Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
The ‘Data’ for Your Visualization
A course by Sonja Kuijpers , Data Illustrator
About the video: The ‘Data’ for Your Visualization
Overview
“In this lesson, you are going to take a look at the collected data. ”
In this video lesson Sonja Kuijpers addresses the topic: The ‘Data’ for Your Visualization, 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
“The 'Data' for Your Visualization In this lesson, we'll talk about how to find data. It's not always in front of you, but you can go online, search in books and find it in your personal life with apps and stuff like that. Let's go find the data. I already did a lot of work that maybe felt tedious and exhausting, but I hope you also experience it as a mindful exercise. That's how I prefer to look at it. We have harvested the data, put everything in tables, and this part is finished. I'd also like to mention, if you only looked at one category in the book, maybe that's not enough. You can see...”
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Course summary for: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
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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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