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Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs

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Overview

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Embrace the expressiveness of shapes to turn important information into meaningful graphics that tell stories and resonate with an audience
  • Introduction
  • The Design of Visual Narratives
  • The Data
  • Designing the Visualization
  • Final project
Information designer Federica Fragapane has collaborated with the United Nations, BBC Science Focus, Wired, and Scientific American. She feels a strong responsibility to share artworks that communicate information in a visually engaging way, to encourage the exploration of important topics and issues.

In this online course, discover how to create narrative data visualizations by exploring multiple visual languages. Learn to harness the expressiveness of shapes and use organic forms to convey the life behind the data, turning complex information into captivating visuals that engage an audience.


Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • A Visual Translation of Contents: The Role of Perception
  • The Questions to Start With
  • Visual and Written Words
  • The Process of Telling Stories with Data
  • Using and Challenging Visual Metaphors
  • Selecting the Topic
  • Creating the Dataset 1
  • Creating the Dataset 2
  • Sketching: The Macrostructure of the Story
  • RAWGraphs
  • Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 1
  • Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 2
  • Adobe Illustrator: Creating the Visualization 3
  • Adobe Illustrator: Refining the Visualization
  • The Legend and the Text 1
  • The Legend and the Text 2
  • Final Details, Mobile Version, and Export
  • Creative Data Visualization for Narrative Designs

Taught by

Federica Fragapane

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