Lecture 4

Link to Slides Data Viz - Lecture 4 - 28 Jan 2025.pdf

Making Charts

Morning

  • Reading: Chapter 9 (Page 209-222) from Good Charts by Scott Berinato
  • Presentations: Exercise - Data Visualisation ToolsExercise - Data Visualisation Tools
    Activity Details

    This page lists a number of Data Visualisation tools. Pick one of these tools using the signup sheet shared on the class group and prepare a 5 minute presentation on it. You can c...
  • Presentations: Exercise - Three Ways of VisualisingExercise - Three Ways of Visualising
    Reference Material

    See Which Chart to Use for a list of reference material that show the different types of visualisations and the types of charts that can be used to represent them.

    Instruct...

  • How to visualise data using flourish.studio
  • An intro to Flourish - YouTube
  • Recreate some of the charts we saw using Flourish

Human Visual Perception

Afternoon

  • Exercise - Critique and RedesignExercise - Critique and Redesign
    Reference Material

    See Which Chart to Use for a list of reference material that show the different types of data and the types of charts that can be used to represent them.

    Instructions

    Crea...
  • Optical Illusions
  • Gestalt Principles
  • Which visual properties for which type of data