Never before has it been so easy for anyone with basic computer skills and a good eye to create beautiful and effective interactive presentations. On Tuesday, February 28 and March 2, I will be conducting a hands-on workshop to introduce three free tools that might […]
Category: Visual Presentation of Information
Design Research and Visual Literacy
The designer and the scientist have a lot more in common as researchers than most people might think. Design research involves observation, note-taking, collecting samples, categorizing & recognizing patterns, and experimenting with materials. Of course, there are marked differences between the scientist and the designer […]
DIY Infographics for Business Students
Would you like to turn this . . . . . . . into this? Video of making an infographic with Infogr.am Back in September 2012, I wrote about the ready-made infographics that can be found in library databases like Mintel. Since the […]
An idea
Every year at about this time, the FIT Media Design Club holds an exhibition of their works at the Museum at FIT. Last year it was entitled Death 2 Pie Charts and featured some truly stunning information graphics. This year’s kinetic 4th Dimension exhibit, currently on display, […]
There’s a Map For That
For some time now, I have been planning to write an an article on my favorite map sites and mapping tools, but it was Hurricane Sandy that motivated me to push the project forward. Whether needing to find gas stations that still had gas or trying […]