Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
Harvesting the Data
A course by Sonja Kuijpers , Data Illustrator
About the video: Harvesting the Data
Overview
“Now I'll talk you through how to harvest the data: I'll show you how to manually screen the book and collect the information you will use as the data source for your visualization.”
In this video lesson Sonja Kuijpers addresses the topic: Harvesting the 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
“Harvesting the Data In this lesson, I'll show you what I mean by harvesting data. I have this book. I advise you to buy a cheap version of it because we'll draw and take notes inside the book itself. What I mean by harvesting data is going into the book... As you can see, there are 24 chapters inside. We'll talk about that later on. I'll use some pencils to mark or highlight the characters or other subjects. We'll start with chapter 2 to see what data is in here. There are characters in this story. I'll highlight Dorothy with a red pencil. Dorothy is here and here as well. Let's see if she'...”
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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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