INFORMATION DESIGN // EXERCISES

 

04.01.2022 -11.01.2022/ Week 01- 03

Rebecca Thoo Hui Ying / 0350359
Bachelor of Designs (Hons) in Creative Media

Informational Design: Exercises (01 & 02)

LECTURES

Week 01: (04.01.2022)

✧ Ms Anis briefed us on what we are expected to learn as well as explore in this semester. There was one project in particular that I personally am looking forward to - the Instructable poster which requires us to watch and determine which video from the Pasta Grannies we would like to breakdown on. I used to watch Pasta Grannies on Youtube so I am not a stranger to this channel.  

(06.01.2022)

Introduction to Information Visualisation

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INSTRUCTIONS

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EXERCISE

Exercise 01: Quantify & visualise data (04.01.2022)

✧  After the briefing, we were then told to look around our houses to search for items that we could possibly use for this exercise

Fig 1.1 Item chosen: Paper Twinkle Stars

✧  I found these paper twinkle stars that were gifted to me a decade ago and they just fit the category of what is needed for this exercise

Fig 1.2 The struggle 

✧ Because it's been such a long time since I've last opened them, the paper stars in this glass were bottlenecked, so I've decided to only use the other 2 jars

Fig 1.3 The sorting

✧  The sorting of the stars (it sort of looks as if a Unicorn walked by and dump colours on my desk). 

Fig 1.4 The sorting

✧ I've counted and group them into the sorted colours 

✧ After getting the approval from Ms Anis, I went ahead and assembled it on a piece of A4 paper

First Attempt (04.01.2022)

✧ Because the nature of my material is very bulky and colourful, the best and neatest way of presenting the data is to arrange them in straight lines

✧ I've handwritten the recorded data and assembled it onto the A4 paper

Fig 2.1 Design #1 Straight Stars Formation

Fig 2.2 Design #2 Wiggle Stars Formation

Fig 2.3 Design #3 Circling Stars Formation

Fig 2.4 Design #4 Curving Stars Formation

Final Outcome (04.01.2022)

Fig 3.1 Final PNG of Quantify & visualise data 

Exercise 02: L.A.T.C.H (13.01.2022)

Fig 1.1 Screenshot of Exercise & Assignment Brief 

✧  In this exercise, we need to include the L.A.T.C.H elements in the infographic we are to create.

✧  The topic I've chosen is to create an infographic about the 4 Hogwarts Houses & their members. I will be showcasing L.A.T.C.H. as stated down below. 

        ✧  Location: Hogwarts

        ✧  Time: A timeline to showcase all the members of the houses

        ✧  Category: The 4 Houses (Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff & Slytherin)

        ✧  Hierarchy: Famous alumni ➩ Professors ➩ Students

Fig 1.2 Ideation board

✧  I've consulted with Ms Anis about this topic, she mentioned it will be an interesting one to see and suggested I look into the timeline of each character from the respective houses. 

Fig 1.3 Potterverse Timeline Infographic

✧  I stumbled upon this website (Harry Potter Timeline) which showcases information starting with the born of the characters like Bellatrix Lestrange & Lucious Malfoy who participated in The First Wizarding World War and slowly transition to the era where the golden trio (Harry, Ron & Hermoine) were active. The timeline infographic ends with the characters from the Cursed Child (the descendants of the well-known characters of the Harry Potter series, namely Harry, Ginny, Ron & Hermoine's children) 

Fig 1.4 Character Timeline Infographic

✧  I came across another website (Harry Potter Fandom) that showcased the Wizarding World timeline which also includes the DoB of some of the famous characters in the series (Fantastic Beast & Harry Potter) 

Fig 1.5 Short Listed Character Hierarchy ranking

Fig 1.6 Character Timeline

✧  The information obtained was from the Harry Potter Wiki (HERE). I've decided to rank them into 4 categories: House Founders ➩ Famous alumni ➩ Professors ➩ Students

First Attempt (14.01.2022)

Fig 2.1 Digital Sketch

Fig 2.2 Process of constructing Hogwart's Castle

Fig 2.3 First Attempt of Hogwarts Houses Infographic

Final L.A.T.C.H (20.01.2022)

Fig 3.1 Final L.A.T.C.H Infographic

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FEEDBACK

Week 01: Exercise 01, Quantify & visual data review (06.01.2022)

Lecturer's Feedback:

✧ I've shown Ms Anis 2 designs that I've narrowed down which were Design #1 & #4. Ms mentioned to go on ahead to submit with Design #1. Good formation shown for #1.

Week 02: Exercise 02, L.A.T.C.H. Idea review (00.01.2022)

Lecturer's Feedback:

✧ Because the only thing i know from Pokemon is legitimately just the yellow-striped creature, I've decided to go for something that I'm more familiar with. I've consulted my ideas with Ms Anis through Microsoft Teams. 

✧ Harry Potter fits into the L.A.T.C.H. category and I've noted down how each of the elements will work with the idea. 

✧ Ms Anis said it will be interesting to see the end results, she also suggested that instead of doing alphabetical order of arranging the names, I can do it in a timeline formation as there are lots of characters with different timelines. 

Week 03: Exercise 03, Kinetic Typography review (20.01.2022)

Lecturer's Feedback:

✧ Mr Martin liked our group work on BTS's Butter, he seemed to really enjoy our work! He mentioned our group will be having a 6marks instead of the full 5 marks, which my group & I were overjoyed to hear! 

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REFLECTIONS

I was literally listening to the song "counting stars" when I legitimately counted stars for the quantify data exercise. It was a fun first class exercise that kind of set me back because it was such a simple exercise. 

I was really excited when I'm told I'm able to use Harry Potter as the topic for my L.A.T.C.H exercise. Being a huge Potter fan myself, I liked researching for the characters' timeline and also in the process learnt more about the characters from the magical world.