imc weekend 2010: visual impact

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A few simple principles of information design can help create visual impact. We'll explore visual branding, learn about color from zebras, share a few ways to customize visual content online and look at three ideas for visualizing content that anyone can do.

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creating visual

impact

creating visual

impact

IMC WeekendWest Virginia University

IMC WeekendWest Virginia University

brand-dishingweapons

brand-dishingweapons

figure: positive shapes

ground: negative shapes

color is black &

white

color is black &

white

“Color is the place where our brain and the universe

meet.”– Paul Klee

Associations with color are emotive,

sometimes irrational and deeply seated.

– The Art of Looking Sideways

Millions of shades of colors exist yet our vocabulary has

only about 30 words for colors.

– The Art of Looking Sideways

tweak n’ tweets

tweak n’ tweets

3 ideas for visualizinginformation

3 ideas for visualizinginformation

“Clutter and confusion are

failures of design, not attributes of

information.”– Edward Tufte

Data versus Design

Q&A

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