| Grab your copy of the Infographic & Data Visualisation Issue Today! |  | | Infographic (or more specifically data visualisation for this issue) is all about turning extremely complicated data into simple and easy reading graphics. It is most often found in editorial designs, when interconnecting ideas may not be so easy to understand, need clarifying, or a certain aspect of the story or data that needed emphasising. |
Complexity Clarified |  | | We had invited a few designers who specialises in making infographics and data visualisations, all sharing the common passion to making the complicated simple. This of course, is not a simple process. As many of them agreed, they needed to fully understand and digest all information at hand (after-all, you cannot design something you do not understand), before they can even begin to decide how to categorised, prioritised and visualised the data set, in order to present a distinct but also effective infographic. |
London, United Kingdom |  | | “The biggest challenge is probably the level of detail in which to go into a given subject. Depending on your audience you can range from trying to create an incredibly detailed piece for experts to spend a long time digging into, or a more casual audience which needs information presented in as clear a way as possible to convey the message in a short amount of time. Balancing these is something I have to look at on every graphic I produce.” |
Argentina |  | | “It would be fun to find infographics and explanatory illustrations in different mediums, such as product packaging with the instructions to open it or manuals to use a product, or even as a way of interactive story-telling or scrollytelling.” |
Milan, Italy |  | | “I reckon explanatory illustrations would be very useful in the education sector: eye-catching and engaging visual representations could help students to better understand and memorise complex phenomena. Also the business sector is getting closer to explanatory illustrations, even though too many times they still rely on old and out-of-date charts and diagrams, which make communication obsolete.” |
Warsaw, Poland |  | | “It is at its best when complex issues are presented in a very simple way. This is the biggest challenge — making hard things simple and immediately legible. It’s always good to use Tufte’s metric of data-ink-ratio” or even more simply alway ask yourself the question: is this more legible than if I would just write the numbers in a table? It’s surprising how many infographics don’t pass this test.” |
Murcia, Spain |  | | “Being able to create a drawing that is both rigorous and engaging at the same time requires a delicate balance. Sometimes, the designer tries to be too original and creative, losing the essential elements of truth and rigour that an explanatory drawing should have. I strive to keep this quest for balance always in mind.” |
London, United Kingdom |  | | “There’s a certain obsessive technicality in the craft that I really savour. We use a lot of tools to automate and speed up the design process, but often doing the manual work can be a very cathartic experience. However, it means that you need to be very disciplined and methodical as mistakes can easily slip in and accuracy is crucial in this field. Errors can distract your audience or even mislead them by completely changing the message you’re trying to portray.” |
Athens, Greece |  | | Since 2012, Till Noon’s projects and collaborations span from notable international clients, to the smaller local brands and start-ups. |
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