Information Design / EXERCISE 1: Quantify & Visualise Data
Daphne Lai Yu Cheng / 0366380
DST60504 / Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylors' University
LECTURES
Week 1
After Mr. Kannan briefed us on the module, we were arranged into groups for the group activities. My groupmates are:
Week 2
What is Motion Graphics?
- Graphics and movement, composition + animation.
- No natural reference to movement by humanising and connecting with viewers.
INSTRUCTIONS
FLIP Classrooms
Week 1 (3/2/2026)
Figure 1.1 Infographics
Aside from this activity, Mr. Kannan also assigned us to select a poorly constructed infographic poster to redesign.
Figure 1.2 FLIP 1: Different types of infographics & online tools
For FLIP 1, I have selected an infographic poster about MTV subscribers throughout the years. The overall just do not make sense and hard to understand, it took me around a minute to completely understand what was going on, the sizes of the eyes represent the number of subscribers and the size of the eye was so tiny at year 1981 I did not notice it at first.
Figure 1.3 Selected Infographic Poster. Source
To start off, I headed Pinterest to look for examples of timeline infographics for inspiration.
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Figure 1.4 Pinterest
Next, I searched for timeline infographic templates in Canva and came across this template to refer to.
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Figure 1.5 Canva Template Reference
I move on to redesigning the infographic in Canva.
Redesign decisions:
- Retain colour palette
- Use original MTV logo instead of typing
- Replaced the eyes illustration to circle for better readability
- Larger sizes for the numbers (main focus) compared to the "million"
- Added lines to guide the user flow
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Figure 1.6 Process
Final Outcome
Figure 1.7 Final Infographic Redesign
Week 2 (10/2/2026)
For FLIP 2, we were assigned to create and present slides about L.A.T.C.H Principles as a group.
Next, we were to also create slides about good vs bad infographic and present as a group.
Figure 1.9 Good vs Bad Infographic
Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualise Data
We were assigned to do Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualise. I started by finding for suitable items for this exercise and I selected the leftover pasta. I thought it would be interesting for this exercise because they come in different shapes and flavours.
Figure 2.1 Pasta
Next, I did some sketches on how I want to display the information of the pasta. I thought of catergorising the pasta into design, flavour and condition of the pasta (perfect, broken). As for the layout, I thought of drawing bowls using different colours to represent the flavours and do a table below to write down the data.
Figure 2.2 Sketches (Week 1, 5/2/2026)
I consulted with Mr. Kannan on Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualise Data to show our progress.
I showed Mr. Kannan my initial sketches I did in Week 1, he said that I'm in the right direction and the bowls concept is interesting but he suggests to convert the table into a bowl that displays and separates the pasta designs and colours instead of 3 bowls and a table while the perfect and broken table can be at the bottom as an additional infomation. The main challenge is that how can I make them look easy to understad as an infographic.
Figure 2.3 Mr. Kannan's feedback sketch (Week 2, 10/2/2026)
After that, I did some improvements on my idea sketches. This time, I decided to make the bowl into a pot to make it look like cooking the pasta and deciding on how to place the information based on Mr. Kannan's suggestions.
Figure 2.4 Improved sketch (Week 2, 10/2/2026)
I finalised my idea and started to sketch and draw on the A3 paper. For the total amount fo pasta, I drew a rigatoni shaped pasta because I thought just writing it would make it look boring.
Figure 2.5 Process (Week 2, 12/2/2026)
Lastly, I traced over the sketches and placed the pasta according to their designs and flavours and wrote the information of the pasta. Below is the final outcome of Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualise Data.
Figure 2.6 Exercise 1: Quantify & Visualise Data (Week 2, 13/2/2026)
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FEEDBACK
From the FLIP classroom activities, I learned how to identify both good and bad infographics. Good infographics usually have clear labels, logical organisation and visuals that support the data. On the other hand, bad infographics often have cluttered layouts, unclear hierarchy or missing labels which make them harder to understand. By comparing these examples, I started to understand what makes information design effective.
This activity was a good introduction to information design for me. It helped me pay more attention to details such as labeling, hierarchy and clarity when presenting information. I think these activities will be very useful for my upcoming projects because I will need to design visuals that communicate information clearly and efficiently. Moving forward, I want to apply what I learned by organising information better and making sure my designs are easy for viewers to understand at first glance.
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