Lists & hierarchies

We've explored all sorts of lists, from the mundane to the exotic, from text to images, from simple flat lists to elaborate illustrated matrices.

The main thing to take away from all of this is that creating a list is a process of collecting items and then organising them to show relationships.

The first step requires skilful observation. The second step requires a combination of creativity and analysis.

It doesn't matter how complicated the list becomes, it starts with these steps and skills.

For a checkpoint piece, take a look at the image below, and make some kind of list: flat, multi-level, inline, vertical, matrix, simple, detailed, unordered, ordered—whatever you like.

You can decide what items to collect and how to categorise and relate them!

You don't have to limit yourself to what you see; this is a list about a make-believe world. You can think about events, processes, feelings, history, whatever.

When you're done, let's wrap up.