Analog Data Visualization for Storytelling
Design Principles
A course by Stefanie Posavec , Designer, Artist, and Author
Joined October 2021
Joined October 2021
About the video: Design Principles
Overview
“Next, you will learn about the rules and design principles that are at the heart of every data visualization or chart. I will walk you through the seven visual variables that are used to communicate data – shape, size, tone, location, texture, colour, and orientation – and the Gestalt principles. I will then guide you in using your personal data as a great starting point to learn these principles. Finally, I'll introduce the course project. ”
In this video lesson Stefanie Posavec addresses the topic: Design Principles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Analog Data Visualization for Storytelling. Explore the narrative potential of data and learn to create engaging imagery that tells a story using analog materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Design Principles In this lesson, I'll walk you through data visualisation design basics. What are the building blocks of data visualisation? At its core, data visualisation is about rules and rules are the most important part. If we break it down to a sort of equation, you could say that data needs to be fed through rules that we design as data designers, and then out comes a data visualisation. In data visualisation, data is our draftsman. Data follows our rules to draw out a specific design. This means that ultimately our dataset makes a lot of the design decisions for us. Our dataset ...”
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Course summary for: Analog Data Visualization for Storytelling
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Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design
Stefanie Posavec
A course by Stefanie Posavec
Stefanie Posavec is a designer, artist, and author who specializes in data visualization. She studied graphic design at Colorado State University before going on to complete a master's in communication design at Central Saint Martin’s, University of the Arts London. There, for her final project Writing Without Words, she explored ways of visualizing writing styles in literature, which inspired her to pursue a career in book design. After her project went viral, she left her job in publishing to focus on freelance work in the data visualization field.
With over 10 years of experience, Stefanie has worked with clients like the V&A, Wellcome Collection, and National Maritime Museum. She was also Facebook’s first Data Artist in Residence and has received awards for her book project Dear Data. Postcards and sketchbooks from the project are also held in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York.
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