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Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator

The Language of Visualization

A course by Marco Giannini , Data journalist and Information Designer

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Audio: English

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About the video: The Language of Visualization

Overview

“Graphic elements work like words in a sentence: by varying, combining, and repeating. This is my personal view of information design based on my experience in Structural Linguistics. It may sound daunting, but I'll explain here what I mean in greater detail.”

In this video lesson Marco Giannini addresses the topic: The Language of Visualization, which is part of the Domestika online course: Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator. Learn how to communicate complex information through meaningful data-driven images.

Partial transcription of the video

“ The Language of Visualization In this lesson, I'll explain my personal view of information design based on structural linguistics, which holdfast my background. We already saw our rules occur to govern the display of information. Let's try to zoom a bit and consider information design as a discipline with strict rules. Let me show you. We can think of a dataset as a collection of information that has been arranged following a strategy. In other words, a group of rules. These rules can be transferred into visualization and work as grammar dictating its form. That grammar thing is called th...”

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Course summary for: Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (85)
6084 students
4 units
20 lessons (3h 11m)
12 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Infographics, Information Design

Marco Giannini

A course by Marco Giannini

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Data journalist and Information Designer

Marco Giannini has worked as a data journalist and information designer for over 20 years. In the early part of his career, he worked in the infographic sector of the largest Italian newspaper, La Repubblica working as a designer, despite not studying design. He later taught himself programming and studied code as the data visualization sector progressed. Marco is passionate about discovering ways to connect data with images to make understandable and dynamic designs.

Since he started in his field, Marco has experimented with many types of information visualizations across various projects; from newspapers and magazines, to websites and apps. In 2018 he founded his own agency and creative studio, Dataspoiler, and has since worked with international organizations, communication agencies, publishing groups, and exhibitions. His clients include the IUCN, MSF (Doctors Without Borders), WWF, Aurum Press, and Bracco.