Infographics – Graphic Design Meets Information
Good graphic design simplifies and beautifies visual information. If you appreciate it like I do, here’s some food for thought from the world of infographics. If you haven’t heard of infographics before, think of it as a commercial that starts with the line, “Hey, you got your graphic design in my information!”
- Note these examples of how judicial simplification can improve the readability of something like a subway map. Do you think this type of simplification is an acceptable trade off to make a map easier to read?
- Here’s some more examples from Ping Magazine of how infographics or infosthetics can be used to create intriguing beauty out of raw statistics.