Hej, superhjälte! - informationsvisualisering för barn med diabetes typ 1

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this thesis was to examine how an information visualisation about what happens in the human body of type 1 diabetics for children can look like. Initially, theory about information visualisation, principles of information design, image rethorics and different theories around what makes a good information image was studied. Following, four pre studies were conducted to support the reason for the main study to be conducted, develop criteria for how an information visualisation should and must be, examine in what context children are used to see pictures and to get confirmation on what metaphors and explanations are used to explain diabetes type 1. The results from the pre studies were brought into a design process as foundation for the further work. The design process began with brainstorming, sketching and a valuation of the produced concepts. The two concepts which performed best during the valuation were designed and brought into another valuation fase with the target group of this thesis where one of the design solutions performed better. The conclusion of this thesis is that an information visualisation about what happens in the human body of type 1 diabetics for children can be a joyful children's book, where the pages are designed with help of design principles for information design. The images on the pages should be large enough for the children to understand what is illustrated. 15cm x 15cm has proven to be a reasonable size for the pages.