Week 16 Day 1 (Monday, April 30) - Homework

1. Complete course evaluation for Visual Communication II (log on with your 4x4 at http://eval.ou.edu)
by May 4.

2. Continue assembling your process book that will include both Visual Communication II and Type I projects and refining all class exercises/projects. Any relevant and effective improvements made to projects may positively affect your grade.

Process book and revised projects due next week during Sophomore Reviews (May 8-9)

3. The following projects for Vis Comm II must be printed, pinned and presented for Sophomore reviews next week:

• 10x10 Energy Drink Exercise
• Farmer's Market Icons
• Produce Process Animation (4-6 screenshots from video)
• Information Design: US Food Consumption

**click thumbnails below to see full sized images

Week 15 Day 2 (Wednesday, April 25) - Homework

1. Final Critique for History of Typography Project will take place next class, Monday, April 30.

What to submit:
a) Print outs for entire timeline. Pin to wall by Monday at 9:30am/1:30pm. Projects pinned after the start of class will be marked down as late.

b) Upload PDF of design document to instructor station by 9:30am/1:30pm.


2. Complete course evaluation for Vis Comm II (log on with your 4x4 at http://eval.ou.edu)

Completing all of your Spring 2012 evaluations will automatically enter you into a drawing to win one of three Apple iPad 2.

3. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries. **This will be the last week I am requiring M-F entries.

4. Continue refinement of Vis Comm II exercises to include in Process Book.

Week 15 Day 1 (Monday, April 23) -Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Final presentations for project due for critique next week, Monday, April 30.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

3. Continue refinement of Vis Comm II exercises to include in Process Book

Week 14 Day 2 (Wednesday, April 18) - Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Final presentations for project due for critique in two weeks, Monday, April 30.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.


3. Continue refinement of Vis Comm II exercises to include in Process Book

Process Book: Vis Comm II list

Exercises/Projects to include in Vis Comm II of process book:

1. 10x10 Energy Drink
2. Farmer Market Icons
3. Produce Process Animation
4. Information Design (Food consumption comparisons)
5. History of Typography (Timeline project)

Each piece should showcase various stages of projects (research, brainstorming, rough sketches, initial designs, final design). Relevant and effective refinements and improvements are expected for all exercises and projects.

Week 13 Day 2 (Wednesday, April 11) - Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

Week 13 Day 1 (Monday, April 9) - Homework

Midpoint crit for timeline project due at start of class, Wednesday, April 11. Print out all pages for review.

Week 12 Day 2 (Wednesday, April 4) - Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Midpoint informal crit scheduled for next Wednesday, April 11.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

Week 12 Day 1 (Monday, April 2) -Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Midpoint informal crit scheduled for next Wednesday, April 11.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

Week 11 Day 2 (Wednesday, March 28) - Homework

1. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Midpoint informal crit scheduled for Wednesday, April 11.

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

SEGD Conference 2012

SEGD Conference 2012
June 7-9
New York, NY

http://thebridge.segd.org/welcome

Week 11 Day 1 (Monday, March 26) - Homework

1. Be sure to sign up for advising time with Eric Anderson. Sign ups will be posted today.

3/26 Monday afternoon and 3/28 Wednesday morning and afternoon.

2. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project. Bring digital timeline mockup (with major text and image content) to next class session.

Week 9 Day 2 (March 14) - Homework

1. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries. 

2. Continue visual development for History of Typography/Communication project.

Design Inspiration: Will Burtin

Will Burtin was a leader in exhibition design, and a pioneer in visualization of scientific concepts. Created powerful layouts for magazines like Fortune, The Architectural Forum, and Scope.

Documentation of magazine layout and information design
Design Observer: Will Burtin
RIT Graphic Design Archive: Will Burtin

Week 9 Day 1 (March 12) - Homework

Complete Information Design Exercise

- Final designs must be printed + pinned by 9:30/1:30, Wednesday, March 14
- Upload mind maps, initial concept sketches, information sheets, rough designs and final designs to blog post titled "Information Design Exercise" by by 9:30/1:30, Wednesday, March 14

Week 8 Day 2 (March 7) - Homework

1. Work on Information Design Exercise (Food Consumption in the US). Be sure you are assessing the integrity and quality of your data visualizations through the integrity check list

Integrity of Content Displayed in Information Design

• Is the display revealing the truth?
• Is the representation accurate?
• Is the data carefully documented?
• Do the methods of display avoid false readings of the data?
• Are appropriate comparisons + contexts shown?

2. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries.

3. Work on research and concept development for History of Communication project.

US Food Consumption: Information Design Exercise

Using statistics collected by the US Census Bureau regarding Food Consumption in the United States (PDFs provided below), you are to create an information design document that improves the usability of detailed and complex information. The specific type of visual device used in your final design (table, chart, diagram, map) is up to you, as long as you are focusing on ways to make the visualization of information efficient and effective. Consider the Edward Tufte examples and theories presented last week, as well as typography and graphic reduction guidelines covered throughout the semester.

Choose one set of US Census statistics from the following list:
Per Capita Consumption of Major Food Commodities

Per Capita Utilization of Selected Commercially-Produced Fruits and Vegetables

Required document size: 11"x17", color

Deadlines: 
Process Sketches and Mind Mapping due for review by end of class Monday, March 5
Information Design Document (Printed + Pinned) due for review Wednesday, March 14

Objectives for exercise
1. Improve the usability for comparisons, contrast, or visualized relationships between complex data
2. Application of characteristics and theories regarding successful information design
3. Consideration of design principles and how visual choices improve communication of message

Integrity of Content Displayed in Information Design
1. Is the display revealing the truth?
2. Is the representation accurate?
3. Are the data carefully documented?
4. Do the methods of display avoid false readings of the data?
5. Are appropriate comparisons + contexts shown?

Week 7 Day 1 (Feb 27) - Homework

1. Find at least 3 examples of effective information design (must not be identical to examples shown in class; preferably examples not found online; must not be considered infographics).

Photocopy and/or scan each of your three chosen designs, then write up 1-2 paragraphs, for each design, that clearly explain and analyze the following topics .

1)What is the purpose of the information design. What did you learn from the information?


2) What specific characteristics made the information design successful?


3) Where there any failing characteristics of the information design [chart junk? aesthetic issues? lack of information]? If so why did they hinder the clarification of understanding the facts?

Post reflection question responses and scans of three information designs to blog post titled "Effective Information Design Examples"

Be sure to consult previous lecture notes and use appropriate terminology. Be prepared to discuss your finding in groups next class session, Wednesday, Feb 29.

2. Burn CD will all exercise work (process and designs) completed so far in the semester; Exercises should include of the following:

• 10x10 (Energy Drink Product Design)
• Cropping Exercise (L shapped crop marks)
• Ken Burns Slideshow
• Letter Action Verb
• Farmers Market Icon (final and revised)
• Produce Process Animation
• Designer Case Study Research Presentation

3. Part of wednesday class will be devoted to continued research for Timeline of Visual Communication/Writing/Typography project. Bring materials to work on project progress.

Information Design

Recommended Resources:

Envisioning Information (Edward Tufte)

Visual Explanations (Edward Tufte)

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Edward Tufte)

Beautiful Evidence (Edward Tufte)

Else/Where: Mapping — New Cartographies of Networks and Territories (Janet Abrams, Peter Hall)

Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design (Robert Klanten)

Visual complexity : mapping patterns of information (Manuel Lima)

Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics (Nathan Yau)

The Information Design Handbook (Jenn Visocky O'Grady)

You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (Katharine Harmon)

Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration plus 30 case studies (Kim Baer)

Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer (Peter Turchi)

Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline (Anthony Grafton + Daniel Rosenberg)

Week 6 Day 2 (Feb 22) - Homework

1. Continue Visual Journal blog daily entries. 


2. Continue research for History of Communication project. Creation process will begin after Spring Break.