Although I've searched some infographics before class, I was really impressed by some other infographics showed by Dr. Glazewski and my classmates. I was also impressed by Dr. Appleman's talk about four categories of formal elements and I learned that any change of those formal elements could make a big difference on how audience perceives information from your design. Recalling some of the designs I've made and the way I thought while designing, I realize that I did the common mistake Dr. Appleman mentioned, addressing on the form before thinking deep about the function of a design. Based on this mistake I had, my first and I think it's the most important inforgraphic design principle was created.
Here are my three infographic design principles:
1. Clearly present the main purpose of your design so that your audience has an idea of what information they will get.
---> Not clear about what the purpose and
information are by the way the data is
showed.
---> A good example of clearly present the
main purpose and information to
audience.
main purpose and information to
audience.
2. Visualize your data in creative ways instead of highlighting standard graphs and numbers.
---> Not so impressive
---> A good example of better visualize your data
in a creative way.
3. Utilize the contrast and effects of colors to emphasize important information.
---> Audience can not recognize the
important information at first sight.
important information at first sight.
---> A good example of utilizing colors to
convey outstanding message and
representation.
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Greetings Janet,
ReplyDeleteI really like your infographic design principles. Especially, both the first and second are very important to me, too. I think that without presenting purpose clearly, any design will fail. Also, designing infographics in a creative way is very important in terms of visualization. I hope we can create infographics according to our principles.
Best,
Remzi
Hi Ramzi,
DeleteThank you so much for your feedback. Although I created my own instructional design principles and one of them was about being creative in your design, I've struggled with how to be creative in design. To be honest, I still feel vague about defining "creative". I think it's so subjective to say which is more creative than which. Especially in the design field. And I think there's no strict rules or standards for being creative for people to follow while developing or designing a product. Anyways, it's just my thought. ; )
Designing infographics isn’t purely about how visually appealing they are, but rather how well is information presented. There’s no need for a whole spectrum of colors if the audience isn’t able to determine what exactly is being presented. However, an infographic purpose is defeated if its design is not well-crafted. The principles you’ve arrived at are good and could prove to be useful to anyone looking to make their own designs.
ReplyDelete-Tamala