Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
Looking for Data
A course by Sonja Kuijpers , Data Illustrator
About the video: Looking for Data
Overview
“It's time to dive into your subject and choose the angle of your project. Next, you will decide which method or technique you're going to apply. Look for inspiration in several directions―it can help you choose colours, style, and approach.”
In this video lesson Sonja Kuijpers addresses the topic: Looking for Data, 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
“Looking for Data In this lesson, I'll introduce you to the source I'll use for this course. The book I'll use is "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which is here in front of me. I hope you're familiar with it because there have been films, other books and musicals about it. You can take any book, movie or whatever interests you to create a visualization about. I chose this book because it's from Gutenberg Project, which is an online collection with books with expired copyrights. I advise you to go check if you can freely use the data you find online. You can find large data sets, but I recommend...”
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Course summary for: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
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Category
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Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design
Sonja Kuijpers
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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