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diy infographics kate davis | @katiedavis | qut
data visualisation infographics visual thinking information design
communicate sense-make make accessible unravel complexity clarify
i’m not a visual person
i don’t have a creative bone in my body
we’re wired for visualisation
blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/
proliferation of tools drowning, not waving big data open data
visu
alis
atio
n
communicate data visually
bringing together data from different sources
20th century death. Information is beautiful informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/
200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
info
grap
hics
communicate stories visually
infographics are stories that incorporate visualisations
video image interactive
the digital lives of american mums. nielsen nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/digital-lives-of-american-moms.html
13 reasons why your brain craves infographics
16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics
76%
of the extreme poor live in rural areas
16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics
16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics
fast
for
war
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info
rmat
ion
desi
gn
visu
al
thin
king
our thoughts are like this
or maybe like this and we try to make them like this
DOG
sense-make in pictures
communicate ideas in pictures
infographics sketchnotes mind maps diagrams visualisations
info
grap
hics
examples
tools
free & easy infographic tools piktochart
visua.ly infogr.am
visme canva
easel.ly
diy design you’ll need:
powerpoint / keynote maybe photoshop sources for icons
fonts inspiration
most useful thing you’ll learn about today:
the noun project
katedavis.info slides, resource
& tool lists, useful reading
process
good infographics start with
good data
good analysis
a good story
good information design
visual impact
1. organise your data find, sort, organise data
go to original sources
organise references
2. find your story what is it you want to say?
then pull out the data that tells your story
3. plan work out dimensions
create a (very rough) wireframe
4. design how can you best
represent the data? graphs? numbers? images?
4. design consider:
size, typography, colour, shapes, images, layout
4. design tips:
keep it simple
choose a colour palette
balance visually heavy areas
play
activity design it!
activity share
library databases
which search tool do students use?
QUT | LIBRARY
quick find 66%
library databases 31%
library catalogue 0.3%
specific quick convenient
efficient easy
accessible
used because...
library databases
which search tool do students use?
QUT | LIBRARY
quick find 66%
library databases 31%
library catalogue 0.3%
why do they use these tools?
QUT | LIBRARY
specific quick convenient
efficient easy
accessible
thank you!
katedavis.info kate davis | @katiedavis | qut