Design

In Resonate, Nancy Durate describes conflict as an attribute of a good story. She suggests creating an imbalance between what is with what could be. This has been an important design consideration that I’ve tried to incorporate in all of my work for INTE 6710. I have found this to be effective in my storytelling…

This week I began work on my PechaKucha presentation, which is one that only consists of 20 slides, lasting 20 seconds each. We’ve all seen boring presentations consisting of lots of text and confusing charts, but in a PechKucha presentation there is no time for that, it should rely heavily on images. For example, one…

This infographic was created to illustrate the global cosmetics industry and consumer behavior. Check out my design document here!

This week I watched two different TED talks from Ole Qvist-Sørensen and Graham Shaw on drawing more and why people believe they can’t draw. I got out my pen and paper to follow along and actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I do find it interesting that as we get older, many…

As I start planning out the creation of my own infographic, there are many design considerations to keep in mind. The CRAP (or CARP) design guidelines, for instance, consist of properly using contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity to get your idea across.