Infographics

SYLLABUS

Theoretical module

Historic data:

• First infographics on newspapers
• Evolve of infographics through time and digital historical review.
• Significancy of infographics on publicity nowadays.
• Advantages and disadvantages of digital infographics.
• Forms of infographics and their characteristics.
• Presentation of mock-up and image designing infographic software suitable for Windows and Mac.
• Methodological approach and analyzing data.
• Data classification and presentation.
• Select the content, classify information, graphic and artistic design of visual communication, proposal and solutions to problems.
• Analysis and presentation of innovative infographics and innovative models of research from interdisciplinary fields.

Workshop module

• Designing methodology
• Develop and research of new artistic approaches.
• Evaluation of infographics communication.

Graphic design and statistics and comparative development by selecting the appropriate display: pie-chart /bar-chart, region diagrams, maps, positioning maps etc.

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greek sources

A. Papapostolou, 2014, Graphs: A powerful weapon for media

Π. Κωνσταντόπουλος 2019 Infographics – Η εκκίνηση της ανάγνωσης

International Sources

Harris, C., 2002, Visual Journalism

Finburg, H., 1990, Visual Editing: a Graphic Guide for Journalist

Spance, R. 2002, Information Visualization

Stovall, J. 1994, Infographics, Allan and Bacon

Gaiardo, Andrea & Tamborrini, Paolo. (2015). SYSTEMIC INNOVATION DESIGN METHODOLOGY: THE COMPARISON OF TWO CASES STUDIES.

Alberto Cairo (2012) Functional Art, The: An introduction to information graphics and visualization (Voices That Matter) ISBN-13: 978-0321834737

Gareth Cook ( 2015) The Best American Infographics. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0544542709

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (2015). “Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals ISBN-13: 978-1119002253

Nathan Yau (2013 ) . “Data Points: Visualization That Means Something. ISBN-13: 978-1118462195

Related periodicals:

Eιδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο REUTERS

Eιδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο AP

Ελευθεροτυπία, Αθήνα

Τα Νέα, Αθήνα

The New York Times, Nju Jork, SAD

The New York Times, Nju Jork, SAD

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, SAD

The Miami Herald, Majami, SAD

The Daily Telegraph, London, Velika Britanija

The Indipendent, London, Velika Britanija

European Newspaper Awards

Online periodical:

Adobe Magazine

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