Telling stories with data 03: my design resources

01: Exercising Empathy with Your Figures

02: Simple Design Principles

03: Design Resources (you are here)

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My Design Resource List (updated)

• R & ggplot2 to create charts and graph data

  • How to pick and code the chart you want: https://www.data-to-viz.com/

• Quick overview of how to make better presentations

• Adobe Creative Suite

  • Indesign & Illustrator

    • I bring my exported ggplot2 figures into indesign & illustrator to ensure it’s the size I want, with the legend and typeface I want, ensure cohesion across figures in a presentation or paper etc.

    • I also make all of my talks/presentations and posters in Indesign & Illustrator (sometimes I need to export these to powerpoint for conference/presentation needs)

  • Occasionally Photoshop, if I need to edit photos

• Resources for color palettes and designing for color blindness:

  • Color theory 101

  • Chroma.js Color Palette Helper

  • Colorbrewer2.org

  • I will also use https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel

  • {NatParksPallettes}

• Resources for creating more graphical figures, infographics, and images

  • Unsplash (high quality free stock images)

  • Free videos for presentations

  • The Noun Project for icons and infographics

  • Biorender

  • Profile Pic Maker

  • Make customized illustrated drawings with Blush.design

• Graphic design inspiration

  • Behance

  • Pinterest (search terms are key here)

  • A quick gorgeous primer on slide design (twitter thread)

Have requests for something you want to see on the list? Let me know!