One of the main reasons why I chose to do information design is that it clearly has its edge between being understandable and not being understandable - there's not much about liking it or not, it's either giving the necessary information or just distracting from what is supposed to be told. I found this aspect of information design very challenging and wanted to explore and learn more in this field.
Some of my favourite information design examples:
(original post here)
Although a bit distracting from the amount of the information given, this piece is very entertaining visually. Bankcrupts are not usually presented in such a fun way, as the audience for them usually are people who work in the bank/business sphere. However, this piece of information design makes a serious topic fun and also understandable for a non-business focused reader.
Another piece of information design that I liked was done by Matt Kursmark. This scheme is a bit similar to what I am going to do for my final project this unit in its shape. It's an interesting topic and Matt explains it: The assignment was to choose any sequence, cycle, or evolution and represent it graphically. The information was to be presented in two separate panels that were related but could also function independently of one another. On the first panel, I chose to represent the circadian rhythm cycle and how they normally work. On the second panel, I presented how circadian rhythms can get off track due to long-distance travel, aka jet lag.
A graph (original here) exploring the distribution of China towns in the world and showing the original places where the people came from. This piece is very complex, yet it is nicely done visually. Something to be used in a textbook, rather than be made into a poster, yet understandable and clear.The only part that I found confusing is the use of the negative space for the continents - my eyes were looking at the dark parts, rather than the light ones for the shapes of the continents and it took me a while to realise what is where.
We discussed this Reebee's Garofalo's piece in one of the lectures, but I still wanted to include it here since it shows how different the ways of showing timelines can be. I really like the traditional art feeling in it.
A very fun diagram. Pyramid structure always works.
Another diagram that is related to the piece of information design that I am working on. The lines show perfectly what goal the missions reached and the years of the missions combine nicely with the whole idea of the diagram. The different colours show what country's missions they were - brilliant.
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