Project #3

• Short 2D Motion Graphics Sequence (20%)
• Due end of Week 9
• Up to about 5 slots for class critique
• Format
  • 10 to 15 seconds
  • 1280px by 720px (720p); H.264
    (HD quality, widescreen aspect ratio)
  • Combination of photo-realistic, vector shape, and text elements
  • Must include at least one audio track
• Must attach a 300-word artist statement

Culminating Project (#4)

• 30% of your final grade
• Due end of Week 12 via D2L
• Up to 20 slots for in-class critique (week 12/13)
• Free form – Options:
  1. Branded poster campaign (3+ posters)
  2. Web presence (social, blog, website)
  3. 60-seconds of motion graphics
• Must attach a 300-word artist statement

Week 11/12

• No lecture, just work periods
• In-class critiques
• Quiz #3 (week 11)
• Ad-hoc work and design sprints
• Lab space will be open (after hours?)

Life Logging

The process of tracking personal data generated by behavioural ​activities.

• Exercise, sleeping, eating, etc.
• Quantitative + Qualitative data

Wearables

Nike+, Fitbit, Jawbone, Apple Watch, Google Glass

• Social network integration
• "Lifecaching"

Steve Mann

Wearable computer / reality mediator

Quantified Self

Movement to incorporate data acquisition of aspects of a person's daily life.

• Input: Food & air
• States: Mood, blood oxygen levels
• Performance: Mental & physical

MyLifeBits

• Gordon Bell & Microsoft
• Collect a lifetime of data and store it
• Digitizing Bell's physical mementos & documents

Personal Annual Reports

• Nicholas Felton, New York
• Infographic Designer
• Daytum.com
• Designer of the Facebook Timeline

Infographic

Visual representations of information, data, or knowledge

• Data → Information → Knowledge → Wisdom
• Raw → Meaningful → Insightful → Actionable
• Efficient in communicating trends & meaning
• Can be static, animated, or dynamic
• Goes beyond pie charts and graphs

David McCandless

• InformationIsBeautiful.net
• Data Journalist
• Curate, filter, understand, visualize
• Storytelling through data
• Solves information problems

Nontraditional CV

A resumé that includes more than a list of your employment/academic history

• Focus on visual impact & differentiation
• Medium, typography, video, imagery
• The medium is the message
• Use of infographics – data visualized
• Not appropriate for traditional industries

CV Visualization Tools

1. Vizualize.me
2. Vizify (acquired by Yahoo)
3. Re.vu (shutting down)
4. About.me / Flavors.me
5. Behance.net
6. LinkedIn

CV Tips

• Track it using short links
• Digitize it
• Landscape?
• Typographic considerations
• Minimal makes it content-first
• Demo reel (video of portfolio)
• Website

Design Sprint

Part 1

The Challenge

Create a infographic related to Ryerson

Inputs

Overall topic / hypothesis

Statistics to support

Metaphors