Topic: Definitions and introduction to information design
Read for Class:
From Safari Books online (the link takes you to a page that explains how to access this database)
- Nathan Yau, Data Points: Visualization That Means Something: Chapter 1, 2, and 6 (read carefully)
- Alberto Cairo, The Truthful Art: Chapter 1-2 (pay particular attention to chapter 2 and his 5 qualities)
- Aaron Walter, Designing for Emotion: Chapter 1 and 3 (skim)
Do for class:
- skim through the course website
- bring to class a big fat paragraph where you discuss how the three readings go together (or not)
In class:
- group discussion about expectations of the course
- setting assignment dates
- discuss the readings
- data gathering and prototyping
- putting the readings into action
- small groups researching alternate definitions for data, data visualizations, document design, and information design
- mini-presentations on findings from exercise
