Data Design
Using data and visual elements to tell a story and make information accessible
About these projects | Data design
Using data and visual elements to tell a story and make information accessible
Information is beautiful! As technology advances and the world becomes more connected, our ability to access information is easier than ever before. With this increase in availability there needs to be an increase in accessibility; we have all this data but we don't know how to read it! Information and data design take boring ol' data and make it beautiful!
The two projects below are examples of big data design projects. Each focuses on a different topic and displays data in a different way.
The client | Project 1 Dot Loves Data. Project 2 University project
My role | Everything except the data collection
Project 1
New Zealand Fuel Graph
Over the course of seven years, customers of six different fuel companies were polled about their sentiments towards these companies. That data was collected to give fuel companies an idea of how they were perceived to the public eye in the hopes of righting any wrongs.
This data also gave the fuel companies an insight into how they were doing compared to their competition. Below is a graph detailing costumer perception of six fuel companies across New Zealand over seven years.
Client | Dot Loves Data
Tools | excel + illustrator
Final design
Raw Data | Analyzing the numbers
Initial steps of this project consisted of scrolling through sheets and sheets of data to find trends within it. Below is a snap-shot of that data.
Data snapshot
Visuals | telling the story
Below are my initial sketches illustrating how to organize the information. Because there was so much data it was difficult to come up with a clean and clear way to display it. At first I wanted to divide all of the years up into their own graphs. This ended up being too cumbersome and hard to follow. I ended up putting all of the information into one large graph that displayed every year.
Initial sketches
Initial sketch
Initial sketch
Project 2
Peru Infographic
The infographic below gives insight into Peru's economy and population. By comparing Peru to its neighbors and other countries, I was able to gain insight into how Peru stacked up. The infographic also provides a historical timeline of Peru which highlights main events in this countries life. This data was collected in 2011.
This poster was created for an information design class at Northeastern University. It was an individual project where each student was given a country to research and design around the findings.
Client | university project
Tools | illustrator + sketch book
Project 3
Phone app usage over a week
Over the length of a week I kept track of my cell phone usage, I wanted to see which applications I used the most, for how long, and how frequently. After collecting the data I created the graphic below to visually show that data. It details the top six apps that I use. The front of the phone correlates to the time spent using each app while the back is dedicated to the frequency at which I use each app.
Client | university project
Tools | Illustrator + sketch book
