Week 2

• Catalog & Classify
  • Discussion of your findings
• Retinal Variables
  • Meet in pairs to look over the choices you made for representing values using each of the retinal variable types
• Research & Readings
  • Pick a designer or studio that interests you
  • Sign up for one designer and one ‘book club’ using this google sheet
• Nothing but a Number
  • Get started on our first real project of the semester

Assignment

• Poor Form
  • Read Kierann Healy’s chapter on ‘badness’ in information graphics. For every reading assignment, you will be expected to post a short (250–500 word) write-up summarizing what you took to be the ‘message’ of the piece, what you agreed or disagreed with, and what you’d be curious to hear your peers’ opinions about. Be sure to add the tag "R1" to your post by clicking on the gear icon at the top of the screen and don’t forget to Publish your draft.
• Nothing but a Number
  • Each day, find a number of interest and then design a poster for it in one hour. Add a new heading to your blog post identifying the day of the week and upload a JPEG or PNG of your poster. Be sure to document the source of the information in the image’s caption and include a link.
  • Come to class in next week with all seven of your posters printed out, trimmed to full-bleed, and ready to be tacked on the wall (bring pushpins).