Information Design and Data Visualisation Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
On this course, you will learn the fundamentals of information design and data visualisation and how to apply these skills to your own communication projects, or in managerial or designer job roles.
You will learn how to analyse data then create a visual display of this quantitative information, visually communicating your ideas to a chosen target audience. You will learn the skill of storytelling with data as you collect and map information, and you will learn how to choose the most effective way to visualise and present your information.
You will use Adobe Illustrator to create your own infographics. This course is taught through interactive discussion in weekly online classes, and you will receive personal feedback from your tutor. Each week you will be given practical homework to develop your ideas.
Who this course is for
This course is for beginners wanting to learn the fundamentals of information design and data visualisation. You can use the skills you will develop, such as graphic design and storytelling with data, to develop your vision within a current or future job role.
Key information
Topics covered
- Storytelling through information design and data visualisation
- Considering the importance of colour, hierarchy and typography
- Visualisation types
- Software contexts
- Narrative and sequence
- Chart types
- Layout and composition
- Principles of perception
- Visual grammar
- Adobe Illustrator graphs and icons
- Knowing your audience and story
- Analysing data
- Picking the right format
- Understanding and using LATCH theory
- Interdisciplinary design
- Collecting and mapping information
- Understanding the design processes
- Research methods
- Qualitative and quantitative issues
- Information as art
Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, you will be able to;
- Use the principles of information design
- Assess information data and have the capacity to improve upon it
- Make diagrams using an appropriate chart type
- Create information design that appeals, is understandable and helps people retain information
- Use Adobe Illustrator to create your own infographic maps
- Create data visuals to illustrate the data
- Use LATCH theory to create two data visualisations
- Analyse data effectively
- Use information design to tell a story
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
Please have the following materials to hand for the first lesson:
- Pen and notebook
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Jola Piesakowska
Jola Piesakowska is a visual story teller with a strong understanding of how to make sense of data in a visually attractive form which explains and engages. She is a senior trainer with the Thomson Foundation has included running data visualisation workshops in the Middle East and London.
Jola has more than 25 years experience working as a creative media director starting initially with news and current affairs, broadcast media on the UK's leading television channels BBC and ITV before leading PR communications creative teams.
Currently she is the Executive Creative Director of Salt and Pepper Productions, a lifestyle and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) marketing and communications agency.
Her previous roles have included: Account Director for Premier Communications, an award -winning dedicated creative communications agency providing 360 degree marketing and PR services to the entertainment, arts and culture industries and Creative Director for the on-line, documentary and feature film post production house Molinare.
She is a blogger and social media campaigner influencing and addressing the interests and needs of the 50+ market.
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