3.2.25 - 9.2.25 (Week 1)
Chin Jia Wei (0379807)
Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor University
Exercise 1 - Quantifiable Information
List
3. Exercise 1
4. Feedback
5. Reflection
This is the first physical class. I brought a few types of items to find
out what looks the best in class. I brought felts, pom pom and beads.
Mr. Fauzi brief us about the flow of creating the infographic poster.
We should start with
1. Collect data (everything of that type of item)
2. Sort the data by categories ( colours/ shapes/ more)
3. Arrange the sorted data
4. Present the data in a visual appealing way
5. Create something with our items, not every item need to be used, but we
have to explain how we did it.
Here are the requirements:
- Text must be written on A3 paper
- No edit in photoshop
- Every poster needs a title, subtitle and labels.
- create 5 posters: Data, Sorted, Arranged, Presented Visually and Story
After a thorough consideration, I decided to change my quantifiable items to beads instead of felt. This is because the felts were too big, and I can hardly find a place to label it.
These are the materials that I used to created the posters:
Zebra Mildliner Pen - Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue and Grey
Blue Brush Pen and Sharpie Pen
15 and 30cm rulers
Mechanical Pencil
Sketches
I did a rough sketches for the poster before I start to minimize the time I need to trial and error on the A3 paper.
Data
My data collected are the piles of 4mm seed beads with different colours
and texture. In order to clearly express the information, I created a big
title to let viewers know what is this artwork is about and a label to show
that piles of seed beads.
I tried with different shapes of the bead arrangement to make it more
interesting. I like the snow shape more.
Sorted
I sorted the seed beads by the colours. While I'm doing that, I realized
some beads were defected. I also included those in the defected
sections.
Arranged
From here, I removed the defected beads and remain the other beads. I sketched out the layout like to make sure the line and text are in straight line
After a few adjustment, here is my final outcome for the Arrange section.
From here, I removed the defected beads and remain the other beads. I sketched out the layout like to make sure the line and text are in straight line
After a few adjustment, here is my final outcome for the Arrange section.
I placed the beads in a container so that it is nicely presented. I also
calculated the number of the beads so I can know if I have enough beads to
create a design I want later.
Story
For the story-telling, I decided to create a beaded flame from the beads. I
searched up beads template on Pinterest and I decided to go with this one.
(The one on the right)
I'm using 4 colours for this flame, but the design only used 3. Hence, I
tested it out by overlapping the beads I want in Illustrator. Once I think
it looks good, I started making it.
It took me about an hour to get it done.
I placed every information needed including the beads templates out and
labels to create the poster that explain the story. I also added some
elements with the blue flame to make it more interesting to look at.
Here is the final outcome:
Final Submission
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| Fig1.1: Data Collected, Week1 (8/2/2025) |
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| Fig1.2: Sorted by Colours and Conditions, Week1 (8/2/2025) |
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| Fig1.3: Arranged by Colours, Week1 (8/2/2025) |
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| Fig1.4: Presented Visually, Week1 (8/2/2025) |
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| Fig1.5: Explained with Story, Week1 (8/2/2025) |
FEEDBACK
7/2/2025 (Week 01)
General Feedback
Mr. Fauzi has cleared some confusions I have:
Mr. Fauzi has cleared some confusions I have:
- The data collected is like all the items we bought from groceries, there is no need to use everything for our story part (cooking).
- Every poster need to have a title and a subtitle so that when viewer first see the image, they know what is these items are about.
- If we want to use a big item, we need to use a larger paper so we have enough space to add label and create a nice layout.
REFLECTION
Experience
This is the first time I'm creating an infographic poster in a traditional method, which is drawing on paper. Although I have watched a lot of infographic animation before, it felt different when I'm doing hands on, I must sketch out a guided line before writing to keep my text from slanting.
This is the first time I'm creating an infographic poster in a traditional method, which is drawing on paper. Although I have watched a lot of infographic animation before, it felt different when I'm doing hands on, I must sketch out a guided line before writing to keep my text from slanting.
Observation
As my options of items requires counting one by one. I first thought
that the quality of my items looks good from far. However, when I
calculate them 1 by 1 I realized there are defected beads in them.
Hence, this taught me I should always research and observe well the
data instead of jumping to the conclusion. Sometimes it might provide
new information I didn't think of.
Finding
Even though the task sound simple. However, being unable to edit
digitally, I cannot undo my mistake such as a typo. Hence, it is important
to plan what I want to include in the infographic poster, so I don't waste
too many A3 papers. This taught me to plan when creating a digital
infographic too, as it gives me a clearer direction to create a nice
layout with easy to follow direction in the poster, instead of keeping
trying on my screen.
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