ARTG6900 Information Design Workshop

Week 1

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide

Week 2

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Readings

• IMPORTANTKosara, Robert. "Data: Continuous vs. Categorical"
• A famous essay by Stephen Gould that illustrates important statistical concepts with a compelling personal story

Week 3

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Readings

• IMPORTANTMike Bostock, "Towards Reusable Charts"
• A more in-depth discussion of reusable approaches

Week 4

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Readings

• Small multiples (and alternatives)

Week 5

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Readings

• Supplementary material to last week's class
• IMPORTANTd3 events refresher
• IMPORTANTInteracting with a line graph

Week 6

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Readings

• IMPORTANTd3.dispatch example
• IMPORTANTReview after class: how does event dispatching work with modules

Week 7

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Material to Review after Class

• Brush snapping
• Brush as slider
• 2-D brush

Assignment 2-A

To be handed in with 2-B before class

• Git repo and README

Week 8

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Annoted code for discussion: please download
• Git repo for workshop

Optional Assignment

• Git repo and README

Week 8

Lecture and Additional Material

• Lecture slide
• Git repo for workshop

Suggested Reading

• How to marry d3 and canvas, an article from Irene Ros
• Full API reference for canvas 2d context