Our life in the future

http://www.mydesy.com/the-future-is-now07

Here is an very interesting article which is talking about what our life might going to be in the near future.
Basically, most of the trends shows due to the apple company and their skirts effect to other industry, our life will occupied by touch screens in the near future. (base on the internet, of course) All the information display will be a little different alter by the devices we use.
It is a quite interesting topic because it means the requirement for UI and information designer will increase. Sound like a good mews for me? Maybe I should think and practice more about the catalogue of symbolic study which more related to the subjects like this.

A short lecture: understanding and applying 5 key principles of information graphic design

Recently i am doing the lecture,
"understanding and applying 5 key principles of information graphic design",
here is the graphic I made and going to use it to talk.

This peice of information graphic illustrated the population of the main 3 races in Taiwan, target audience is 8-12 years old chrildren.

The interview of Steve Duenes

An interview in 2008, talked by Steve Duenes, the graphic director of New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25asktheeditors.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

three steps in creating an infographic

three general steps in creating an infographic ( in my point of view )

1. story
to think and decide what kinds of information does your audience like. describe a story.

2. data
collect and gather all the relevant, right data.

3. design
DESIGN. use easy software to have a draft. the rest of this stage only requires a graphic designer. how eye-catching the work is in some situation is the only criteria.

Reference and Inspiration resources

infographic related sites


圖研所
http://www.tuyansuo.com/
Massive collection of graphic works.

Visual.ly
http://visual.ly/about
The world's largest community for sharing infographics and data visualizations

Data visualization
http://pinterest.com/elizzra/data-visualization/

there are variety websites related to infographic, Vimeo has the ones with motion, Behance and Flicr has the group of information structure and infographic groups.

self learning in infographic

Research, analyze, redesign and some prototype design in datalogy + typical infographic.


this picture shows the process of collecting information(element) to visualize



tried to transform them into image




a diagram which describing the map of my accommodation.


the study in different visual way in pie chart.


a prototype re-design of the topic of sea level rises.

InfoGraphic Designs: Overview, Examples and Best Practices

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/06/07/infographic-designs-overview-examples-and-best-practices/

the article here documented the basic knowledge of information graphic.
includes what is it, how to make it and when can I use it.
recommend to anybody who want to learn this media.