Sketching and Visual Thinking with Eva-Lotta Lamm

Data Stories

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We have Eva-Lotta Lamm joining us to talk about the value of sketching and how it relates to data visualization. Eva-Lotta is a UX designer turned expert on sketching and sketchnoting: the art of summarizing talks through sketches. In the show we talk about visual thinking, sketchnoting and parallels with data visualization.

Links

• Sketchnotes from Moritz’s talk at FH Potsdam
• Some recent sketchnotes from other conferences:
  • https://www.evalotta.net/blog/2019/6/14/sketchnotes-from-ux-london-2019
  • https://www.evalotta.net/blog/2019/5/17/sketchnotes-from-berlin-letters
  • https://www.evalotta.net/blog/2017/11/19/sketchnotes-from-ixds-pre-work-talks-on-artificial-intelligence
• The 5 Steps to change your note taking talk
• Blog post: How improvisation influences my visual practice
• The Milan workshop
• Eva-Lotta’s reading list
• The Mini Visual Starter Kit
• www.yoganotes.net
• @evalottchen on Instagram

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Data Stories! (00:00:29)

2. We have no ads on Data Stories because we're fully listener-supported; please consider making a contribution to the podcast (00:01:05)

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3. News from Moritz (00:01:55)

4. Our guest today: Eva-Lotta Lamm (00:03:58)

https://www.evalotta.net/

5. Analogue sketching vs. digital design (00:05:11)

6. Visual thinking and its sub-genres (00:06:46)

7. Sketch-noting as an improvisation process (00:14:08)

8. How could data viz practitioners profit from sketching? (00:18:59)

9. Sketching to support discussions and design processes (00:32:12)

https://www.ft.com/video/c8224a7d-cb55-4837-8dab-92d39c282cf2

10. Tips and materials for how to get started with sketching (00:34:33)

https://evalotta.shop/

11. Get in touch with us and support us on Patreon (00:38:58)

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