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6.859: Interactive Data Visualization (Spring 2021)

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In this assignment, you will sketch (with pen and paper!) 3 visualizations of a small dataset and provide brief reflections of your designs. Why sketch? Why not just dive right into coding or using some visualization tool? Sketching is a quick and cheap form of prototyping — a process of simulating how a finished product could look and work. Prototyping is a critical part of the design process as it allows us to test the feasibility of our ideas early on. A prototype’s “fidelity” refers to how much it is able to convey the look of the final product in terms of its level of detail. By moving from low-fidelity prototypes to higher-fidelity ones, we can develop and polish our ideas gradually, focusing on one particular aspect of the product at a time (Babich, 2017). But prototyping (and sketching, in particular) is also extremely helpful in generating ideas. Rather than grappling with the functionality of any given design tool (which can often influence your design process, even implicitl

6.859: Interactive Data Visualization (Spring 2021) 6.859 : Interactive Data Visualization Home · Resources · Canvas · Slack Assignment 0: Sketching Visualizations In this assignment, you will sketch (with pen and paper!) 3 visualizations of a small dataset and provide brief reflections of your designs. Why sketch? Why not just dive right into coding or using some visualization tool? Sketching is a quick and cheap form of prototyping — a process of simulating how a finished product could look and work. Prototyping is a critical part of the design process as it allows us to

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