Infographics
"The Beauty of Data Visualization"
Data journalist David McCandless turns complex data sets into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate a sea of information -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
"13 Reasons Why
Your Brain Craves Infographics"
NeoMam Studios
"The Value of Data Visualization"
Column Five Media Studios
Presenting New Ideas Quickly and Easily
Seven Common Types of Infographics
https://www.easel.ly/blog/the-7-common-types-of-infographic/
Who?: Include a Picture, Portrait, or Photo
When discussing a person, it will help readers, watchers, or listeners to give them a drawing, photo, or picture to help their thinking.
Zhang, Ben. "70 Years of Batman Evolution." New York Film Academy. July 17, 2012.
http://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/70-years-of-batman-infographic-new-york-film-academy/
What?: Draw a Diagram
When discussing a place or thing, it will help readers, watchers, or listeners to give them a drawing, photo, or picture to help their thinking.
Chad Mueller, "Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous." Student project using MS Paint, 2011.
Infographic revealing how trees “talk” to each other using a massive underground fungi network to communicate their needs and help their neighbors.
Daisy Chung and Ryan T. Williams, National Geographic Magazine, June 2018.
Daisy Chung and Ryan T. Williams, National Geographic Magazine, June 2018.
Kew, Sharia. "Ancient Rome: A City of Firsts." History Channel. August 2, 2015.
https://www.history.com/interactives/ancient-rome
When?: Time or Sequence of Events
Readers, watchers, and listeners will understand several events or dates better if you communicate using a timeline.
Where?: Draw a Map
Readers, watchers, or listeners will understand places and distances better with a well-drawn or labeled map.
Why?: Cause and Effect with Flowcharts or X-Y Coordinate Graphs
Changes in amounts or qualities over time or in relation to other concepts can be compared and contrasted with a coordinate graph with an x and y axis.
*This is a more complicated idea we'll be working on this year, but you will start to get the hang of it!*
*This is a more complicated idea we'll be working on this year, but you will start to get the hang of it!*
How?: Flowcharts and Mindmaps
When discussing relationships between different ideas, events, or categories, create a table or mindmap for readers, listeners, or watchers to follow.
McKick, Bill. "These Exercise Machines Turn Your Sweat into Electricity." 2015. https://www.offgridquest.com/inspiration/these-exercise-machines-turn-your-sweat-
Online Nursing Programs. "Nursing Your Sweet Tooth." 2018. https://www.nutriliving.com/infographics/nursing-your-sweet-tooth
Federer, Joe. "The First Infographic Made By Kids (for National Library Week)" 2013. http://www.teachhub.com/first-infographic-made-kids-national-library-week
And Finally . . . Infographics About Infographics
Burke. Pariah. "50 Well-Designed Infographics About Design." February 2013. https://creativepro.com/50-well-designed-infographics-about-design-part-1/
Infographics Labs. "Major Parts of an Infographic."March 2015. https://infographiclabs.com/