Paula Scher's "Diagram of a Blog"Monday's highlight - a guest presentation from a professional infographic designer Jacob O'Brian, a former UO student.
This week for project development, we will strive to achieve the ideal goal of design - unity of function and beauty. Make your best effort to make your project the most effective communication of information in the most beautiful form. Here I will add a few cases for the study:
Paula Scher's "Diagram of a Blog" and her take on "Who Gives The Best Info?"
http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/PS_Blog_Sm.jpg
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-scher/fauxinfo-its-all-around-y_b_812397.html
Social Network: Mexican Drug Cartel "La Familia Michoacana"
http://www.edge.org/documents/Edge-Serpentine-MapsGallery/high-res/salcedo.jpeg
A new data visualization from GE measures mid-market CFO confidence in the economic recovery
http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/12/new-work-ge-capital.php
A Year in Iraq and Afghanistan (see two visualizations and notice how choices made)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/opinion/30casualty-chart.html?_r=1
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/01/the_casualties_of_the_year_2010_in_iraq_and_afghanistan.html
And let's take a closer look at this favorite for many of you: A CROWDED MARKET
http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Infographic-Meet-iPads-Competition.jpg
Also remember to check out the 12 Data Viz Masterpieces From the 19th Century
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663080/infographics-of-the-day-12-data-viz-masterpieces-from-the-19th-century#2
On Wednesday, each student must present a second rendering of your project in print in real size for review.
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