Infographics introduction

Infographics

A visual representation of data or information. Short

for "information graphic"

Source: http://www.macmillandictionary.com

What is an infographic?

Types of Infographics

USA Today Snapshots

How did you

break your

phone?

Types of Infographics

Statistical

Types of Infographics

Timelines

Types of Infographics

Informational

Types of Infographics

Process

Types of Infographics

Gameboard Metaphor

Types of Infographics

Personal Preference

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Evaluating some sample Infographics

What to look for?

• What information is conveyed?

• What features do good examples have in

common?

• Is anything hard to understand?

• What goes unnoticed? Is misleading?

• What do I like about it?

• Where else can it show and not tell?

Source: visual.ly

Source: visual.ly

Source: dailyinfographic.com

Source: mint.com

Source: visual.ly

Source: visual.ly

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Source:Studioworks.co.uk

Source:The Nation

Source: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Good Medicine Magazine

Tips for Designing Infographics

• Be concise - Convey one idea really well.

• Be visual - Use a good size for making it

sharable online.

• Be smarter - Don't make readers have to work

to understand what they are seeing.

• Be transparent - Cite your data source and

don't mislead your readers.

• Be different - Use bar, line, and pie charts

sparingly.

Tips for Designing Infographics

• Be accurate - Don't mislead with improper scale of

shapes.

• Be attractive - Use illustrations and photos to enhance

the data. Use san serif instead of serif fonts. Use eye

pleasing color combinations (font color & background).

• Be varied - Use a theme that represents your topic.

• Be gracious - Cite your sources and give yourself credit

too.

• Be creative - Use good tools easel.ly, pictochart and

infogr.am

Planning Strategies

• What are the components that you should

include?

• What do I want my reader to learn?

• How is the information presented?

(Graphically, with text, image, etc.)

• What are the challenges?