Think Like a Designer - How To Make Infographics

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THINK LIKE A DESIGNER

by Anna Vital

notes from workshop “How To Make Infographics”

The Key

Use analogies

Write less text

Make literal icons

Make data meaningful

What’s an Infographic?

Data

Design

Journalism

How to find the data?

Ask precise questions.

How to ask precise questions?

Predict the answer.

No, really, how to find data?

(Ask for it.)

(Then ask again.)

source: Funders and Founders

(Leverage what you got.)

What if the data is a secret?(Find a paradigm case.)

(And put your a** on the line.)

source: Funders and Founders

Why is the data not in one place?

source: Funders and Founders

Good data is about grouping.

source: Funders and Founders

Good data is about

overlapping.

How to sort messy data?

(Ask the data guy.)

Being a Journalist

what do people care about?

not numbers

not design

meaning

where is the

meaning?

meaningful graphics

detail is meaningful

source: Jack Hagley

simple is meaningful

source: anna.vc

what helps

people get through the day

location is meaningful

-don’t ignore it

source: space.com

sections are not an

infographic layout

Being a Designer

Where to start?

with the analogy

with the layout

with graphs

with icons

The Infographic

Process

Thank You

@annavitals

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