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Zen Master: Design Secrets for a Non-Designer

Tableau
119K subscribers
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This session shares visualization design processes and concepts for creating stunning dashboards in Tableau. Attendees will learn 5 design process elements: purpose, flow, typography, color and art. By the end of this session, attendees will know how to leverage design requirements documents to capture top KPIs, determine the dashboard style based on the audience and key stakeholders, create a layout with a clear hierarchy and grid-like structure, construct dashboard wireframes/templates directly in Tableau, use color effectively to engage and highlight content, and incorporate custom icons/images to reinforce the dashboard’s subject matter. ...more
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Introduction

0:00

Who am I

3:12

Design Secrets

5:56

Gathering Requirements

6:25

Use Case

11:41

Creating a Template

15:11

Prioritize Requirements

16:03

Design to a Grid

17:27

Incorporate Bands

18:27

Size Position Hierarchy

19:56

Icon Placement

21:05

Template

22:07

Reuse

22:39

Art

23:42

Icons

23:52

Context

24:49

Consistent

27:17

Theme Colors

28:34

Reduce Graphic Details

29:37

Use Creative Icons

30:26

Colors

32:02

Let your brand colors form the basis

32:06

Test your dashboards

36:48

Use color purposefully

38:41

Add color strategically

40:33

Color guidelines

44:54

Uncomplicated fonts

45:03

Marketing dashboard example

51:17
Zen Master: Design Secrets for a Non-Designer
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27,449Views
2019Nov 15
This session shares visualization design processes and concepts for creating stunning dashboards in Tableau. Attendees will learn 5 design process elements: purpose, flow, typography, color and art. By the end of this session, attendees will know how to leverage design requirements documents to capture top KPIs, determine the dashboard style based on the audience and key stakeholders, create a layout with a clear hierarchy and grid-like structure, construct dashboard wireframes/templates directly in Tableau, use color effectively to engage and highlight content, and incorporate custom icons/images to reinforce the dashboard’s subject matter.

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Tableau

119K subscribers