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Why design the news?
As part of a presentation I have to do in a couple of days, I’ve started to outline why I’ve chosen to design the news for my final years project. I’ve used the NABC approach to split my thoughts into … Continue reading
The infographic army squad
I’ve been sifting through pages and pages of statistics lately in order to break them down for another infographic piece based on the war on Iraq. Partly because its a highly controversial subject at the moment, and partly because there … Continue reading
Why represent the news as pictograms and infographics?
The aim of the news is to report on the happenings of a certain subject with as much detail as possible, to be objective and not saturated with statistics, whilst keeping it interesting and readable. Some news is interesting enough … Continue reading
Headlines with pictograms, part two
More playing with pictograms and headlines today, but trying it on a background related to the headline story for more visual effect. Another story from the Guardian newspaper, this time about a serial killer in Canada. Note to self, must … Continue reading
Headlines with pictograms
Well here’s the first couple of experiments. The headline was taken from the Guardian newspaper on beer consumption in the UK. Only the second part of the headline was used as it had some really great words in it that … Continue reading
Infographics and Pictograms: A brief history and a little inspiration
Infographics and pictograms are used worldwide, and are seen by almost everyone in a commercial or public enviroment. Infographics are instructive images, and are aimed at making something complicated seem easier to understand by graphical illustrations. Whereas pictograms are basically … Continue reading
DTN site design and review
Well the new site design is now up, and I’m getting well into the swing of things. I have my research all filed on my computer ready to post, and I’ve started sketching out some ideas in detail for what … Continue reading
Site Plan
I’ve been working alot on the image of the site and how it should navigate. I’ve knocked up a quick site plan so far which I think I’m going to sketch to. Page List About, information on the project Discuss, … Continue reading
20 images to focus thoughts for the project
This was an assigned task to find twenty images that represent the roots and scope of the project I will spend my final year working on. In order to design the news effectively, I will be looking at a number … Continue reading
Hello world!
Welcome to DesigningTheNews.com, part of a final year university study into multimedia design and technologies, a site which will document my research and development of representing and interacting with news and information data. What does this mean? As I explore how news … Continue reading