This is a 3 hour workshop presented at TCUK 2013. What you don't see in the slides are the critical parts - the hands on activity. During this workshop we used the activity of having participants draw their visualization of the work 'communication.' They then went through the review process, and iterated, a few times. The second activity, which focused on Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity (CRAP) was, as small groups, to take visualize data we collected in the room. (For instance, what are the color of the eyes of the individuals in the room? How many years of service did participants have in the industry.

1. What you see is what
you get
Getting better visuals through
design reviews
Matt Pierce
m.pierce@techsmith.com

2. Where are we going?
“Hamster Wheel” symbol by Olivier Guin, from thenounproject.com collection

3. Who the heck are you
and why are you here?

4. Who am I &why am I here?
Instructional designer
Husband/Dad
Love board games
Video maker
Marketer

7. Why Visuals Matter?

9. Point out Details

10. Ask Questions

11. Give Reasons

12. Be Clear

13. 2 People
review

14. Not About them (Or You)

16. Point out Details
Ask Questions
Give Reasons
Be Clear
2 People review
Not About them
(Or You)
Help them Ship

17. Activity One

18. Contrast
Alignment
Proximity
epetition
Repetition
epetition

19. Size
Elimination

21. Activity Two

22. ContrastAlignment
Proximity
epetition
Repetition
epetition
Size
Elimination

23. Resources!
• Clean Up Your Mess: A Guide to Visual Design for Everyone
http://www.visualmess.com/index.html
• The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable
symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun
and meaningful way. http://thenounproject.com
• Practical Guidelines for Visual Design
http://www.educ.kent.edu/community/vlo/guidlines/index.html (It’s not the
prettiest site, but concepts are good)
• Learning to design PowerPoints like a badass
http://www.slideshare.net/ginabainesholder/learning-to-design-powerpoints-
like-a-badass
• Design Criticism and the Creative Process
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/design-criticism-creative-process/
• Fonts http://www.dafont.com/
• Blah, Blah, Blah & Back of the Napkin http://www.danroam.com/

24. From the Noun Project:
• “Cursor” P.J. Onori,
• “Question” Henry Ryder
• “Person” Antonis Makriyannis
• “Brain” Arjun Adamson
• “Alert” Dima Yagnyuk
• “Box” Martin Karachorov
• “Bomb” 42
• “Ruler” Zbigniew Flakus
• “Robot” Kenneth Appiah
• “Sasquatch” Mike Wirth