Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
Using and Challenging Visual Metaphors
A course by Federica Fragapane , Information Designer
Joined January 2021
Joined January 2021
About the video: Using and Challenging Visual Metaphors
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk about how we can use—and sometimes challenge!—visual metaphors in our data visualization projects, to create new environments the readers can immerse themselves into.”
In this video lesson Federica Fragapane addresses the topic: Using and Challenging Visual Metaphors, 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
“In this lesson, I will talk about how we can use and sometimes challenge visual metaphors. In our data visualization projects. to create new environments our readers can immerse into. I want to talk about visual metaphors. I don't always use them and I don't want to force them. But sometimes I like to visually reflect the contents I'm talking about. La lettura, for instance. Ask me to design a visualization on the Italian painter Piero della Francesca. I started studying his work keeping an eye on the fact that I was looking for data about him. During this research phase, I decided to focus...”
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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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