Monthly Archives: December 2007

Infographics and pictograms, more research

Well I’m get­ting ready to dis­ect a few pages of sta­tis­tics and start cre­at­ing a bunch of pic­tograms and info­graph­ics, and I did what’s prob­a­bly going to be the last lot of research on the sub­ject. Destruc­tive spend­ing by liquisoft, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Why design the news?

As part of a pre­sen­ta­tion I have to do in a cou­ple of days, I’ve started to out­line why I’ve cho­sen to design the news for my final years project. I’ve used the NABC approach to split my thoughts into … Con­tinue read­ing

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The infographic army squad

I’ve been sift­ing through pages and pages of sta­tis­tics lately in order to break them down for another info­graphic piece based on the war on Iraq. Partly because its a highly con­tro­ver­sial sub­ject at the moment, and partly because there … Con­tinue read­ing

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Why represent the news as pictograms and infographics?

The aim of the news is to report on the hap­pen­ings of a cer­tain sub­ject with as much detail as pos­si­ble, to be objec­tive and not sat­u­rated with sta­tis­tics, whilst keep­ing it inter­est­ing and read­able. Some news is inter­est­ing enough … Con­tinue read­ing

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Headlines with pictograms, part two

More play­ing with pic­tograms and head­lines today, but try­ing it on a back­ground related to the head­line story for more visual effect. Another story from the Guardian news­pa­per, this time about a ser­ial killer in Canada. Note to self, must … Con­tinue read­ing

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Headlines with pictograms

Well here’s the first cou­ple of exper­i­ments. The head­line was taken from the Guardian news­pa­per on beer con­sump­tion in the UK. Only the sec­ond part of the head­line was used as it had some really great words in it that … Con­tinue read­ing

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Infographics and Pictograms: A brief history and a little inspiration

Info­graph­ics and pic­tograms are used world­wide, and are seen by almost every­one in a com­mer­cial or pub­lic envi­ro­ment. Info­graph­ics are instruc­tive images, and are aimed at mak­ing some­thing com­pli­cated seem eas­ier to under­stand by graph­i­cal illus­tra­tions. Whereas pic­tograms are basi­cally … Con­tinue read­ing

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DTN site design and review

Well the new site design is now up, and I’m get­ting well into the swing of things. I have my research all filed on my com­puter ready to post, and I’ve started sketch­ing out some ideas in detail for what … Con­tinue read­ing

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