Telling stories with data 03: my design resources
01: Exercising Empathy with Your Figures
02: Simple Design Principles
03: Design Resources (you are here)
My Design Resource List (updated)
R & ggplot2 to create charts and graph data
How to pick and code the chart you want: https://www.data-to-viz.com/
Adobe Creative Suite
Indesign & Illustrator
I bring my exported ggplot2 figures into indesign & illustrator to ensure it’s the size I want, with the legend and typeface I want, ensure cohesion across figures in a presentation or paper etc.
I also make all of my talks/presentations and posters in Indesign & Illustrator (sometimes I need to export these to powerpoint for conference/presentation needs)
Occasionally Photoshop, if I need to edit photos
Resources for color palettes and designing for color blindness:
Resources for creating more graphical figures, infographics, and images
Graphic design inspiration
Pinterest (search terms are key here)