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diy infographics kate davis | @katiedavis | qut

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data visualisation infographics visual thinking information design

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communicate sense-make make accessible unravel complexity clarify

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i’m not a visual person

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i don’t have a creative bone in my body

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we’re wired for visualisation

blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/

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proliferation of tools drowning, not waving big data open data

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visu

alis

atio

n

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communicate data visually

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bringing together data from different sources

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20th century death. Information is beautiful informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/

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200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes

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info

grap

hics

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communicate stories visually

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infographics are stories that incorporate visualisations

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video image interactive

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the digital lives of american mums. nielsen nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/digital-lives-of-american-moms.html

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13 reasons why your brain craves infographics

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16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

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76%

of the extreme poor live in rural areas

16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

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16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

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fast

for

war

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info

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desi

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visu

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thin

king

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our thoughts are like this

or maybe like this and we try to make them like this

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DOG

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sense-make in pictures

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communicate ideas in pictures

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infographics sketchnotes mind maps diagrams visualisations

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info

grap

hics

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examples

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tools

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free & easy infographic tools piktochart

visua.ly infogr.am

visme canva

easel.ly

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diy design you’ll need:

powerpoint / keynote maybe photoshop sources for icons

fonts inspiration

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most useful thing you’ll learn about today:

the noun project

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katedavis.info slides, resource

& tool lists, useful reading

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process

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good infographics start with

good data

good analysis

a good story

good information design

visual impact

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1. organise your data find, sort, organise data

go to original sources

organise references

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2. find your story what is it you want to say?

then pull out the data that tells your story

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3. plan work out dimensions

create a (very rough) wireframe

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4. design how can you best

represent the data? graphs? numbers? images?

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4. design consider:

size, typography, colour, shapes, images, layout

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4. design tips:

keep it simple

choose a colour palette

balance visually heavy areas

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play

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activity design it!

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activity share

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library databases

which search tool do students use?

QUT | LIBRARY

quick find 66%

library databases 31%

library catalogue 0.3%

specific quick convenient

efficient easy

accessible

used because...

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library databases

which search tool do students use?

QUT | LIBRARY

quick find 66%

library databases 31%

library catalogue 0.3%

why do they use these tools?

QUT | LIBRARY

specific quick convenient

efficient easy

accessible

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thank you!

katedavis.info kate davis | @katiedavis | qut