GDES-360 spring 2022 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Visualizing comparisons (in-person classes start)
Wednesday, February 02
Most Common Jobs, By State, by Nathan Yau, at Flowing Data.
In-person classes
The university plans to resume in-person classes on January 31st.
Topics
- Techniques for facilitating comparisons
Projects
- Small-group critiques for Change over time
N.B.: Plan to show your work, in progress, for a critique during any class this semester.
Reading
- For reference: Quickly plotting data in Google Sheets, and fixing in Illustrator (video)
- Truthful Art ch. 6 (Exploring Data with Simple Charts)
- Truthful Art ch. 3 (The Truth Continuum)
- Suggested: refer to the Data Visualization Catalogue for examples of visualization types