DI.V.IN.E Data
DIscovering, Visualising, INnovating and Exploring Data
The tl;dr of this competition is to choose some data, visualise it and create an infographic around it, briefly explaining the project.
This competition will close at 5pm on Friday 30th June.
How to participate:
To enter, participants must be either current undergraduate or postgraduate students, or recent alumni who finished their courses in 2023.
Select some interesting data, create a visualisation for it, then produce an infographic to go with it. This must all fit in a document or image that is A4 sized. For clarity, A4 is equal to 210 x 297 mm or 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
Your data must be understandable and simply explained within this A4 size.
Submit your entry using this form.
A jury will select winners based on:
- Creative use of graphics
- Overall visual appeal
- Originality
- Ease of interpretation
Prize winners will be announced at the closing ceremony on Wednesday 5th July 2023 in B/T/005 between 2-4pm.
There will be two sets of prizes, split between undergraduates and postgraduates.
- 1st – Certificate and £100
- 2nd – Certificate and £50
- 3rd – Certificate and £25
Possible sources of inspiration
There is a wide variety of data visualisations that may provide inspiration for your infographics. Some of these will be on show during the talks throughout the Data Discoveries event series, however, below are some resources that may provide additional inspiration or guidance:
- Check out the University of York Data Visualisation Skills Guide:
- including 60 inspiring visualisations
- and principles of data visualisation
Tools for data visualisation:
- Piktochart
- Infogram
- Canva
For more inspiration:
- Gapminder’s visualisations to understand a changing world
- R Graph Gallery
- Python Graph Gallery
- Dataviz Inspiration
There is lots of inspiration out there that might help inspire you to transform the data you already have into an impactful and beautiful visualisation that might just be the winner of the competition. The judging panel is excited to see what you come up with.