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Communication Design and Visualising Information
May 5, 2016 | Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
Presented at the Workshop on Research Methods for Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia, held on April 14, 2016, at the National Law University Delhi
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Broad Principles of Visual Communication
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Identifying the Message, Audience and Medium
MESSAGE
InterpretationOrganizationVisual Presentation
LanguageExperienceAgeKnowledgeEducation PreferencesExpectationsCulture
Appropriate Medium(Print, Static, Interactive)Exploring all Possibilities of the Medium
AUDIENCE MEDIUM
The following icons have been used from The Noun Project: Speech Bubble by Focus, Group by Khomsun Chaiwong, Video by Alfa Design
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Using Design Elements for Communication Goals
TypographyColourSpaceScaleShapeProportion
Setting the ContextClarity of Form and Content Building HierarchyOrganization of Content - Sequence, Categorization
ContrastConsistencyEmphasis
COMMUNICATION GOALS COMPOSITION ELEMENTS
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Frank Chimero, Source: https://blog.typekit.com/2011/03/17/type-study-typographic-hierarchy/
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Organizing the Content Gestalt Principles of Perception
On the basis of principles of integration and segregation that connect and separate elements through proximity, similarity, and closure
PROXIMITY SIMILARITYThe visual system tends to group together those elements that are close to one another, and segregate them from the more distant ones.
The visual system tends to group together those elements that are equal or similar, and segregate the different ones from one another. This can happen at several levels of similarity based on different visual dimensions (such as color, size, orientation, etc.).
CLOSUREThe visual system tends to group together series of elements that are placed in such a way as to generate a simple outline.
Jorge Frascara - Communication Design: Principles, Methods and Practice, 2004
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Subtle differences are not helpful
PROXIMITY? SIMILARITY? CLOSURE?
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Julián De Velasco, https://www.flickr.com/photos/30944919@N03/3055474397/sizes/l/in/pool-16135094@N00/
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https://visage.co/data-visualization-101-bubble-charts/
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Visualising Data
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Types of Data
Nominal - Eg. Male, FemaleOrdinal - Eg. Abundant, Common, Rare Quantitative Relational - Eg. NetworksSpatial - Eg. Maps
http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/vizbi/2012/principles.pdf, https://infoactive.co/data-design/ch01.html
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Identifying the Purpose
https://infoactive.co/data-design/ch12.htmlImage Source: http://www.datavizcatalogue.com/search.html
“What do I know, what does it mean, and why do I believe it’s important?”
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Using the Most Effective Format
Source: http://www.datavizcatalogue.com/search.html
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Using elements based on the purpose of the visualization
http://www.creativebloq.com/how-design-better-data-visualisations-8134175
Allows more accurate comparisons
Allows more generic comparisons
2D position along a common aligned scale
Slopes
Areas Colour Intensity
Colour Hue
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Choosing the Most Effective Format for Data Visualisation
Assessing the Type of DataIdentifying the Purpose/ MessageIdentifying the Accuracy required in the Data Representation
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• Clearly indicates how the values relate to one another, which in this case is a part-to-whole relationship
• Represents the quantities accurately
• Makes it easy to compare the quantities
• Makes it easy to see the ranked order of values
• Makes obvious how people should use the information - what they should use it to accomplish - and encourages them to do this
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING THE VISUALIZATION
Source: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/data-visualization-for-human-perception
Total Deaths in America by Cause in 2007
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Aesthetics & Functionality of Visualisations
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Reducing Redundancy, Increasing Emphasis
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Stephen Few, https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/sometimes_we_must_raise_our_voices.pdf
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Aesthetics in the Way of Sense Making
http://gizmodo.com/8-horrible-data-visualizations-that-make-no-sense-1228022038
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Visual Strength & Aesthetics to Support the Communication Function
http://www.creativebloq.com/how-design-better-data-visualisations-8134175
Sensory bandwidths reaching sub-conscious and conscious mind, from Tor Norretranders’ The User Illusion. Visualization from Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design
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How long do animals live? 1939, Designed by Gerd Arntz, Uses the ISOTYPE Technique
https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/03/08/the-transformer-isotype/http://www.gerdarntz.org/content/gerd-arntz#isotype
Use of icons and pictograms when necessary
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Cut-away diagram showing aeroplane partshttp://adrenaline.uol.com.br/forum/threads/cutaway-drawing-diagramas-em-3d-de-maquinas-mostrando-partes-internas-fotos.267964/page-3
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Cut-away diagram showing aeroplane partshttp://infographics-inspiration.blogspot.in/search/label/technology
Aesthetics to make information more engaging
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Layering Information, Retaining Simplicity
Charles Minard’s 1869 chart showing the number of men in Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign army, their movements, as well as the temperature they encountered on the return path.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png
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http://hint.fm/wind/
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When the Purpose is Not Known Yet
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Reorganizing Data to Find Patterns
http://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/
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http://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/
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http://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/
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http://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/
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http://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/
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Communication Strategy & Storytelling
Creating a narrativeStoryboardsSummarize VisuallyContextualiseEngage, get attentionGive detailsMake it accessible, interesting Invent new ways of representing informationCome back to the intended message and evaluate
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REFERENCES
Jorge Frascara - Communication Design: Principles, Methods and Practice, 2004 Stephen Few - Data Visualization for Human Perception, Interaction Design FoundationInfoactive - DATA + DESIGN, https://infoactive.co/data-design