Category / visual storytelling

Your data has a story to tell. Sometimes, it’s known or obvious. But other times, as you begin to dig into it, you find an entirely new or unexpected story. Here’s how to make the most of it using visual storytelling.

If you align your design to the questions you’re asking, you can create powerful visual storytelling communications.

Cutting together a highlight reel of recent work is daunting; you may find yourself asking, “How can I possibly distill all the cool stuff I made over the past year or two down to just ONE MINUTE?! It’s easier than you might think.

We use visual metaphors a lot. They're a powerful way to make a point quickly and many easily lend themselves to fun, illustrative treatments. However, they can be tricky to work with. I recently had to call on past experience to get me out of a sticky metaphor dilemma.

Lots of us—whether businesspeople, teachers, innovators, or even parents—rely heavily on our words to explain important, complex things. But words alone aren’t enough.

The Tremendousness Collective—find out how we chose the name and the meaning behind our logo. We are a design firm that helps our clients and their customers share information and broaden their viewpoints in order to understand the bigger picture and accomplish their goals.

An outsider's perspective can lead to unique insights that fuel your personal growth, elevate your capacity for leadership, and uncover new insights for your team. All that can be accomplished when there's space for storytelling.

Rough sketches capture rough ideas. Suddenly the page is no longer blank and the future begins to take form.

It is critical to articulate your vision—your “why”—to an audience if you want to inspire action. While explaining “what” something is and “how” it works is important, ultimately our brains are hardwired to make decisions based on feeling and belief.

Live sketching is a practice that is simple in premise and complex in execution. Learn about the many applications and rewards that yield from practicing the art of live sketching.