Analog Data Visualization for Storytelling
Analysing the Data and Preparing It for Drawing
A course by Stefanie Posavec , Designer, Artist, and Author
Joined October 2021
Joined October 2021
About the video: Analysing the Data and Preparing It for Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to distil the main trend of your dataset and choose the editorial focus that your drawn visualization will communicate about your personal dataset. You will learn how to analyse your data to discover the insights that will inform the design decisions of your drawing at a later stage. ”
In this video lesson Stefanie Posavec addresses the topic: Analysing the Data and Preparing It for Drawing, 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
“ Analysing the Data and Preparing the Drawing In this lesson, I'll be walking you through how to find the editorial focus of your dataset. Now that I've analysed my dataset, I need to decide on the editorial focus for my visualisation. Finding the editorial focus of your dataset will have an impact on how your final data visualisation looks. By editorial focus, I mean the thing that you think is the most interesting part of your dataset that you need to lift up and ensure that other people can see in your finished visualisation. A dataset can have multiple focuses. Different people could a...”
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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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