11/1/2023 - 1/2/2023 / Week 1 - Week 4
Trinity Wong Ka Yi / 0348778
Information Design / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
FLIP Topics, Practical and Exercises
LECTURES / FLIP TOPICS
Week 1 - Motion Graphics
Motion graphics is:
- graphics in movement
- composition + animation
Composition is Graphics + Typography, while Animation is Movement + Rhythm
Process of motion graphics:
1) Write a script that tells a story.
2) Storyboard while you brainstorm the visual treatment.
3) Take your storyboards into design.
4) Animate the final designs.
Animation vs Motion Graphics:
Animation is made up of images that create the illusion of movement.
Motion graphics focuses on the ability to move graphics elements, shapes, and text.
Week 2 - Types of Infographics
This week, we learned about the 8 different types of infographics and we were tasked as a group to identify the 8 types and compile examples for each one into slides. Below are our group's slides:
Week 3 - Miller's Law of Chunking
This week, we learned about Miller's Law of Chunking which works by separating individual elements into small manageable groups to make it easier to process, understand and memorize the information. Below are our slides which include an example of a well-designed infographic using chunking:
Week 4 - Manuel Lima's 9 Directives Manifesto
This week, we learned about Manuel Lima's 9 Directives Manifesto and were tasked to explain each one while providing supporting examples of the directives. Below is our group's slides:
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PRACTICALS
Week 1: Re-design a poorly constructed infographic poster
For our first exercise, we had to pick a poorly designed infographic and redesign it using an online infographic tool, then rate the tool on its usability.
For this infographic, I thought an improvement can be made by making the instructions appear more straightforward and simple, while not needing the infographic to be that looooong. Hence, I used Canva to redesign it.
I started by re-writing the instructions and rearranging them to create better hierarchy so viewers would know which section is the items needed and which section is the instructions. All the required 'ingredients' were arranged together so it would be easier for the viewers to check which items they need/have. I then used relevant illustrations for viewers to grasp the idea at a glance.
Rating of Canva:
Difficult, intuitiveness: 4.5/5
Canva is well-known due to its straightforward interface which makes it very user-friendly for both designers and non-designers. Plenty of tutorials are also provided on their website for anyone who is unfamiliar with the interface.
Usefulness: 3.5/5
Canva is easily accessible on both mobile and PC, which allows user to make changes to their designs no matter where they are. However, Canva has limits that do not allow us to create things we would be able to create in Adobe or Affinity software as it is made to be simple.
Design Templates, choices: 4/5
There are a plentiful amount of design templates that one could choose from in Canva, although many require you to subscribe to their Canva Premium service to unlock them. Nevertheless, there are still many options to choose from, all using various design styles.
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EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Quantify and Visualize Data
It took me a few days to finally decide what I wanted to use as data, so I settled with categorizing my brush pens using their caps.
Exercise 2: L.A.T.C.H Infographic
For this exercise, I decided to use villagers from my island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In the game, each villager has a personality type and there are 8 personality types in total: Sisterly, Jock, Peppy, Normal, Smug, Lazy, Cranky, and Snooty. Then I arranged them in order of the day they moved into Obreze.
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