Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking

Model - ver. 2 + written version

Muhe Yang

The example in the written version hasn't been added to the diagram.

The model still needs revision.

Second draft

Andrew Tang

Satisfactory Design and Optimum Design

Xinhe Yu

Wicked Problem

Xinhe Yu

Second Draft

Xinhe Yu

First Draft-02

Xinhe Yu

First Draft-01

Xinhe Yu

The Truthful art - Alberto Cairo

Irene De La Torre - Arenas

http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.neu.edu/book/databases-and-reporting-tools/9780133440492

"I’ll begin with an axiom:

Any visualization is a model.

Think of a locator map. A map is always a simplified depiction of a particular area. It doesn’t look exactly like the area itself. Mapmakers remove needless features and emphasize the ones that matter to them in a process of rational and systematic abstraction. Road maps, for instance, highlight roads, cities, towns, and boundaries. Their function is to help you find your way around, not to display every single mountain, valley, or river.

The idea of model can be extended to any act of thinking and communication. We humans use models for perception, cognition, and reasoning because our limited brains are incapable of grasping reality in all its glorious complexity. Our senses and brain mediate our relationship with the world. Our vision doesn’t consist of a high-resolution animation of what we have in front of our eyes. That’s just a convenient illusion that our brains concoct."

Cairo, Alberto. The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication. New Riders, 2016.

Final project - 2nd draft

Irene De La Torre - Arenas

So... I sent my poster to some friends that work the infographics department of two different newspapers and I've gotten some feedback. They thought I was representing the process in a  too complicated way, making the poster really difficult to understand (even if they knew about how was the process... because well they're part of it). So I tried to make it a bit simpler and give more importance to the process of translating an event into something visual.

second draft (verbal component needs work)

Ryan Morrill