![]() ![]() Nothing provides spatial and conceptual context quite like a map. You can find out where you are, where you’re going and where…other stuff is. Periodic Table example: The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors, The Periodic Table of Swearing When do you use it? If you want to clarify significant and recognizable differences between sub-groupsĭesign notes: Use this only if you have multiple elements that differ on many different axes (if you have only two things, you may want to use side-by-side comparison (below) if only one axis, maybe scale (below))Įxamples: Nuts & Bolts of Chart Types and a new favourite: The Magnificent Multitude of Beer by PopCharts Labs and their 200 Super Powers chart. It also allows you to communicate breadth AND depth. Somehow bucketizing stuff puts our chimp minds at ease. Like this post, we all try to classify things. History of… example: History of Alarm ClocksĮvolution of…example: The Evolution of the Geek Call of Duty Timeline and The Inception Timeline (hint: it ain’t straight) Pay attention to time scale – try to conserve gaps and bunches.Įxamples: Battlefield vs. When do you use it? Whenever change over time is your main pointĭesign notes: Do you start late and work backwards or do you start early and work forwards? Generally the latter, unless the point you’re trying to make concerns the historical roots of something. These are great to demonstrate (or create) a series of cause and effect relationships, or evolution. Some examples: SEOMoz Anatomy of a Search Marketer, Anatomy of a Perfect Website, The delightful Imaginary Factory series by Jing Zhang and The Brain of a Beginner Blogger by Infolinks. When do you use it? Any time you want to educate about something with many moving constituent parts, which are not widely or easily understood.ĭesign notes: Although our goal is to illustrate and elucidate complexity, you need to resist the temptation to get too detailed and explicit. It can either be metaphorical (like the “Anatomy of an SEO” infographic below) or straight (like the “Anatomy of a Perfect Website” infographic below). What are a few good examples? The 10 + 4 Visual Conceits AnatomyĪn anatomy visual or infographic provides an annotated exploration of the contents of a large and complicated object or idea. What’s worthwhile keeping in mind, from a design perspective? When does a particular visual approach really work? Here I’ll share them, and answer a few questions for each: I went to Visual.ly (an excellent source for infographics, and the community around them) and reviewed a couple hundred of the most popular infographics by pageviews. Go through hundreds of infographics and try to see if any of the better ones are a good fit for what you want to do, or say.įor this post, I’ve tried to do the latter for you (if you want to cultivate your zen garden, I can’t do anything for you).Rake your zen garden, and ask yourself “what does my data want to look like?” Get to know your data or story intimately.There are two ways to discover the best way to go about presenting information or a story visually: Lots of information to share? Making an infographic? Here are 14 ways to visually organize your information, with examples and tips on when to use them. What’s A B2B Infographic? – some tough questions. Six Infographics That Our Designers Love – some wonderful ones here ![]() The Client and the Infographic – an interview with SignalNoise.ĭata Comes From Anywhere – an interview with Jer Thorp data artist
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