Data Visualization and Information Design – Create a Visual Model

Meet Federica Fragapane, information designer and your teacher for this course. She shares her professional background and how she came to work with companies and organizations like Google, the United Nations, BBC, and Scientific American. Hear about her influences and her sources of inspiration.

Dive into the broad field of data visualization and learn about its role and potential. Using her projects as visual aids, Federica contextualizes the delicate relationship between information design and its audience. Learn about the importance of collaboration when encountering information about unfamiliar topics.

Begin the first step of the design process: selecting sources and data. Learn how to find official and reliable sources and how to choose data that tells the stories you want to convey. Create a dataset using Google Sheets and explore the essential shift from an information table to a visual representation.

Federica shares her process for finding visual inspiration to design an engaging piece that seamlessly communicates multiple layers of information. Get a walkthrough on design software like RAWGraphs and Adobe Illustrator and create key elements like legends and visual guides, which facilitate an effortless reading experience. Wrap up the course by hearing Federica’s tips on refining and finalizing your work down to the last detail.

What is this course’s project? Create an information design piece that coveys multiple layers of information.

Who is it for? Anyone who wants to create intriguing but easy-to-read data visualization pieces.

What you need Basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is required.

To take this course, you need access to a computer with internet connection and design software like Adobe Illustrator.

U1 Introduction U1-01 About me U1-02 Influences

U2 About Data Visualization U2-01 Designing Visual Alphabets U2-02 The Broad Field of Data Visualization – Readers and Usage Context U2-03 The Relationship with the Readers U2-04 Collaboration

U3 Setting the Project in Motion U3-01 Finding the Data – The Sources U3-02 The Data U3-03 From Google Sheets to the Paper

U4 Visualizing Data U4-01 Visual Inspiration U4-02 Designing the Skeleton with RAWGraphs U4-03 Adobe Illustrator 1 U4-04 Adobe Illustrator 2 U4-05 Adobe Illustrator 3 U4-06 Always Keeping in Mind the Readers – Legends and Feedback 1 U4-07 Always Keeping in Mind the Readers – Legends and Feedback 2 U4-08 Finishing the Job

U5 Final Project U5-01 Data Visualization and Information Design – Create a Visual Model

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