GDES-360 spring 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Encodings and elementary perceptual tasks; JavaScript
Wednesday, January 25
Show Encoding data / Start Change over time
"Jubilee Mine, Concordia — 6,500 tonnes of copper extracted," from Dillon Marsh's "For What It's Worth" series.
Introduce yourself
- Introduce yourself on Miro (there’s an “introductions” frame over to the right)
Topics
- Methods of encoding data
- Elementary perceptual tasks
Projects
- Show Encoding data
- Start Change over time
Reading (for this week)
- A Taste of Observable (ObservableHQ.com)
- Truthful Art ch. 1 (What We Talk About When We Talk About Visualization)
- Truthful Art ch. 5 (Basic Principles of Visualization)
Do the reading
In some courses, you can get away with skipping the reading, though your employability and depth as a designer will suffer. This class, though, is heavily technical and runs with shorter meeting times. You will need the information from the reading in order to complete assignments. We will not cover all the material from the reading during class.