Angela Morelli and Tom Halsør

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge and tools that will allow you to visualize and tell stories from the information and data you want to present. 'Stories are a vehicle for making facts and numbers come alive. Stories permit information to be imprinted into memory. They encourage the application of information and that is what gives it meaning' (R.S. Wurman).
You will explore how to define a project based on an initial question or your curiosity. You will learn how to gather and understand your data, how to identify the message you want to communicate in relation to your audience, how to transform the data into powerful stories and how to choose the most appropriate tools in order to present those stories.
The course is aimed at new designers, current students or any creative individual working in an environment that requires presenting information in effective ways in order capture the imagination of colleagues or clients. No computers will be provided for this course, however, if you wish to work on a computer you can bring your own laptop.

The tutors strongly advise to do Information Design 1 before you decide to sign up for this course. Contact the short course Office if you want to get in touch with the tutors and feel free to ask them any question that might clarify unclear matters.

Angela Morelli gained her MA in Communication Design from Central St Martins in London, where she specialized in information design. Her first degree was in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and she has an MA in Industrial Design from Milan. She has collaborated with a number of research and commercial organizations in Europe and works in London as an information designer. She has been keynote speaker at international conferences on design and communication and is Associate Lecturer at Central St Martins.  Her main interest is in how to communicate information in a clear, beautiful and engaging way in order to support understanding and reasoning, in order to spark empathy and generate behavioural change.

Tom Halsør has over 15 years of practice in design; ranging from strategic design to board game design, from interaction design to information visualization.
He has worked as a special advisor in visualizing data for SSB (the national statistical office in Norway). During that time, he was a member of Eurostat's Visualization Task Force.  He is currently working full time at the NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, within the area of interaction and information design.  Tom is head of EDIT, Norway's biggest design conference. He loves a good discussion, sailing and is a passionate cloud observer.