Information Design / Exercise 1 & 2, and FLIP class
Week1 - Week4 11/1/2023 - 3/2/2023
Riko Matsuyama 0351470
Exercise 1 & 2, and FLIP class
Instructions
Week 1
[FLIP class]
What is a motion graphic?
Motion Graphics means Graphics in Movement.
Motion Graphics =Composition+Animation
video: Caipirinha Recipe Animation
Step 1: Write a Script That Tells a Story.
Step 2: Storyboard While You Brainstorm the Visual
Treatment.
Step 3: Take Your Storyboards into Design.
Step 4: Animate the Final Designs.
4 types of Animation:
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2Danimation
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3D animation
Stop motion animation
Motion graphics
Types of infographic
Different types of infographics & online tools
In your group, find out the different types of infographics
+ the kind of information they’re applicable for + an
example for each identified type.
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| Fig1.1: group slide |
Pick one free online infographic tool and re-design one
poorly constructed infographic poster through your own
experimentation with the selected tool
I chose this poster as a poor infographic poster.
The mark of an effective infographic is its ability to
make complex information easy to understand and
interesting at the same time.
Infographics like this one, though, force the reader to do
more not less work in trying to understand the
information. The below image is the original poster.
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| Fig1.2: original infographic poster |
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| Fig1.3: templete |
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| Fig1.4: process |
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| Fig1.5: process 2 |
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| Fig1.6: final outcome (week1 task)(13/1/2023) |
[Practical class]
Recommend 3 Professional Motion Graphics
Video: 2D motion graphics
Video: make it funky now
Video: why is cotton in everything?
Personal burnout experience
I failed an audition for a musical instrument once and lost motivation and burnout. I passed the next audition and had a new motivation.
Exercise: 1 Quantity & Visualize data
The information must be presented as is. You are required to arrange the objects with relevant indicators written out with pens to help you visualize the quantity and data.
Quantity (count) your chosen items and arrange the objects into a presentable layout or chart. Take a picture and submit it
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| Fig2.1: step step |
I chose lego blocks for use in stop motion.
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| Fig2.2: used lego blocks |
First, the data was classified and arranged. Shapes were divided 2x6 2x4 2x2 1x6 1x4 1x2 1x2(unique). I also divided by color - purple, orange, yellow, green, and pink
Finally, I gave the total.
Data sorting and arrangement
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| Fig2.3: Data sorting and arrangement |
Data presented visually
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| Fig2.4: exercise1, Data presented visually (18/1/2023) |
Week 2
[FLIP class]
L.A.T.C.H is a method of information organization that consists of these
principles:
Location
Alphabet
Time
Category
Hierarchy
Exercise: 2 L.A.T.C.H
Location / Alphabet / Time / Category / Hierarchy
Organize a group of information into a visual poster that combines and
utilizes the LATCH principles.
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| Fig3.1: exercise2 example |
I decided to use Pokémon from the island of Ulaula for the poster.
I chose six types of Pokémon. https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/game/sun-moon#dex-akala-island
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| Fig3.2: pokemon |
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| Fig3.3: grass type |
From the upper image, we can get the information of L.A.T.C.H except for location. I created a map with grass, water, electricity, fire, ghosts, and rocks, and placed Pokémon on it. Before I started, I cropped out the Pokémon in Photoshop.
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| Fig3.4: a sketch of the island |
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| Fig3.5: the process of layout |
Six Pokémon types were selected. An area suitable for each was incorporated into the island. Careful about Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, Hierarchy
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Fig3.6: final outcome of exercise2（26/1/2023) |
Week 3
[FLIP class]
Miller’s Law (Chunking)
Chunking is a term referring to the process of taking individual pieces of
information (chunks) and grouping them into larger units. It is a concept
that originates from the field of cognitive psychology. By grouping each
piece into a large whole, you can improve the amount of information you
can remember.
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| Fig4.1: miller's law |
Group3.4 Weekly slide (week1-3)
Reflections
Exercise 1, using Legos, was difficult to put many elements into a single frame (paper) in an understandable way. I had never heard of L.A.T.C.H. before, but they were very familiar to me. The infographic posters are interesting to look at, and I am glad we were able to create them this time. I used Pokémon for the L.A.T.C.H. poster, but there are so many types and varieties that it was difficult to put together.
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