Information Design: Storytelling with Data in Illustrator
Data Preparation
A course by Valentina D'Efilippo , Designer and Creative Director
Joined August 2021
About the video: Data Preparation
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to open the dataset in Google Sheets to clean and prepare it for analysis. Of course, you are free to use any tool you're comfortable with that will allow you to open the table of data. ”
In this video lesson Valentina D'Efilippo addresses the topic: Data Preparation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Information Design: Storytelling with Data in Illustrator. Explore the art of data visualization by learning to transform data into compelling and easy-to-read infographics.
Partial transcription of the video
“Okay, now we have our data. We need to open it up. And start to explore it. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to open up the spreadsheets in Google Sheets, but you feel free to use whatever tool you feel comfortable with. If you're completely new to work with the table and spreadsheets, I recommend you to follow the resource that you will find at the bottom of the unit that will introduce you to Google Sheets. Let's take a look. And here we are in Google Sheets. I've just opened the downloaded dataset, the one that we retrieved from the JMP. To open a new dataset in Google Sheet, yo...”
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Course summary for: Information Design: Storytelling with Data in Illustrator
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Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design

Valentina D'Efilippo
A course by Valentina D'Efilippo
Valentina D'Efilippo is a designer and creative director based in London. Her area of expertise is focused on information design and data visualization. Her work takes many forms, from theater productions, exhibitions, editorial content, to interactive platforms.
Over the last 15 years, she has worked with public organizations, start-ups, agencies, global brands, and news media. Her clients include The Guardian, The Economist, BBC, Wired, BBC Science Focus, Scientific American, Siemens, and BCG. In 2013, she published The Infographic History of the World, which is available in eleven different languages. The book is the first attempt to illustrate history and human evolution through data visualization and infographic storytelling.
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