Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

The Quest for Inspiring Data

A course by Gabrielle Merite , Information Designer

100% positive reviews (30)

2,078 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: The Quest for Inspiring Data

Overview

“Your course project will be based on data. But where should you look for it? I’ll walk you through how I find inspiring subjects and track the associated data.”

In this video lesson Gabrielle Merite addresses the topic: The Quest for Inspiring Data, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners. Learn to create captivating narratives by combining digital illustration and collage techniques to design informative and eye-catching images.

Partial transcription of the video

“ The Quest for Inspiring Data In the last lesson, I explained what data illustration is. In this lesson, I will show you how to find interesting and credible data. I was talking to my friend recently about online dating and I realized they had a couple of assumptions that inspired me to look for data. Something I like to do in my work is counteract assumptions, and check if the data really affirm, confirm, or sometimes deny this type of assumption. The assumption was online dating is not common, people only care about appearance, and online dating can't be serious. From those assumptions, ...”

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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (30)
2078 students
5 units
22 lessons (2h 58m)
5 downloads

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

Gabrielle Merite

A course by Gabrielle Merite

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Information Designer

Gabrielle Merite is a French information designer living in Los Angeles, who specializes in producing engaging and inspiring data-based imagery. With an educational background in biology and immunology, her desire to have a more immediate impact on society led her to study scientific journalism. Her aim is always the same: to connect with people and incite action about the biggest issues we face today.

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with clients including WeTransfer, the MIT Technology Review, the Rand Corporation, and the United Nations. Gabrielle also produces personal projects on topics close to her heart, such as gender inequality, racial disparity, and climate change. She is especially dedicated to helping ethically driven organizations communicate their analytics with honesty, rawness, and compassion.