Data Visualization and Infographic Design

Date: 17^th October 2019

Time: 9h – 17h

Place: IBEC

Trainer: Andy Kirk

Registration deadline: deadline extended until 4th August 2019

1-day Training Workshop

The workshop aim to provide participants with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to data visualisation – the visual analysis and communication of data.

Content will be delivered through an energetic blend of teaching, discussion, individual practice and group work.

Topics covered include among others:

• Assessing the physicality and meaning of your data

• The skill of graphical literacy

• The influence of an editorial approach to data-driven design

• Fundamental visualisation design principles

• The role of different chart types and how they tell different stories

• Colour theory and best practices

• The importance of annotating for assistance and insight

• The power of interactivity and animation

Trainer:

Andy Kirk is a leading data visualization specialist: A design consultant, training provider, lecturer, author, speaker, researcher, ad editor of an award-winning website. His teaching activities extend to visiting lecturers positions at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA, USA) and at Imperial College (UK), delivering data visualization modules on Masters programmes in both cases. Andy is the author of two books, with the most recent text published by SAGE in June 2016 and titled “Visualising Data: A Handbook for Data Driven Design”.