Information Design // FLIP Classroom

INFORMATION DESIGN // FLIP LECTURES

05/01/21 - 29/01/20 / Week 1 - Week 4

Ibrahim Fazal Ahmad / 0337423

Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylors University  

INSTRUCTIONS 

 

For Information Design, rather than the lecturers well, lecturing us. We would take the presentation aspect into our own hands. Each group is assigned a topic to present to the rest of the class. My group received Manuel Limas 9 Directive Manifesto and we are the last presentation, on the 29th of January.

WEEK 1 (12/01/21) 

Different Types of Infographics and Online Tools 

This week our peers had done the lecture on "Different Types of Infographics and Online Tools". They broke down what infographics were, and explained the different types. Along with the different websites and tools we could possibly use to create infographics easier. They also compared and contrasted the good and the bad types of tools and infographics. 

Reflection: For this weeks lecture, I learned a lot more about infographics in depth. I previously did not pay much attention to them. But after the lectures from my peers, I understand them in more depth and clarity. I also learned about different tools I can use to create infographics online such as Canva. An observation I had made was that all good infographics do not require a lot of thought to understand upon a glance. When you look at it, you know what it is about and it is easily understood. A finding I had made was that there are 5 key elements of infographics.

WEEK 2 (15/01/21) 

L.A.T.C.H

In this weeks class, we had a lecture about L.A.T.C.H. The principles used when organising information. The letters indicating each principle, being:

• L - Location
• A - Alphabet
• T - Time
• C - Category
• H - Hierarchy

We had to apply these principles in our Exercise 2 when organising information about the topics we had chosen, whether it was Pokemon or Genshin Impact. 

Reflection: This weeks lecture helped me understand the LATCH principles much better. I had begun on Exercise 2 a little early and this really clarified any doubts I had when organising my information. An observation I had made was that these principles are all important, however, they are not all required to create a functional organisational chart. Not ALL of them are required, I mean. A finding I had made was that these principles are used very heavily in UI/UX design to create understandable layouts.

WEEK 3 (22/01/21) 

Millers Law (Chunking)

For this week, we learned about Miller's Law (Chunking), this is aimed to help us in our Project 1 when we create infographics on how to create a pasta dish. In short, it is about grouping individual pieces of information into larger units. It helps with focus and understanding overall. An example given by Group 5 was a phone number. Rather than "+60123456789", "(+6012) 345 6789" would be more easily understood as the information is chunked. 

Reflection: This weeks lecture was very interesting, as I had not realised that information was chunked before me, such as the phone numbers. It gave me a lot more insight into how websites, apps and different layouts are all created based on chunking. It is a vital piece to creating infographics and the lecture helped me understand it greatly. One observation I had made was that nearly everything that we use in UI/UX design has been chunked to aid in our understanding of the information. A finding I made was that you should organise information into chunks, no larger than 9 but preferably 5. 

WEEK 4 (29/01/21) 

Manuel Lima's 9 Directive Manifesto

This week was my group's lecture! We had to do a presentation on the 9 Directive Manifestos, created by Manuel Lima. It was a little difficult, as finding information on this topic was surprisingly scarce. As when we'd look up the topic, other Taylor's students' blog would appear like some of the first few results. Here is our presentation below:     

Figure 1: FLIP4, Manuel Lima's 9 Directive Manifesto

Reflection: This week was our turn to present. I personally learned a lot after analysing and using the 9 manifestos, as we had to analyse an infographic and try to apply all the manifestos if possible. It is clear when an infographic had applied the principle, as it is easily understood and clear. One of the most important points made was that the visuals should not overpower the actual information, something I feel like I can tend to overlook. An observation I had made was that there is actually rather minimal information on this topic which is surprising as it all was really useful information. A finding I had made was that even though an infographic is visually appealing, it can still fail its purpose as an infographic.