Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs
Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 3
A course by Federica Fragapane , Information Designer
Joined January 2021
About the video: Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 3
Overview
“At this stage, my project is really starting to take shape! I have finished visualizing each of my 40 countries. Next, I will show you how to pick out the elements that need tweaking before making those necessary adjustments. ”
In this video lesson Federica Fragapane addresses the topic: Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 3, 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: Creating the Visualization I've visualized all my countries. As you can see, the project is starting to take shape. There are a few things I want to work on. The very first thing is to adjust it a bit. Here there are too many overlaps, in my opinion, so I want to enlarge everything without losing all the proportion. This is what I'll do. I'll select everything, also the countries below, please remember about them because we'll work on them in the following step, and I'm resizing everything. Then what I'll do is resize the petals now, making them smaller, so that everyth...”
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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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