Information Design | Exercise 1: Quantifiable Information
29.09.25 - 13.10.25 / week 2 - week 3
Subhana Salim / 0375936
Information Design/ Bachelor's of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Exercise 1: Quantifiable Information
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Lectures
2. Instructions
3. Exercise 1: Quantifiable Information
4. Reflection
LECTURERS
Lecture 1- Type of Infographics
1. Type of Infographics:-
List Infographics: A list infographic is an informational graphic that uses a written list to get a message across. It’s full of written copy, but it’s also highly visual.
Statistical Infographic: A statistical infographic is an infographic that includes pie charts, bar graphs, and any other visual representations of data.
How-to infographic: A how-to infographic explains how to do something, like how to solve a problem or perform a task.
Timeline infographics: Infographic used to visualize milestones in time or history
Comparison infographics: A comparison infographic is a visual way to compare and contrast different options.
Map or location infographics: People tend to use them when they want to communicate demographic data or other location-specific information
Flowchart infographics: A flowchart infographic is a graphical representation of an information stream, such as a sequence of different steps or actions
Process description infographics: A process description infographic visually describes the main elements, actions, and steps of a process.
Lecture 2- Latch Theory
1. Latch theory: Refers to a method of organizing information. The abbreviation stands for Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, Hierarchy.
Location: This is the technique of organizing information based on its location. This gives a spatial order to the information.
Alphabet: This is the technique of organizing information in alphabetical order.
Time: organizing sequentially like timelines, schedules, directions.
Category: refers to any meaningful group, with reference to the website or the audience
Hierarchy: refers to arranging information by any order, such as, size, cost (Low to High OR High to Low), popularity etc.
INSTRUCTIONS
Exercise 1: Quantifiable Information
Exercise 1 requires students traditionally organize a set of object based on different categories.
EXCERCISE 1: QUANTIFIABLE INFORMATION
1. Image of Unorganized Data
For my assignment, I wanted to used my colored sketch pens as my set of objects. First I started with placing the unorganized data on the A3 black board.
Figure 1.1 Unorganized data - Colored Sketch Pens
2. Categorizing Data
I decided to sort it by 2 categories :- Type and ColorCategory 1- Type
Within the first category I decided organize the sketch pens based on type of company they are from: which are Faber Castell, Color Brush, Sakura, Deli, Color Pen. Then I organized the individual sketch pens in a colored order to make it visually pleasing.
Figure 1.2 Organized Data - Type
Category 2- Color
With the second category, I wanted to categorize the information based on different color hues being red, yellow, green, purple, pink, blue. Then I took each color category and arranged it by height order.
Figure 1.3 Organized Data - Color
3. Design the information
For the final section we are required to tell a story with our item. For my assignment I placed my markers around a circle based of the color wheel. This color wheel represents the wheel of emotions felt by humans. Each color represents an emotion : Yellow - happy, Red - Anger, Purple - Jealousy, Blue - Sad, Green - Calm. I used the wheel to represent that emotions felt by a person is a cyclic process. With each up or heightened emotion there is followed by negative ones and vice-versa.
Figure 1.4 Organized Data - Color
REFLECTIONS
This assignment was an easy start into understanding information design and organizing data. Starting traditionally allowed me to have an easier time with the assignment. The simple data was also organized with ease. I did have trouble with the final section of the assignment where I had to tell a story which took me some time to think.
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