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Infographics

and Data Visualization

for beginners

Wednesday 17th November, 2021

 Laura Navarro & Storydata

Infographics and Data Visualization

Structure

Theory

Practice

  • Basic principles
  • Types of infographics
  • Design elements
  • Tools we can use

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1.30h

  • Rethink an infographic
  • Create one draft with Piktochart

0:30h

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They are extremely useful to explain a complex topic in a simple way

What is

an infographic?

In a short, visual, easy-to-understand and memorable way

The receiver will understand and remember its content better than text

Examples

Arcadia

ECO

Everglades Foundation

Qualitative

Quantitative

Hybrid

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Categories

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Types of Infographics

STATISTICAL

Arcadia

STATISTICAL

United Nations

STATISTICAL/HYBRID

INFORMATIVE

Oriol Vidal

INFORMATIVE/HYBRID

Albert Martín

INFORMATIVE

Albert Martín

TIMELINE

Timothy Dole

TIMELINE

MarViva

PROCESS

goodwaydesign

PROCESS

S-Supply Chain

COMPARISON

Fundaciones Alternativas

COMPARISON

David McCandless

BIOGRAPHICAL/CV

REAL LIFE
REFERENCES

REAL LIFE
REFERENCES

Visually

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Basic principles

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Two key aspects determine the quality of infographics, content and visual appeal.

What makes an infographic good?

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Information should be concise and self-explanatory

Content appeal

Brevity: "less is more"

Use data visualization if you can

Textual hierarchy

Readability: easily understandable

Content appeal?

Content appeal?

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Not over or under crowding

Visual appeal

Color  scheme: not noticed at first sight

Symmetry   and alignment

Uniformity  of the theme

Visual references of the topic

Visual appeal?

Visual appeal?

Visual appeal?

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Flow

Maintain the order of the elements

Guide the eye

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Flow

Maintain the order of the elements

Guide the eye

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Title

Body

Footer

Parts

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Beggining

Middle

Ending

ch.1

ch.2

ch.3

Parts

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Beggining

Ending

ch.1

ch.2

Main
topic

Parts

ch.3

ch.4

ch.5

 

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Beggining

Ending

ch.1

ch.2

Parts

ch.3

ch.4

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Structure

FOOTER

Tap water in Peru

TAP WATER IN PERU

drinking water in Peru

drinking water in the world

WORLD MAP

Which are the problems

How to start

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Topic or idea

 

Audience

Structure

Information

Add value

Design

How to start

TOOLS

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Your turn

Rethink a bad infographic

-Overcrowded

-No flow

-Random colors

-No text hierarchy

-No alignment

 

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Your turn

Create an infographic with this information:

Main topic:
Climate Change

Insights:

- The Mediterranean region has a global mean surface temperature 1.54°C above pre-industrial values, compared to the global mean of 1.1°C.

·  The Mediterranean region has a global warming trend of about 0.03°C per year compared to 0.02°C globally.

·  When the world passes the 1.5°C threshold identified in the Paris Agreement, around the year 2040, the Mediterranean will already have warmed by 2.2°C.

·  The Mediterranean region’s ecological deficit is twice as high as the global average; it consumes around 40% more renewable natural resources and other ecosystem services than it provides.

·  More than 180 million people in the region are considered water poor; an additional 60 million face water stress.

·  There will be 62% increase in energy demand in Southern Mediterranean countries by 2040.

·  72% of the population of the Mediterranean region will live in urban areas in 2025.

·  1/3 of the population of the Mediterranean region lives in coastal areas.

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Keep learning

· Dessart, L., (2016) ‘From paper to picture: creating an infographic from your research’, Journal of Marketing Management (https://www.jmmnews.com/paper-picture-creating-infographic-research/)

· Elsevier (2017) Graphical abstracts available at https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/graphical-abstract

· Krauss, Jane (2012) 'More Than Words Can Say' (https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ982831)

· McCandless, D., (2009) Information is Beautiful, London: William Collins

· Cool Infographics (https://coolinfographics.com/)

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