Data Visualization at the Designing Peace Exhibition

Data Visualization at the Designing Peace Exhibition

  • What is the goal of data visualization?

  • Pick one exhibit and describe how it uses imagery to make its point?

  • How can you use your skills in graphic design to visualize your data?

  • How will you improve/revise your initial data visualization rough?

Within the Designing Peace exhibition there are tons of different pictures and designs that show data from different ideas and concepts.  The goal of data visualization is to tell a story. When it comes to data being shown through graphs, pie charts or  histograms they tend to only show the information in a basic and boring way that it doesn't really spread the story of what the data is representing. With the use of data visualization it makes it easier for the reader and anyone walking to interpret the data when its presented in a colorful or attracting way. It also allows for a more clearer sense of communication to show complex data. One exhibit that I decide to look at was the Conflict's Root Causes. The exhibit itself use different sign and symbols to label and introduction the issue of the problem of Climate change. These symbols and signs are apart of a key they have. It show different time periods of the world history and their carbon use or factor at that time. They even show a mine graph that show the different object and machines we sent up to the different levels of our orbit. I can use my skills of graphic design to visualize my data by making  different symbols and keys to introduce my data. I can use a background to proper fit my data with it. Furthermore I can use the symbols as labels a specific statistic. As for revisions and improvements I may start to move around the writing I originally had on the last page and changed to a more displayable type of data to ensure  its more readable and understandable. I will keep my original idea of Kalief Browder within my design as its an example of what prison can do to a person.

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