Author: sheilapontis
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diagrammatic-writing-up method
Last Wednesday I attended to one of the RNUAL lectures (UAL) about how to approach writing up problems (essays, papers, chapters, thesis). As a first general conclusion, to approach this problem, the best strategy is to have a clear framework –a plan? – as a starting point. This means, to know exactly what to write…
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what does it mean?
Some terms related to diagrams (and also to design) strategies, language, layout, and so on are often misused or misunderstood: – When is a diagram simple? – When a diagram is simple is because it has few elements”¦ and when it has more elements it becomes complex and less clear.. – Additional information is useless…
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The Guardian Data Store, a place for visualising content
Data Store is an interesting section of The Guardian where everyone can submit their own diagrams and information graphics. The aim of this section is to make complex information more accessible to people. Facts and figures are published using accessible tools that enable everyone to download raw information for creating visualisations. Diagrams can be submitted…
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how can I get from… to…?
Some doubts related to the meaning of diagrams reference elements and their geographical range variable seemed to emerge from the workshops (Barcelona–London). In order to clarify these concepts I will explain their differences and importance with an example of a recent personal experience: I have just returned from a four-day break in south Spain. As…
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d(a)b workshop: london
London, Saturday 17th of October. At the research office of the London College of Communication took place the second and last diagram(a)s-backstage workshop. Once again, I would like to thank all the participants for attending the workshop (and even more on a Saturday with so many public transport closures!). As in the first workshop, participants…
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The Thames is gone!?
I am sure most of you have noticed that there is something missing in the London underground map (September 09 edition) or at least that there is something different in it. If not, please take some minutes and look at it below: Well, yes, the Thames -the entire river!- has been removed from the tube…
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diagram(a)s backstage workshop – london
We would like to invite you to a design event focussed on the creation of diagrams and maps. As a testing platform for a PhD research project, this workshop will bring together different design theories for mapping information. ”¢ We will give you some guidelines to approach diagrams and mapping problems ”¢ You will learn…
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diagram(a)s workshop: BCN – LDN
dónde & cuándo? when & where? Octubre sábado o3 – De 10.30hs a 15hs: Barcelona, España. Carrer Santa Eulí lia, 21 – Piso1º – 08012 barcelona (Spain) October Saturday 17th – London: To be confirmed La participación en este evento es gratuita, pero por favor, se ruega confirmación a / This is a free event, but…
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Behind all processes, there is a single common process
After Lazy Designers, I have received many suggestions and some interesting comments introducing new points of view and theories. Mainly, I have been trying to understand a bit more about three theories that have commonalities with my PhD main research theory: a rational thought behind a decision-making process. These three theories are Later Thinking (Edward…
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