Ahmed Yaman Ibrahim (0341119)

6/1/20 - 19/2/20 (Week 1 - Week 7) Ahmed Yaman Ibrahim (0341119) Information Design FLIP Topics LECTURE NOTES FLIP Topics consist of the students doing research on the given topics in groups and presenting our findings in class. The topics for each FLIP presentation were provided in Google Classroom. Topic 1: Manuel Lima's 9 Directives Topic 2: Saul Wurman's L.A.T.C.H. Topic 3: Miller's Law - Chunking Topic 4 & 5: Types of infographics and the online tools used to create them INSTRUCTIONS FLIP TOPICS FLIP 1: Manuel Lima's 9 Directives (Week 1) FLIP 2: Saul Wurman's L.A.T.C.H. (Week 2) FLIP 3: Miller's Law: Chunking (Week 3) FLIP 4 & 5: Types of infographics and their online tools (Week 7) FEEDBACK & REFLECTIONS Flip 1 Overall the lecturers were quite happy with our presentation, and said we did well for our first topic. I noticed while researching for the topic that ...

6/1/20 - 15/1/20 (Week 1 - Week 2) Ahmed Yaman Ibrahim (0341119) Information Design Exercises LECTURE NOTES Lecture 1: Quantifying and visualizing data 6/1/20 - 8/1/20 (Week 1) In our first week, we were given a briefing of the subject as well as the first exercise, which was to learn how to quantify and visualize data by using buttons or LEGO bricks. Lecture 2: L.A.T.C.H. 13/1/20 - 15/1/20 (Week 2) During the second week, we were taught the how to apply the L.A.T.C.H. principles when organizing information. INSTRUCTIONS EXERCISE Quantifying and visualizing data (Week 1) For this exercise, we used LEGO bricks of different colors and sizes, and arranged them on paper in a way that could be quantified and visualized. I was given a set of yellow and orange LEGO bricks and I had to figure out a way to arrange them, so I first took note of how many there were for each size; I counted them by the number of studs on the bricks. Fig. 1.1: Taking note...