10. Graphics and Color
Tuesday
Activities will include:
- Discussion of Chapter 7, "Graphics"
- Discussion of Visual Rhetoric and Information Design
- Examples from Edward Tufte:
- Minard's graph of Napoleon's Russian Campaign
- John Snow's cholera map
- Critique of PowerPoint thinking and NASA Columbia disaster.
- Colin Powell's UN Presentation and Tufte's criticism
Thursday
Activities will include:
- Discussion of Chapter 8, "Color"
- Presentation on color theory and the use of color in print and online documents.
- Designing with color in technical communication