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Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator

Final Touches 2

A course by Marco Giannini , Data journalist and Information Designer

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6,084 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Final Touches 2

Overview

“I will work here on refining the design of the second chart and adding extra information, such as the cause of death and the number of years their royalties were paid since. For this, I'll have to decide the visual elements with which I'll represent this information and how best to place them within the graph.”

In this video lesson Marco Giannini addresses the topic: Final Touches 2, 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

“ Final Touches Let's look at what we have here. The dark, partly visible bars on the right represent the years' royalties that have been paid, and this is our focus for the secondary chart now though it still gives a lot more information. Now, select the so-called invisible segments on the left this way and make them equal to the bars on the right, like this with the Eyedropper, of course, transforming the stroke in the fill like this. You have to swap it and deselect. Now select those bar elements on the right, give them a nice color that you haven't used earlier, for example, a bright ye...”

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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.