Wei-Yin Chen
Designed by Chen-wei Kevin Chiu
Layouts
Critique #1: Youta
For the 1st version, he liked how the prominent figure is at the center and the additional bits of information are right next to it. He said it seemed pretty obvious in presenting the information. For the 2nd version, he said it seemed to be a bit more crunched together (but it might just be because of the screen size), so he suggested I should pay attention to font size. Also, the relationship display in the 2nd version seemed to be too small, and I should try to revise it a bit to enlarge it.
Model emulation feedback
He said my displays emulated my models for the most part. The 1st version placed the prominent figure to the center, which followed my 1st layout model well. The content sections to the left seemed a bit more stuffed together than in my model, so I might want to play around with them. For the 2nd layout version, he could tell that I rearranged the sections a little, so it's a bit iffy in the emulation.
Revisions based on this critique
I made the relationship display a bit larger. I also redid the arrangement of the sections and move the title and introduction section to the left to match my layout model.
First Iteration
Second Iteration
Critique #2: Kerstin
She liked the 2nd version more because the prominent figure was much larger and drew her in immediately, whereas the prominent figure in the 1st display had less emphasis. However, she liked how the 1st version placed the name under the figure which helped her identify the topic right away (but she liked the style of the title in the 2nd version more, so I can try mixing them up a bit). She said I should try switching the sections around to make a bit more space in the 2nd version.
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Model emulation feedback
She thought my displays emulated the layout models well in terms of where the sections were placed around on the infographic. However, she said the 2nd version was a little iffy because the model had elements stick to one side while my version have information to both side.
Revisions based on this critique
I made the center figure larger to enhance the visual attention on this appearance display. I rearranged the sections so that all sections aside from the appearance display are on one side to emulate the layout model better.
Critique #3: Nichelle Song
She noticed that, in the relationship display, Chen's pictures and line were in color while his name labeling wasn't, so she said I might want to change his name into orange to highlight Chen better in the display.
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Model emulation feedback
She thought my infographic was a good emulation of my model and looked very similar to it. She noticed that the introduction section was wider than the title in mine, whereas my layout model did the opposite. However, she thought it was fine because it didn't take up too much space and steal attention from the appearance display. She said the gray timeline element on the time display gave the section a different visual from the model's time display, but she assumed that it's fine to either keep it or remove it.
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Revisions based on this critique
I did not make any revision based on this critique. I did'nt change the color of Chen's name for the relationship display because I noticed that my color model did not use orange text for labeling.
Critique #2: Chris Leatham
He pointed out that the font size on the relationship display could be bigger because the words appeared to be quite small. Other than that, the sections seemed to be placed in a neat way.
Model emulation feedback
He said my revised version was a good emulation of my layout model. The sections all matched their places on the layout model, so his only comment was to work on resizing the fonts.
Revisions based on this critique
I made the relationship display just slightly bigger again. I've also changed the font size of some texts here and there to improve the readability.
Critique #1: Adrian
He pointed out that the relationship display's filled orange background drew too much attention from the center appearance display, so he would suggest either removing it or converting into orange line box. He noticed that the white arcs on my appearance display were thinner after stretching and suggested thickening them. He thought gray arcs on the 2nd number display was a bit distracting because the gray kind of fuse into Chen's gray pant, but it was still visually fine. He recommended removing the gray line on the timeline display since it was already obvious enough in how the timeline ran from left to right, and the gray line didn't fit so much.
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Model emulation feedback
When I showed him my layout model, he said my display emulated my model well. The sections seemed to be all in place in the similar way to my layout model.
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Revisions based on this critique
I made the width of the white arcs on the appearance display thicker. I also removed the gray lines on the time display.
Critique #3: Yi Pang
For the 1st version, she noticed that I placed a strong emphasis on the center figure which drew her attention. The sections seemed to integrate well (similar sections were grouped together to the left while standalone sections were placed to the right).
For the 2nd version it seemed similar but there was much more emphasis on the center figure.
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Model emulation feedback
For the 1st version, she noticed that the model used a number display as a background that ran throughout the infographic, which was lacking in my display. She said maybe I could highlight the title of the top left section a little more so that it matched my model more.
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For the 2nd version, she said it "almost" emulated the model because my model had information all to one side whereas I separated them into two sides. She suggested switching the relationship and the 2nd number displays (career start breakdown) since the relationship display was very complex and the content could've been balanced if I switch it with the simpler number display. She also suggested enlarging the center figure so that it created enough vertical space and I could emulate my layout model better by placing the title and brief description of Chen from the right side of the center figure to the left side.
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Revisions based on this critique
I made the center figure larger to create more vertical space. With the extra space, I moved the title and introduction section to the left so that most of the displays were on one side. I kept the 2nd number display (career start breakdown) the same place as it was before because I removed some elements from the relationship display and the balance seemed ok to me.