Telling stories with data 02: simple design principles
01: Exercising Empathy with Your Figures 02: Simple Design Principles (you are here)03: Design ResourcesUse design principles to create figures: You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Basic design principles to guide you:
Use these to assign priority and what you want your audience to pay attention to in your figure
Where to apply design principles:
Color (hue, light, transparency)
Shape & lines
Typeface / font
Grouping of multiple visualizations
Scale
Examples…
