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MAT 259 Visualizing Information(4 units)

Instructor: George Legrady
TA: Charlie Roberts

Tues, Thurs 11:00-1:00 pm, E-studio, Arts 2220


2.20.2007
  Visual Communication Design Basics
     

Historical Background
  Visual Communication origins: Constructivism (Soviet Radical Aesthetics) | Bauhaus
Form/Architecture: Hebert/Max Bill | Weissenhoff | Concrete Art Tate Resource


Swiss Design 1) 1920's to 1970 all of Zurich graphic exhibition
2) Cultural factors: Country’s neutrality, precision, craft skills, technical training
4) Enlightened attitudes, and swiss enjoyment of graphic culture
5) Clean, formal, clear typography: posters | info |


  Elements of Visual Communication

Typographie 1920's Conceptual approach and visionary synthesis of text, form, space, color to convey meaning | Moholy-Nagy | El Lissitzky: Typography is a visual medium | Tschichold | Lay-outs


Typeface, fonts Typography Today | Frutiger | Univers [ft] [55][57]| Helvetica | Futura | Grotesk Akzidenz [ft] (standard) | Serif (Boissier) | Metadesign


Visual Identity Corporate Identity | Cornell U | Vignelli | Conceptual Identity: Bruce Mau | Projekttriangle | Japanese Historical Maps (Berkeley) | Langlois Foundation


Shape, Space and Form Newsmap | DeCOI | Asymptote | Catalogtree: [mapping][infographic][graph] | no-org.net | Mollerup | Feltron | Sojamo


Color Color Theory | Kandinsky | COLOURlovers | Adobe Color Wheel


Grid Structure Muller-Brockmann [2] | Columbia arch | Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis |


Movement Designer's Republic


  Data Visualization

Fry Thesis References Film Finder | Table Lens | Hyperbolic Geometry (They Rule) | Munzner thesis [2] | Valence | Anemone | SmartMoney | Baby Name Voyager | Wattenberg


IBM Resources Many Eyes Data Visualizations | IBM Visual Identity


  Information Visualization Tamara Munzner Google Lecture Video


Visual Complexity Sunsets |