I researched and gathered information on U.S. Veteran issues, and deconstructed the data into common ways people read information such as location, category, and time.
To show the relationships between each issue, I began my initial ideation by drawing a web diagram. The relationships were not straight-forward and everything connected to each other in a complex web, which inspired the final design's concept.
Knockout is a heavy-duty typeface that can be used as a title, subtitle, and everything in between, which helps communicate a wide range of information clearly.
The warm, pastel, analogous, drive the visuals, creating contrast to the dark background and through the the text boxes, icons, and lines.
Information is conveyed in the form of lines connecting from one category to another. This approach, along with the structure of the design, shows the complexity and stressfulness of the story.
Data is Beautiful: This project was my favorite one in college. It sparked my interest in data and visualizing it—not only in a way that communicates things effectively, but also in a compelling way that tells a story.
