Are infographics just a pretty way of displaying data?
Yes It is and now websites start using it more effectively with make it interactive. In this slides I try to cover the fundamentals and share few good examples I found @ internet.
2. it is simple!
data
your main reasone
sorted
understand the relationships and
every smallest details
arranged
have a distribution plan, be
creative & narrative
presented
visually ...
make the impact...there are
free tools avilable
3. why infographics!
01/04
a) ...because I have a compelling point to prove
b) ...because it takes more than 1000 words to explain
c) ...because I have enough verity of data
d) ...because I understand the data & all of it’s context
e) ...because I can find holes in this data
4. understand the data
02/04
a) find a story & a hero!
b) understand relations... and start grouping them accordingly
c) understand hierarchy with in single point and groups of data
be sensitive about your item dance, fight, song & climax
5. make a distribution plan
03/04
a) define the flow of story & scribble overall layout
b) start assigning colour pallets to your groups
c) placement & scale matter a lot
d) understand headline & copy requirements - make it crisp as possible
d) think about styling & form factor guided by content
+ any thing and every thing should be meaning full
+ zoom in & zoom outv
6. make it impactfull
04/04
a) make visual balance between graphic and text components
b) go out of regular graphs, charts and tables...
c) make it impactful and keep consistancy across
d) take referance from sites below...
Vizualize.Me
Piktochart.Com
Easel.Ly
Visual.Ly
Infogr.Am
visualizing.org
ciid.dk
gapminder.org
highcharts.org
coolinfographics.com