Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

Creative Direction and Conceptualizing

A course by Gabrielle Merite , Information Designer

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2,110 students

Audio: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese

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About the video: Creative Direction and Conceptualizing

Overview

“The story is ready! Now, I’ll show you how to start thinking of the visual direction for your data visualization. Then, I will discuss how to look for inspiration across different artistic mediums, design, and photography fields.”

In this video lesson Gabrielle Merite addresses the topic: Creative Direction and Conceptualizing, 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

“In the last lesson. i showed you how to create a brief to summarize your dataset's outcome. In this lesson. I’ll show you my method for generating creative ideas for my project. I enjoy utilizing a technique known as Wordmap association. beginning with just the keywords related subject. In this case. i'll jot down online and marriage. From there. i'll write everything that comes to mind about these topics. For me. online means phone. Explorer Maybe notifications. It can also mean things like applications. press And when I think of apps. for example. on phone. i also think of scenes. which m...”

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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (30)
2110 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.