This week, two assignments:
1. Redesign one of the inaccurate data visualizations from the Design for Data Lecture. Think about the design pitfalls we discussed, of misleading scales, missing context, improper labeling, design variation vs. data variation, data distortion, and chart junk. Aim for accuracy, showing something that was previously unseen, making understanding the data easier for the viewer, and making a visualization that is aesthetically appealing. You can do this work in ANY FORM YOU CHOSE… analog (paper pen, objects, etc), digital (Photoshop or Illustrator), etc.

2. Experiment more with Processing. Make at least two new sketches. As a challenge, take the sketch called “ifSatementSwitchDir” and try to get the ball moving along the x axis as well as the y axis. I demonstrated this in class, and you can use the if statement we wrote as a model. IF this goes well, add additional balls that move differently than the first one. Feel free to play with the colors, speeds of the balls, and “drawing” with the ball’s motion (hint: don’t refresh the background each time through the draw loop). I’d also like you to add text to your sketches, see “superSimpleTextDisplay” for an example. And, in advance of next weeks lesson, take a look at the sketch entitled “superSimpleLoop”, which is heavily commented. We’ll talk about for loops in the next class. All code examples are here.