Slides from a workshop I ran at the recent QUT Library Revitalizer, which was an event for QUT Library staff. Kudos to artists at The Noun Project (thenounproject.com) for the awesome icons. Thanks to Olivia Ward, a student in one of my classes, who agreed to me including her persona poster from IAB260 Social Technologies as an example in this presentation. There are a whole bunch of related resources on my website at katedavis.info

1. diy infographics
kate davis | @katiedavis | qut

2. data visualisation infographics visual thinkinginformation design

5. communicatesense-make make accessibleunravel complexity clarify

7. i’m not a visual person

8. i don’t have a creative
bone in my body

9. we’re wired for visualisation
blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/

12. proliferation of toolsdrowning, not waving big dataopen data

13. visualisation

14. communicate data visually

15. bringing together data from different sources

17. 20th century death. Information is beautiful
informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/

18. 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes

19. infographics

20. communicate stories visually

21. infographics are stories that incorporate visualisations

22. video image interactive

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

24. 13 reasons why your brain craves infographics

26. 16 useless infographics
theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

27. 76%
of the extreme poor
live in rural areas
16 useless infographics
theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

28. 16 useless infographics
theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

29. fastforward

30. information
design

31. visual
thinking

32. our thoughts are like
this
or maybe like this and we try to make
them like this

33. DOG

34. sense-make in pictures

35. communicate ideas in pictures

39. infographicssketchnotes mind mapsdiagrams visualisations

40. infographics

41. examples

48. tools

49. free & easy infographic tools
piktochart
visua.ly
infogr.am
visme
canva
easel.ly

50. diy design
you’ll need:
powerpoint / keynote
maybe photoshop
sources for icons
fonts
inspiration

51. most useful thing you’ll
learn about today:
the noun project

52. katedavis.info
slides, resource
& tool lists,
useful reading

53. process

54. good infographics
start with
good data
good analysis
a good story
good information design
visual impact

55. 1. organise your data
find, sort, organise data
go to original sources
organise references

56. 2. find your story
what is it you want to say?
then pull out the data
that tells your story

57. 3. plan
work out dimensions
create a (very rough)
wireframe

58. 4. design
how can you best
represent the data?
graphs? numbers? images?

59. 4. design
consider:
size, typography, colour,
shapes, images, layout

60. 4. design
tips:
keep it simple
choose a colour palette
balance visually heavy areas

61. play

62. activity
design it!

63. activity
share

64. library
databases
which search tool do students use?
QUT | LIBRARY
quick find
66%
library databases
31%
library catalogue
0.3%
specificquick
convenient
efficient
easy
accessible
used because...

65. 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
specificquick
convenient
efficient
easy
accessible

66. thank you!
katedavis.info
kate davis | @katiedavis | qut