Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
About Me
A course by Sonja Kuijpers , Data Illustrator
Learn to effectively bring data to life with creative shapes, colors, and layouts
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About the video: About Me
Overview
“For you to get to know me, I will share some of my personal history: where I come from, what I studied, and how I discovered that I wanted to create data viz and data art projects.”
In this video lesson Sonja Kuijpers addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art. Learn to effectively bring data to life with creative shapes, colors, and layouts.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, there. I'm Sonja. I'm a data illustrator and I would like to share something in this course about how I got here and what makes me create data visualizations and data art. It all started in a little town down south in the Netherlands. I started drawing at an early age and my parents were very supportive of it. I went to a school for Commercial Design and Window Shopping Design. After finishing that, I went to Eindhoven to study at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, where I graduated in Public Design. After graduating, I got a position at a landscaping design firm and I designed c...”
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Course summary for: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
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Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Architecture, Information Design, Interactive Design
A course by Sonja Kuijpers
Sonja Kuijpers is an award-winning data illustrator based in The Netherlands. Growing up in a small town meant Sonja was always on the lookout for a creative outlet. She began drawing at a young age before going on to study advertising and public space design. After graduating, she worked as a designer at a landscape design firm before developing an interest in information design that kick started her career.
Sonja currently runs STUDIO TERP, a one-woman data illustration studio where she specializes in making challenging data easy to understand as well as visually engaging. She has worked with clients such as Philips, the Dutch government, Scientific American, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Friends of the High Line in New York, and F19 Digital Reporting, and has also been recognized multiple times by the Information is Beautiful Awards.
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