| Course Name | Information Design |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| VCD 450 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
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| Course Objectives | VCD450 is a practical studio course that aims to present history, approaches, and methods of information visualization and information architecture. The course aims to help students develop and organize appropriate information built on well-defined goals, and to design the visual media to communicate with the targeted audience. The course aims students to gain research practice to build the information as well as to develop the skills to create clear and visually attractive solutions to a design brief. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course consists of three main topics research methodologies, information architecture and information visualization. Students will learn the practical methods, and pitfalls of gathering information on a given topic, organizing the collected information, defining the communication objectives and creating a design concept and designing and implementing the final work for each assignment. For the successful completion of the course, students have to accomplish four assignments and related sub-tasks during the term. The theoretical basis of the course will be given during the studio hours as parallel to the applied projects. |
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| Core Courses | X |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Overview of the course content; procedures and general expectations for the semester. • Lecture: Introduction to information design. • Group work: “how we design” • Introduction to Prj.1: Autobiographic Information Visualization | |
| 2 | Students -Pecha Kucha like- presentations (400sec 20slides) • Lecture: mapping | |
| 3 | Class review prj.1 • Lecture: concept development; information design key concepts | |
| 4 | Submission deadline for prj.1 • Lecture: research methods and pitfalls; how to collect information • Introduction to prj.2: Infoviz based on student’s research on a given topic | |
| 5 | Presentation of initial sketches and design ideas for prj.2 • Lecture: key concepts of information design | |
| 6 | Presentations of prj.2 • Lecture: information visualization • Lecture: key concepts of information design cont’d | |
| 7 | Submission deadline for prj.2 • Lecture: information design for public space; wayfinding • Introduction to prj.3: information design for İzmir Tram (.1 design; .2 on site implementation) | |
| 8 | Presentation of initial sketches and design ideas for prj.3 • Lecture: information ethics, social inclusion | |
| 9 | Presentation of prj.3.1 • Classwork, review and finalization of prj.3 | |
| 10 | Submission deadline for prj.3.1 • Lecture: information design for digital media; information ethics, social inclusion • Introduction to prj.3.2: information design for digital media for (.1 screens; .2 kiosks and vending machines) İzmir Tram | |
| 11 | Submission deadline for prj.3.2 • Lecture: information architecture | |
| 12 | Student’s presentation of prj.3.2 • Lecture: information architecture cont’d | |
| 13 | Presentation of prj.3.2 • Class discussion | |
| 14 | Deadline for prj.3.2 • Classwork: Preparation for final jury | |
| 15 | Preview of the course | |
| 16 | Preview of the course |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | John Maeda. (2006) The laws of Simplicity. MIT Press |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Steven Heller. (2014). Infographics Designers' Sketchbooks. ISBN: 1616892862 Robert Jacobson (ed) Information Design, Cambridge (MA): MIT Press, 1999, pp.357, ISBN: 026210069X. Tufte, Edward. (1990) Envisioning information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. Tufte, Edward. (1983). The Visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. Norman, D. (1988). The design of everyday things. New York: Basic Books. https://infovis-wiki.net/wiki/Information_and_Graphic_Design_Links Rudolph Arnheim, Visual Thinking, Berkeley and Los Angeles (CA): University of California Press, 1969, ISBN: 0520018710. Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly, 2007, pp.366, ISBN |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 40 |
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 18 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 18 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 18 | |
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 108 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media, | X | ||||
| 2 | To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods, | X | ||||
| 3 | To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction, | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design, | X | ||||
| 5 | To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions, | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey, | X | ||||
| 7 | To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images, | X | ||||
| 8 | To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies, | X | ||||
| 9 | To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities, | X | ||||
| 10 | To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude, | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently, | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X | ||||
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