Week 1: Design & Git

Welcome, logistics, and design principles!

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This week is all about introducing you to basic design and visualization principles that will guide our ten weeks together! Workshop slides and activities are linked below 🤠

File	Link
workshop 1 slides
when2meet lab link	https://www.when2meet.com/?12842644-BbfXd

In-class design lab

Find two interactive visualizations — one that you think is very effective, and one that you think isn’t — and come ready to discuss and present!

Don't worry too much about having nuanced, well-supported, indefensible reasons why each of your selections is "good" or "bad." We'll talk about some general principles for effective visual design in Week 3 and data visualization in Week 4—for now, let's just here your unfiltered praise and critiques!

Where to start

If there's a domain you know you'd like to visualize, start there! If you need inspiration, check out some of these groups (renowned for great data viz):

• New York Times Graphics Department

• FiveThirtyEight

• Tableau (see Viz of the Day)

• The Pudding

• Visual Capitalist

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Eric Field and his UVA course, SARC 5400, for the inspiration for this exercise. And thanks to Ben for allowing me to use his login and website from last semester.