organizing and assessing data and content
  • Phase 2: Sketches and concept development
    Figuring what information, you have and how to best represent (charts and graphs)
  • Phase 3: Design and production (Illustrator & InDesign)
  • Phase 4: Revisions and final edits

Specifications

  • Tabloid Poster – 11×17 inches (Vertical or Horizontal layout )
  • Margin: 0.5”
  • Bleed: 0.25”
  • Set up a grid
  • Gutter: .025”

Timeline

  • Week 9-10 Phase 1: Research 
  • Week 10-12 Phase 2: Sketches and concept development       
  • Week 12-13 Phase 3: Design, production and revisions            
  • Week 14-15 Phase 4: Revisions and final edits DUE week15                

Class Info

  • Date: Monday 10/30 
  • Meeting Info: Room P114

Topic

Information Hierarchy and the Principles of Design
Project 1 Visually tell an educational story with researched and fact based information using charts and graphs

  1. Graphs and Charts Continued
  2. Working with data: Spreadsheets and Pivot Tables
  3. Illustrator Creating Graphs and Charts – Treemap Chart

Activities and Lab Time

Homework

  1. FINAL Due Week 9 Monday 11/07/22
    Please make a folder with your name and save your final design as a PDF into the >>Assignment5-InfoGraphic-Final Dropbox folder
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