Information Design - Final Project 06/01/20 - 01/03/20 (Week 01 - Week 09) Sia Man Sheng 0333877 LECTURE NOTES Lecture 01 - Final Project Briefing 7 Jan 2020 (week 01) Mr Shamsul is handling our final project which is an animated infographic video. INSTRUCTION PROPOSAL 07/01/20 -  Week 01 In this week, I grouped with Kar Yan, Abbigail and Kelly. The topic given to us is "water". We are to make an infographic video with the given topic in this semester. We started to think about possible topics that we could work on it. Below are the topics that we came out: The life cycle of a water droplet on earth The life cycle of a water droplet in the human body After asking for feedback with Mr.Shamsul, he said that our topics are too general and boring. Could think of some more interesting and eye-catching topic. Hence, we came out with the topic "What would happen if you run out of Saliva?" and has been approved by Mr Shamsul. After...

Information Design - Project 1 & 2 21/01/20 - 24/02/20 (Week 03 - Week 08) Sia Man Sheng 0333877 Instruction Brainstorming In this project, we are to choose a recipe and visualize it into an infographic poster. There are some considerations when I was choosing my recipe, which the main consideration is how to deliver the recipe clearly, effectively and memorable in an interesting way. The recipe that I have chosen is Mcdonald French Fries, which has clearly elaborate in this video. Video 1: Mcdonald French Fries Making Process After I chose my recipe, then I only proceed to brainstorm on the graphic style. I want to make it interesting and the best way to achieve this is to give it a narrative. The examples below did great in terms of this. After studying the process of all the examples done by the same designer, BangZheng Du. I have found that all the steps are really simple, although the original recipe is complicated, he manege to simplify it into...

Information Design - Exercises 06/01/20 - 21/02/20 (Week 1 - Week 3) Sia Man Sheng 0333877 LECTURE NOTES Lecture 1: Information Visualization 07/01/20 - week 1 Without much explains on this lecture but self-exploration afterwards. From the slides, I did know the brief history of information visualization and the importance of it. The goal of information visualization is always to process complicated and a mass amount of data in a form that could easily understand and effective in delivering the message. Furthermore, it is always to add knowledge to the content. Lecture Slide 1: Introduction to Information Visualization  Flip 01: Manuel Lima's 9 Directives Manifesto 09/01/20 - week 01 My group and I were given a task to present on the topic of "Manuel Lima's 9 Directives Manifesto" and relate it to 2 good & 2 poor examples. Throughout the research phase, I got to have a depth understanding of the importance of organising information in...