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DESCRIPTION
For this assignment you will create a series of three (3) digital information designs that tell a story about some issue
of concern or debate around ONE OF THE TOPICS below. You will conduct a context review of information designs in
the world that you collect and analyse. This context review will be submitted in a design document which includes
other aspects – see below – including your analysis of your own design work. You will also demonstrate your
understanding of advanced information design principles and considerations through the successful completion of
weekly interactive online quizzes and tutorial-based commenting tasks (10%).
Submission comprises three parts, the designs (part a), design document (part b) and Quiz and commenting tasks
(part c).

TOPICS (Choose one, use the data/info links provided*):
1. Solar System
2. Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and Climate Change
3. Social Media
4. Invasive mosquitoes

PART A: THREE INFORMATION DESIGNS
Choose your topic.
Study the topic and data to come up with a ‘story’ to tell using 3 information designs you create. These can either be
integrated into a single infographic image or they may be a series of separate information designs that work
together to tell your story.
The final information design work must:
1. Communicate this story. Be designed and laid out for your purpose, audience, context.
2. Draw on 2 or more datasets, interpreted and manipulated with accuracy and integrity.
3. Include at least one high density design – you might be able to use one of the following seven (7) designs as
a multivariate
4. Use 3 different types of information designs from this list of 7 possible types:
• Chart - includes bar, time, line, radar charts
• Process diagram
• Hierarchical design
• Relationship design
• Map
• Glyphs
• Extra multivariate design as agreed with your tutor
5. Apply the information design principles & considerations covered in class.
6. Meet assignment requirements to use relevant data, credit data sources on the design and submit as
required

Project 1. Infographic with Design Document
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PART B DESIGN DOCUMENT
This document is approx. 14 A4 pages in length. It must include:
1. INFOGRAPHIC (1 page)
o Embed your design into a single A4 page of the design document pdf file. (In addition to including it here, the
infographic design will also need to be uploaded in full resolution as a separate .pdf file to blackboard – see
submission section below)
o State the audience, purpose and context of your design
2. TECHNICAL DESIGN ANALYSIS OF YOUR WORK (3 pages)
o Create 3 DATA MAPPINGS, one for each of your 3 designs. These are used to check your technical ability to
manipulate data in your designs and demonstrate technical understanding. For each data mapping specify
the data dimension and values depicted. Follow the process described in class – this includes succinct text as
annotation.
o Specify the type of data design you have created, for each of your 3 designs (e.g. Map, Chart, etc – name it
using the list of 7)
3. INFO PRINCIPLES DESIGN ANALYSIS OF YOUR WORK (1-2 pages)
o Annotate 1-2 magnified details of your information designs to describe information design principles or
considerations you have implemented. This evidences your understanding of how to apply information
design principles covered in class.
o Identify five or more different information design principles and considerations total
o Explain how they are working
o Be succinct and use annotations
4. CONTEXT REVIEW (4-6 pages, worth 25% of assignment)
Select 2 of your homework images that you have been collecting and analysing in class. Pick examples that best
demonstrate your understanding of information design principles & considerations covered in the unit. Do not
use examples covered by teaching staff or other students in class.
For each example you will do:
(1) Embed the design into an A4 page.
(2) CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION: Provide the Design Title, Artist/Author/Designer, Date, Context of use and
Audience, Purpose and Data source
(3) Embed a second copy of the design into an A4 page. This is for analysis via annotation. Use magnified details
if appropriate for legibility. The analysis (4,5) will evidence your understanding of information design
principles covered in class.
(4) KOSARA ANALYSIS: Explain how the design meets each of Kosara’s criteria for an information visualisation
(100w max, using annotations is encouraged)
(5) INFO PRINCIPLES DESIGN ANALYSIS: This information design should critique how 5+ principles or
considerations apply. Explain how they are working (or not) Be succinct and use annotations. You will end up
with at least 10 different principles or considerations described across the context review (5minimum for
each design).
5. DATA APPENDIX - Include the data sets you used to create your information designs. Ensure these are legible
with full credits / references. Use as many pages as you need. This is used to check your technical ability to
manipulate data in your designs.

NOTE:
Use annotations that are considered and well laid out.
Use text succinctly.
Lay out your work on separate pages for clear, clean professional communication.
PART A & B SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine parts a and b into a single PDF file, using Adobe Acrobat.
Submit to Turnitin online by the due date
The uploaded file should be smaller than 40MB in total.
All texts elements MUST be rendered as text (not images).
Uploaded files are checked for plagiarism.
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OPTIONAL: you are also encouraged to submit a ‘teaser’ image of your design to Pinterest or Instagram using
#QUTDesign and #QUTDataDesign22

PART C: QUIZZES & COMMENTS (10%)
You will complete weekly interactive online quizzes and tutorial-based commenting tasks via blackboard. Completing
all the quizzes (multiple choice, multiple attempts) to 100% pass level and completing the weekly commenting tasks
is worth 10% of the assignment.
o Quizzes are released with each lecture and online. They start week 1. There are 6 quizzes
o Commenting tasks are required weekly during each tutorial, and completed online through blackboard. They
start week 2. There are 4 commenting tasks.

* HINTS:
1. Whatever topic you choose, you will need to spend a bit of time understanding it and what all the terms
mean. Some might be familiar to you and therefore easier to get through this bit, but you still need to read
up and make sure you understand what each of the variables are – so don’t waste time and get into it!

2. The planets topic is possibly the most straightforward to get started on, but it does have a technical
challenge in terms of managing the large value range of distance (space is big!). However, inside the ‘Extra
Resources’ folder for a 5 minute video explaining exactly how to handle this ☺

3. The sustainability topic is a new one we’ve introduced this year. Its got specific data which makes it
straightforward to start in on, and perhaps its also is a fresher take than the other topics that would ‘stand
out’ at job interviews ☺