Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
Adobe Illustrator: Refining the Visualization
A course by Federica Fragapane , Information Designer
Joined January 2021
About the video: Adobe Illustrator: Refining the Visualization
Overview
“Now I will show you how to refine the visualization you have created. Working on the details with care and attention is an extremely important step of the creative process. Let's face it together! ”
In this video lesson Federica Fragapane addresses the topic: Adobe Illustrator: Refining the Visualization, 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
“ Adobe Illustrator: Refining the Visualization In this lesson, I'll show you how to refine the visualization we have created. Working with care on the details is an aspect that is extremely important for me and we'll do it together. Let's go. The first thing I want to work on is the fonts because I can't understand this font anymore. Let's go to Google Fonts. I use Google Fonts a lot to download free fonts. What I usually do is use the menus that they offer to select the categories and filter the fonts to find the type that could be the best for you. I want a serif font. This is my categor...”
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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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