Client

Federal Foreign Office

Topic

Data Analysis

Branding
Data visualization
Dashboards

Federal Foreign Office

Keeping the overview with dashboards

PLAIN — Platform Analysis and Information System — is the Federal Foreign Office’s platform for data analysis and AI applications. PLAIN’s goal is to provide the best possible technical infrastructure for sophisticated data analysis projects for the entire federal government. We are developing the brand design, including the logo, and designing templates for a consistent look across 12 data visualizations as well as three dashboard designs. The data visualizations and dashboards are programmed for the Tableau and R Shiny platforms.

 

Task

Logos for the PLAIN platform, consistent data visualizations, and clear designs for dashboards

Solution

Logos in the federal government’s corporate design, templates for data visualizations, designs for dashboards

Skills

Brand design, dashboard design, data visualizations optimized for implementation in Tableau and R Shiny

 

Twelve chart types and three dashboards — from word cloud to Gantt chart

Templates for dashboards and charts

To provide as broad a range of different display options for data visualizations as possible, we design and program three clear dashboards and twelve different chart types for PLAIN, including word clouds, bar charts, and Gantt charts. The final designs of the dashboards and charts are then implemented using the Tableau and R Shiny visualization software.

 

Throughout the project, we place great importance on accessibility. Our goal: to meet Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG).

The design manual — color palette, chart types, and logo sizes for implementation in Tableau and R Shiny

The logos

For the PLAIN project, we designed a new logo. The compass shape symbolizes access to open, well-founded exchange while also providing protection from external influences. Based on the federal government’s brand identity and in line with the new PLAIN Brand Design, we also created a dedicated departmental logo for the Data Lab of the Federal Foreign Office. The letter D connects with the L to form a forward-looking, distinctive wordmark. The Data Lab supports foreign and security policy by providing, processing, analyzing, and visualizing internal and external data.

A design manual for all styles

The developed logos, along with the PLAIN Brand Design and application examples for charts and dashboards, are each documented and summarized in a design manual.

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