www.infosthetics.com
www.informationisbeautiful.net
Think Visually
The new Visual Consultant in the communication center – Aaron Sobel
Examples of great visuals:
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html
Shapes are important, if you’re going to use color make sure it has a purpose. Captions are crucial, need to be thought out.
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/09/stoc_stock_exchange_planetary_system.html
May be too complex for the average reader but may be a valuable tool for experts.
Take aways from Duarte – Slide-ology
(pg 67) Multiple colors can be distracting. Get rid of the noise. Consider who your audience is and what your intent is for the data.
69- Anchors can help point out significance in a slide (color differentials, arrows, highlights)
70-Using imagery to convey take away message, a picture instead of a graph
135 – make sure pictures represent the topic, don’t use pies in a non-pie presentation
Bren Group projects:
Bar graphs are good at displaying relationships, pie charts for proportion
Color schemes are important
Images should be able to stand alone to be understood without entire poster. Understanding the significance of the figure depends on the explanation in the slide. Titles need to be informative.
What is the proper design around order? Top left flowing to bottom right. ( Monica says that an all encompassing image in the center can really help focus the reader's vision on what is critical in your poster)
Do not want the reader to have to interpret what our figures are trying to say…be clear.
Be careful using images that could have secondary meanings…(a funnel, leads to a beer bong). Also do not put too much information into the poster.
Use colors to help draw the readers eye to the crucial points in figures.
Monica’s take away “We want our data that we are reporting to be understood pretty much instantaneously.”
-Aaron Wdowin
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