Due date: before Thursday, February 5 (that means Wednesdsay, Feb 4, 11:59pm)
Turn-in link: Discussion on Canvas
In this seek and find, you are tasked with finding an example of where a designer has used a non-standard design to enable the viewer to do some task.
It’s hard to define what “non-standard” design is. You’ll know it when you see it. But, if you’re stuck, it’s OK if it’s a design where there is another common way that you’d seen data of the same kind presented. (data abstraction at work!)
Read through the reading assignment (Reading Assignment 5) – you should read the assignment before doing this one. You don’t necessarily need to do the readings before doing this seek and find.
As usual, post:
- A picture
- A link to it in context
- A description of what it is
- A brief discussion of its non-standardness: What would a more common presentation of the data be? What was the task that this was designed for? (that this design might be trying to do – or in other words, what was the excuse for needing a non-standard design)
You’ll turn this in as a posting in a discussion on Canvas.
If you want a good example (sorry, I found this one, you need to find another) is: http://policyviz.com/a-simple-remake-for-a-simple-chart/ – although, (spoiler alert) it’s less clear what task the redesign is better for. That’s an example we might use in class.
