Example #1 Example #2 Example # 3 The three examples of information design that I chose are design products that I have come across personally even before starting this design class and paying attention to the academic aspects of information design principles. These examples resonated with me as they were the first ones that arose …
Studio 5: Intro to Project 1- Getting started
This week's task began with a pop-quiz about key concepts from previous weeks' readings and lectures like visual variables, typography, and use of color. For the next exercise, students analyzed the grid system used in information graphics and identified main levels of information. Finally, students started working on the first Project: a visual explanation to …
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Studio 4: Understanding how to explain reality
This week students moved from the analog to the digital. Students were, once again, tasked with the challenge of explaining complex concepts and processes, like Photosynthesis, Batteries, and the Haber- Bosh Process with digital visual explanations.
Studio 3: Understanding How to Make Sense of Information
This week students learned the Gestalt Principles and Color Theory, and practice sensemaking steps to translate both simple and complex short texts into hand-drawn visual explanations.
Studio 2: How do we learn, make sense and process information?
This week students learned five principles that help distinguish effective design from a less-effective design by comparing two objects (print, digital, or artifact) side-by-side.
Information Design Examples
With all of the content we are exposed to on a daily basis, it can be hard to distinguish between the different intentions and accompanying design principles of the content. Any design that serves to "facilitate understanding", as Professor Pontis puts it, could be included within the umbrella of information design. This includes user interfaces …
Design For Understanding 