Data Visualisation Workshop

Graphic Design @ NID Ahmedabad 2024

Summary & Overview

• Visual Sketches — Summary Board: Figma Jam
• Working Docs — Participants & Projects: Google Sheet

Resources & Reference

• Data Visualisation Resources — amitkaps.com/data-visualisation-resources
• Project Guidelines — amitkaps.com/guidelines

Workday & Plan

• [M] Morning Session — Group: 1030—1230
• [A] Afternoon Session — Group /Individual: 1430—1700

Day 1 (Monday)

• [M] Intro & Discussion
  • Introduction & Prior Experience & Work
  • Learning Asks from Students
• [A] Overview & Plan
  • Process Lens: Why, What, How, SoWhat, SoWhy
  • Communication Lens: Encoding & Decoding
  • Project Scope & Guidelines
  • Small Visualisation Exercise
• Task to do
  • Reading: Purpose & Value
  • Project: Create the project plan

Day 2 (Tuesday)

• [M] Data Visualisation Purpose & Value
  • Conceptual vs Data-Driven
  • Expression vs Explain
• [M] Process Lens: Why & What
  • Fuzzy Problem to Structured Plan
  • Discuss three project examples
• [A] Communication Lens: Encoding
  • Data: Structure, Types, Transformation
  • Visual: Structure, Marks & Channels

Day 3 (Wednesday)

• [M] Process Lens: How
  • Exploring Data — Wrangle & Explore
  • Making Visualisation — Two Approaches
    • Question-based Approach — Question & Encoding
    • Grammar-based Approach — Sketching & Visualisation
• [A] Communication Lens
  • Perception & Decoding — Perception & Decoding
  • Evaluating Visualisation — Trifecta Check

Day 4 (Thursday)

• [M] Process Lens: SoWhat & SoWhy
  • Framing, Flow & Messaging — Narrative & Storytelling
  • Layering & Composition — Multi-Layered Architecture
• [A] Project Discussion

Day 5 (Friday)

• [M] Project Discussion (as needed)
• [A] Project Sharing
  • Individual Presentation
  • Peer Feedback