Information Design - Exercises, FLIP Topics & Practical
06/02/2024 / Week 1 - Week 7
Amirah Akbar Ali / 0361001
Information Design
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
TOPICS
FLIP Week 1: Types of Infographic & Online Tools
Presentation slides
Group Task
In your group, find out what are the different types of
infographic + the kind of information they’re applicable for +
an example for each identified type
Flip 1 (Group 4) - Types of infographic by group 4.
Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualize Data
Quantify (count) your chosen items and arrange the objects into
a
presentable layout or chart. Take a picture and submit!
Requirements:
Information must be presented as is. You are required
to arrange the objects with relevant indicators written out
with pens to help you visualize the quantity and
data. Take a picture of the final assembly and upload into your Google Drive folder.
Fig 1: Mini LEGOS as materials, week 1 (8/2/2024)
For this layout chart exercise, i chose mini LEGOS for the
material. There wasn't any multi choice of colours so i had to make
do with the monochrome colours instead.
This task was challenging for me since it is small and delicate as well
as not much colour choice. It was quite hard on laying out the perfect
design. However, i kept it simple and i aim to arrange it accordingly and
present the data and information of what i had visualise.
Individual task 1: Re-designing an infographic poster
We were instructed to re-design one poorly constructed infographic poster through our own experimentation using a free online infographic tool. We are then required to give our own personal rating and review of the online tool used - in terms of difficulty and intuitiveness, usefulness and choices of design templates.
-Difficulty, intuitiveness
-Usefulness
-Design templates, choices
I have decided to choose a poster on how to make noodles. I chose
this particular poorly instructed infographic design because it was
lacking texts and a poor choice of visual elements.
Fig 1.3: poorly designed infographic poster, Week 1 (7/2/2024)
WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIX:
- Poor choice of visual elements.
- Does not contain an adequate information and instructions.
- Unnecessary information added.
- Poor colour choice for the fonts.
I started of by keeping it simple on the big visual elements of
a noodle with chopsticks to show it is about noodles. Besides
that, the colour choice i have chosen was cream, black, yellow
and red. The colour was inspired in some of
the Chinese instant noodle packets out there.
Fig 1.4: reference image, week 1 (8/2/2024)
For the font i have kept it simple and readable for the
instructions. I added some visual elements according to the
individual steps needed to make the noodles for a more
understanding visual.
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Fig 1.5: Progress work , week 1 (8/2/2024)
FLIP Week 2: Brief - Saul Wurman’s LATCH theory -
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Group Task
In your group, Do a research on who is Saul Wurman and his publications, methods. Explain the topic on the L.A.T.C.H theory.
Flip 2 - LATCH by Group 4.
What is L.A.T.C.H ?
The premise of LATCH is that that nearly all organisational schemes for data can be reduced to five
basic dimensions: Location, Alphabet, Time, Category and Hierarchy.
L - Location, Compare information coming from various sources.
A - Alphabet, Used for very large bodies of information. Not always the best
organisation method – forced organisation rather than
natural.
T - Time,Used for events that occur over a fixed duration. Easy to understand,
easy to draw comparisons and conclusions.
C - Category, Well reinforced by colour & placement. Grouped by similar importance
– a value judgment.
H - Hierarchy, Assign value or weight to the information; usually on a scale.
Individual task 2: L.A.T.C.H Visual infographic poster
Organize a group of information into a visual poster that combined and
utilizes the LATCH principles (min. 4)
These are a few of suggested compiled data you can use or, you can pick any topic you want:
Pokedex:
https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/
FFXIV Bestiary: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Bestiary
Dinosaur: https://www.britannica.com/animal/dinosaur
Requirements:
Size resolution: 1240 × 1750 pixels or 2048 × 2048 pixels
Use a digital photo editing / illustration software available to assemble the pokemons into a LATCH infographic poster. You can re-use back the images of the monsters, but do create the rest of your own visuals to complete the poster.
Fig1.7: Sketch idea 1
Fig1.8: Sketch idea 2
Fig1.9:Sketch idea 3
After sketching a few ideas, i wanted to proceed with the first idea which is a Mapping poster design. But i felt like it was a little common as the seniors has done similar Mapping design for this task. However, i still proceed to illustrate it to see if i would like it or not in the end.
FIRST ATTEMPT
Fig2.1: First idea progress
Fig 2.2:First idea progress
Fig 2.3: First idea progress
Even though i like how it turned out, I still feel like it was too
common and after i have consulted and showed my sketch to sir, i had a
positive feedback to proceed with the second sketch that was clear and
different from other designs that was shown.
Finally i have chosen to proceed with the second sketch idea, which is
a Time line concept. This shows a Pokemon starter which has a starter
pokemon characters during the first game.
SECOND ATTEMPT
Fig 2.4: Second final idea progress
Fig 2.5: Second final idea progress
Fig 2.6: Second final idea progress
This is my final outcome of the Pokemon starter Timeline poster.
FLIP Week 3: Brief - Miller’s law of memory (Chunking) -
Presentation slides
Group Task
Flip Topic 3 by Group 4
FLIP Week 4: Brief - Manuel Lima’s 9 directives
manifestos -
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