Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
Creating the Dataset 1
A course by Federica Fragapane , Information Designer
Joined January 2021
Joined January 2021
About the video: Creating the Dataset 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will guide you in creating the dataset using Google Sheets. To get started, you will learn how to import your raw data. I will exemplify how to do this with the data I found related to renewable energy sources, the links for which you can find in the Additional Resources section below. ”
In this video lesson Federica Fragapane addresses the topic: Creating the Dataset 1, 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, we'll create our data set using Google Sheets. Let's do it together. I'm personally using Google Sheets because it's online. It's free. and you simply have to log in with your Google account, but if you want, you can also use Microsoft Excel of numbers. the tools that you feel most comfortable with. So I created my empty spreadsheet. First of all, let's rename it. Okay, and what I'm going to do is to start importing all my CS will fight. Let's go to file. Import. Upload. and you can select or drag the file that you want. So this is my final project folder. And as you can see...”
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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
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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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