Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
Visual and Written Words
A course by Federica Fragapane , Information Designer
Joined January 2021
About the video: Visual and Written Words
Overview
“Next, I will talk about the relationship between visual and written words and their importance while designing visual data narratives. ”
In this video lesson Federica Fragapane addresses the topic: Visual and Written Words, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs. Embrace the expressiveness of shapes to turn important information into meaningful graphics that tell stories and resonate with an audience.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Visual and Written Words In this lesson, I'll talk about the relationship between visual and written words, and their importance while designing visual data narratives. The relationship between data visualization and text is a very strong one for me. If we want to design visual narratives, we have to start choosing our visual and written words. I think that, as in writing, the choice of visual words has a meaningful role. I often work with organic and soft shapes. This is a definition of organic by Oxford Languages, "Relating to or from living matter." I think drawing organic visual eleme...”
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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
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Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design

Federica Fragapane
A course by Federica Fragapane
Federica Fragapane is an award-winning information designer based in Italy with a decade of experience. Her work bridges the gap between emotion, empathy, and information. Federica is also the creative force behind Google’s data visualization project The Shape of Dreams.
She has collaborated with organizations like the United Nations, BBC Science Focus, Wired, and Scientific American. Federica coauthored Planet Earth for NatGeoKIDS and Geopolitical Atlas of Water. In 2018, Federica was also invited to speak at OpenVis Conf in Paris and TEDxVerona, as well as EU DataViz at the Publications Office of the EU in 2019, and a virtual lecture at Design Lab, Harvard University in 2021. She also works with La Lettura, the cultural segment of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
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