By In Seok SuhThree different examples of proper physical and heat maps. The first two examples incorporate a combination of physical and heat maps, while the third example is a heat map that is displayed on a rectangular chart.Physical maps show the natural landscape features of Earth. They are…
Catalog & Classify Discussion of your findings Exercise: Jacques Bertin and the seven "Retinal Variables" Download a copy of this worksheet (it's an Illustrator-friendly PDF) Using the vector drawing software of your choice, fill in all the cells of the empty grid you see sprawling before you. Each…
Over the next week you will create one poster every day. Each day, find a single number from a different subject area that interests you and spend your time thinking about how the scale of that value could be communicated formally. Create a visual representation using one of the seven…
What is a bar graph? I wanted to start by writing down some initial thoughts, understandings, and observations on a bar graph. Breaking it down to a bar + a graph. The bar represents data which has been visually translated into a graphic form—a rectangle bar. The graph is the…
Parallel-Coordinate Plots What are they? Parallel coordinate plots visualize multiple factors and, more importantly, show their relationships to one another. Each variable is given its own vertical axis, and the values for each variable is typically represented as an integer that falls along the vertical axis for said variables. Commonly…
Who are they? Created in 1973 by Herman Chernoff, this data visualization system allows multiple variables to be displayed at once. This whimsical system may challenge our understanding and possibly preconceived ideas of what a dataset can look like. Variables are represented by facial features on a caricature of an…
This is a collective research project providing examples and discussion of the basic building blocks of visual data representation. In his Ph.D. dissertation, information designer Ben Fry assembled a taxonomy of standard visualization types. Look over his list and choose one to research more thoroughly. Sign up for your…
Sign-in Assessment of student skills, levels, and interests What do you want to learn in this class? What sorts of data/information graphics work have you done previously? Any coding or stats experience? Introduction to course goals and expectations Intro talk Exercise: Catalog & Classify Create and publish a new…
Academic Disability Accommodations MICA makes reasonable academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. All academic accommodations must be approved through the Learning Resource Center (LRC). Students requesting accommodation should schedule an appointment at the LRC (410-225-2416 or e-mail LRC@mica.edu), located in Bunting 110. It is the student’s…
Charts and graphs have an indisputable aura of objectivity and yet, much like statistics, they have an immense power to either elucidate or mislead. What does it mean for an information graphic to be ‘honest’ with its data? And how can we as designers (and citizens) know when a representation…
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