information design principles

InformationDESIGNPRINCIPLESby Joseph Broughton

@JosephBroughton

Problem

http://www.flickr.com/photos/migueleveryday/5914092322/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwtwo/8331524425/

Solution

DESIGNPRINCIPLES

Simplicity

Slides = Handouts

Glance Media

secondss

second

Ads are glance media.

From: "Great Presentations Are Like Ads by @slidecomet"

Applies to Slides too.

Keep it simple.From: "Great Presentations Are Like Ads by @slidecomet"

Unity&Contrast

Visual Elements

Unity Contrast&through

Text Color Images

Text

Readability&

Consistency

Text

”“Erik Spiekermann typographer and graphic designer

A real typeface needs rhythm, needs contrast.

Text

from Sample Slides by Garr Reynolds

72% of part time workers are

women

Text

&www.fontsquirrel.com www.dafont.com

Text

Color

Color Choosewisely

01

THE LOOK & FEELlookin’ good

Color

ColorAdobeKuler

kuler.adobe.com

Color

Images

Images

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From: Simple Design by Chiara Ojeda

www.slideshare.net/ohmgrrl/simple-design-16960683

Images

“It’s taken me all my life to learn whatnot to play.”

— Dizzy-Gillespie

from Sample Slides by Garr Reynolds

Images

Images

SensebandwidthImages

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

By Chiara Ojeda

Chiara Ojeda

Follow heron

www.slideshare.net/ohmgrrl/simple-design-16960683

Visual Elements

Unity Contrast&through

Text Color Images

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Text Color Images{Compfight

(compfight.com)

farmers marketproduce

Creative Commons

Technicalissues

Begin with

a blank canvas

white black

Zoom Outto see entire slide

Rulers

ToolbarSetup

{ {Layout Objects

{ {Typography

ImageEditing{

Groupingand

Position

Inspector& stuff{

Colors

Where to get ?inspired

SlideShare

www.slideshare.net

noteandpoint.com

DesignWebsites

SMASHINGMAGAZINE

www.smashingmagazine.com/

DesignAwards

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/design-thinking-free-inspiration-ashley-nahornick

www.effie.org

www.clioawards.com

DesignPodcasts

thedeependdesign.com/graphic-design-podcast/

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by Joseph Broughton

@JosephBroughton

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