ID | Flip Topic 1 - Different types of infographics & online tools

6 January 2022 - 14 January 2022 | Week 1 - Week 2
GCD60504 | Information Design

 Group task 

• Find out what are the different types of infographics + the kind of information they’re applicable for + an example for each identified type. 

Provided references: https://icons8.com/articles/what-is-an-infographic/

Final presentation video for Flip Topic 1 - Different types of infographics

 Individual task 

• Pick one free online infographic tool and re-design one poorly constructed infographic poster through your own experimentation with the selected tool.

Free online infographic tools

Figure 1: Google Charts

Figure 2: Canva

Figure 3: Piktochart

Figure 4: Venngage

Figure 5: Visme

Figure 6: Snappa

Figure 7: Infogram

Canva is the chosen tool! Here are my comments on this tool:

• Simple to use.
• Able to save work in Canva to refer in the future.
• Able to share the editing version with others and edit together (good for group projects)
• Provides a lot of design templates for different occasions and themes.
• Has a lot of icons and useful elements (Although some elements that I want to use needs to be paid, it's not a big problem as I can get more from Google :P
• The pie chart can connect to Google Sheets wow.

Figure 8: Categorizing the information from the 'bad' infographic poster.

Figure 9: Progression in making the pie chart. 

Figure 10 & 11: Before & After

Some iNtErEsTiNg websites:

• https://www.seo.com/blog/infographics-vs-infocrapics-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ 
• https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics