GDES-360 spring 2021 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Intro / Encodings + elementary perceptual tasks
January 27
Finish Dear data / Start Encoding data
"Jubilee Mine, Concordia — 6,500 tonnes of copper extracted," from Dillon Marsh's "For What It's Worth" series.
Class survey
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Topics
- Introduction
- Methods of encoding data
- Elementary perceptual tasks
Projects
- Show Dear data
- Start Encoding data
Reading (due this week)
- Truthful Art ch. 1 (What We Talk About When We Talk About Visualization)
- Truthful Art ch. 5 (Basic Principles of Visualization)
Illustrator tutorials
In this course, you’ll need moderately strong skills with Illustrator or another vector drawing tool. If you need to learn Illustrator, start working through the Illustrator essentials course on LinkedIn Learning. I’ve compiled a list of the most important tutorials. You’ll need to be using Illustrator by Week 05.