Week 2

This week we began class by pinning up all of the examples that we had collected and mapping them on the data visualisation spectrum. It was really interesting to see the discussions that arose over where examples should be placed and why.



We then got into groups, in which we chose one persons medical packaging to divide and classify which information we deemed to be the most important and necessary and which information it was possible to omit. This was an interesting process as we had to be really critical thinkers and understand who any particular set of info might be applicable to. 


We were then encouraged to go home and try this on our own medical packaging. I personally found this extremely useful as a lot of the text that was on my initial packaging was extremely irrelevant and unnecessary.



Following this,  it was time to create an initial prototype, which could be user tested in class next week. 



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