Information Design - Exercises

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02/02/26-09/02/26 (Week 1 - Week 2)
Information Design / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media
Exercises
Samuel Keane / 0376236

JUMPLINKS

LECTURES

Lectures were given in class.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    TASK

    Redesign a Poorly Designed Infographic

    After browsing for a couple of minutes, I found an infographic with a very bland design. The title does not explain anything the content displays, and the visual hierarchy is barely there.

    Fig. 3.1, Badly designed infographic

    I redesigned this infographic poster using Canva.. I changed the title, used a more consistent color pallete, and make the information interesting to look at.

    Fig. 3.2, Process

    Here is the final result.

    Fig. 3.3, Final Result

    Exercise 1: Quantify & visualize data (10%)

    Before starting, I have several items that came to mind. First, it was trading cards that I chose to quantify. But I ended up using my dice sets.

    Fig. 3.4, Dice sets

    This is the arranged data.

    Fig. 3.5.1, Arranged data

    After finished arranging, I then make the presentation look more visually appealing. Here is what I did.

    Fig. 3.5.2, Data presented visually

    Exercise 2: L.A.T.C.H (10%)

    I used to be a huge pokefan back in elementary and my favorite pokemon is luxray, so I'll be using pokemons from gen 4. I ended up choosing the starters and shinx as the base pokemon.

    Fig. 3.6, Chosen pokemon

    Then I started grouping the pokemons based on their evolution line. I arranged them in circles and put the type symbol in the middle.

    Fig. 3.7, Classification

    Then, I started working on the isometric map. I did all of this using pen tool and gradients.

    Fig. 3.8, Isometric view vector

    In the end, I added yellow background and extra elements to complete the infographic. I made 2 versions of the infographic, one with the official Pokemon wordmark, one with the gameboy-style font.

    Fig. 3.9, 2 versions of the infographic

    I ended up choosing the first version, however keeping the details on the second version.

    Fig. 3.10, Final version

    REFLECTIONS

    Throughout these exercises, I learned that information design is not just about aesthetics, but about clarity and structure. Redesigning the infographic made me realize how important hierarchy and color consistency are, while the data visualization task showed me that organizing information properly is the foundation of good design. The L.A.T.C.H exercise helped me understand how classification improves understanding and strengthened my technical skills.

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