Information Design Process

           The information design I like is a combination of picture and quantitative information design. By the combination of picture and quantitative information design you can get the information to many people at the same time. Dan Roam describes both picture and quantitative information design in the book Back of the Napkin: Solving problems and selling ideas with pictures. The following picture describes the 5 W's and H involved in using charts  to show steps, while giving you sample data.

 

          If you combine quantitative information design with visual thinking style you can get both who the information is for and what information you need and what information needs to change based on the meetings with the clients and the development teams. Here is one table I made for an assignment for Creative Writing class to describe the characters with help of other people who have seen the anime called Bleach. I have made changes to the table, by adding additional columns when needed after talking with other fans of the anime. Here is a link for anyone who wants to view want I am talking about Bleach Gemini squad members.xlsx. While developing the table I used the 5 W’s and the H questions and defined them here how the answers are broken down:

·         Who

o   Represents first name and last name.

o   Portrait of person

·         What

o   Represents both rank and what their final forms are.

·         Where

o   Represents where they came from includes

§  Parents’ names

§  Portrait of both parents

·         When

o   Represents when they are introduced or when you see them

§  Songs and Forms      

§  Tag Team songs

·         Why

o   I made this to keep track of the characters names and abilities. 

·         How

o   How strong are they

§  Abilities

§  Our squad would be on this list