Visual Design Principles Discussion

Points for in class discussion

• How hard is it to remove too much information
• removes a lot of context clues

In Class discussion

• Hand drawn… Not joking
• Bus maps might remove too much information, might not provide enough to let you know what is at a location
• Counting number of streets, removing the details could easily mess someone up.
• User testing showed an advantage with the maps
• Removal of data can easily remove too much context
• putting together furniture and the tourist map best applications
• The furniture diagram seems biased
• Studies lacked information
• Artistic value of the visualization
• Computers can easily miss the important details
• GPS aren't expensive anymore… is this a software for a different era
• Famous things
  • London underground map
  • Tufte