{"id":1919,"date":"2011-08-09T09:15:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T09:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:50:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:50:18","slug":"tips-on-making-a-good-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2011\/08\/09\/tips-on-making-a-good-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on making a good infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3976.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Daily infographic\" alt=\"Daily infographic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We live in an age where pretty is the standard for all things. Even things like boring ol&#8217; data is made sexier \u2013 and we&#8217;re not talking about mere candy striped bar-graphs and rotund piecharts. We&#8217;re talking the data design, which ends up as infographics that you see around these days.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m all for making learning easier \u2013\u00a0which is why I scrutinize information closely when they&#8217;re properly presented. While there are many excellent examples of infographics around, there is the occasional overkill that brings together a pastiche of data with inappropriate graphics.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;m <span class=\"caps\">THAT<\/span> serious about how data is presented.<\/p>\n<p>So for those who are interested, I have a short personal list on what makes for good infographic, and is mostly based on me imagining myself as the end user, so it&#8217;s best to take my advice with a grain of salt!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3977.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Daily infographic\" alt=\"Daily infographic\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 1. Make it relevant.<\/strong><br \/>\nIf an element doesn&#8217;t belong or illustrate a point, it does not belong there. And no, just because you made it pretty does not count.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 2. Connect points clearly to illustrate your point.<\/strong><br \/>\nDo not ramble \u2013\u00a0present your facts, lay out the statistics and follow through with a clean summary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 3. Keep it short.<\/strong><br \/>\nBrevity is sexy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 4. Remember to lead the eye.<\/strong><br \/>\nInfographics is a form of graphic design \u2013\u00a0so observe the principles of good design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 5. Keep it simple<\/strong><br \/>\nSimple is so subjective. When I say simple, I don&#8217;t mean stripped down, all-white, minimalistic nor blah. If I understand what you&#8217;re trying to say at first glance (or even when I&#8217;m through), you&#8217;re halfway there!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.<\/strong>&#8220;<br \/>\n~ <em>Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3979.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Daily infographic\" alt=\"Daily infographic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And lastly, I&#8217;d love to see more hand-drawn illustrations featured in infographics \u2013 I think they would add much needed character to data-driven design, don&#8217;t you think so?<\/p>\n<p><em>{Images taken from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyinfographic.com\">Daily Infographic<\/a> \u2013 a fun site filled with infographics!}<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Tips on making a good infographic\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2011\/08\/09\/tips-on-making-a-good-infographic\/\" aria-label=\"More on Tips on making a good infographic\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31581,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions\/31581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}