Workshop explores ways to enhance data visualisation

AMMAN — A two-day workshop titled “Information Design in Action” on infographics, information designs and data visualisation was recently held at Platform in Amman.

The training, organised by Società Dante Alighieri in cooperation with Platform, targeted young professional graphic designers, thanks to the support of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and the EU Delegation in Jordan, a joint statement from the organisers said.

The workshop is part of a series of initiatives that EUNIC group is running to boost and support the “Creative Industries” sector in Jordan, according to the statement. Twenty participants were selected among 50 applicants.

Under the supervision of Italian graphic designer and illustrator Chiara Alduini, who has more than 10 years of experience in the field, the workshop transmitted new techniques of designing, taught planning and designing infographics and how to make information and data easily accessible and comprehensible, read the statement.

Alduini was quoted in the statement as saying that she was really satisfied with the workshop that offered her the opportunity to “create a bridge between graphic design in Jordan and Italy”, expressing her willingness to cooperate “more and more” with Jordan’s local design sector in the future.

During the workshop, the participants were involved in a simulation project based on a real briefing on various topics. At the end of the workshop the participants took part in a contest for the best simulation of a case. The three most innovative and original products won prizes.

The winners were Zayd Abidi, Hadeel Sayed Ahmad and Rana Jeries Mousa, according to the statement.