This guide provides information on the design and creation of infographics, including why infographics are used, tools for creating infographics, copyright with images, and recommended books.
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Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. Their design makes it easier to grasp complicated concepts and subjects.
Infographics are great for making complex information easy to digest. They can be helpful anytime you want to:
(Midori Nediger, October 19, 2021, https://venngage.com/blog/what-is-an-infographic)
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(Infographic created in PowerPoint.)
How do you design an infographic? An infographic is a visual representation of information. Rather than having blocks and blocks of text that people will never read, you give them the same information in a different way — and in one they will easily understand.
Here are the main steps infographic designers recommend one follow to design an infographic from scratch:
(Data compiled from Canva)
A free graphic-design tool website, founded in 2012. It uses a drag-and-drop format and provides access to over a million photographs, graphics, and fonts. Canva will no longer work properly using Internet Explorer.
Contains thousands of infographic templates that can be customized including reports, timelines etc.
Create infographics and reports with free and paid versions
Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor that can create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and even complex images
Microsoft Office Infographic Tools
Templates help you create infographics in Excel and PowerPoint
Web-based tool that has some free themes (and a whole bunch more for the paid version) for creating simple infographics.
Create your infographic in three easy steps, making your data more accessible and memorable
Tell stories with data with this easy drag-and-drop infographic creator.
Turn your text into word clouds
If you are new to Excel this tutorial can help you improve your proficiency.
How to write an infographic that is easy to understand
This tutorial is offered directly from Microsoft. It includes beginner how-to videos.
This tutorial is offered directly from Microsoft. It includes beginner how-to videos as well as videos demonstrating more advanced skills.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. This provides a video tutorial for Microsoft Excel.
You should assume that information and images you find online are covered by copyright. Verifying copyright and obtaining permission to use content can be a lengthy process; be sure you allow time for this.
Creative Commons: There are six different license types under Creative Commons (CC). They are listed here from most to least permissive. You need to read that license to see what it permits and what attribution it requires. You may be able to only use the image as-is or you may be allowed to modify it. Or, you may be able to use it for noncommercial purposes only. All CC licenses require you to acknowledge the owner of the image.
The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication
CC0 (aka CC Zero) is a public dedication tool, which allows creators to give up their copyright and put their works into the worldwide public domain. CC0 allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, with no conditions.
The Infographic by
An exploration of infographics and data visualization as a cultural phenomenon, from eighteenth-century print culture to today's data journalism.Infographics and data visualization are ubiquitous in our everyday media diet, particularly in news-in print newspapers, on television news, and online. It has been argued that infographics are changing what it means to be literate in the twenty-first century-and even that they harmonize uniquely with human cognition. In this first serious exploration of the subject, Murray Dick traces the cultural evolution of the infographic, examining its use in news-and resistance to its use-from eighteenth-century print culture to today's data journalism. He identifies six historical phases of infographics in popular culture- the proto-infographic, the classical, the improving, the commercial, the ideological, and the professional. Dick describes the emergence of infographic forms within a wider history of journalism, culture, and communications, focusing his analysis on the UK. He considers their use in the partisan British journalism of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print media; their later deployment as a vehicle for reform and improvement; their mass-market debut in the twentieth century as a means of explanation (and sometimes propaganda); and their use for both ideological and professional purposes in the post-World War II marketized newspaper culture. Finally, he proposes best practices for news infographics and defends infographics and data visualization against a range of criticism. Dick offers not only a history of how the public has experienced and understood the infographic, but also an account of what data visualization can tell us about the past.
Infographic Design by
Infographics provide graphic visual representations of information or knowledge intended to present data quickly and concisely to a broad swath of users of different skills, abilities and backgrounds. Infographic Design explores the building blocks of infographics and data visualization starting with a brief history of the discipline followed by an examination of the most common contemporary approaches to visual representation. Twenty-two thoughtfully selected experts on data visualization share their work in the book and offer insightful perspectives about how they visually process information and data. This collection is an indispensable reference for information designers and engaged readers alike.
The Infographic Guide to Science by
The fundamentals of science in groundbreaking visuals, from the Big Bang to Artificial Intelligence. Discover how the world really works in this spectacular journey through space and time that shows the development of the material Universe from the first cataclysmic moments to the emergence of human and machine intelligence. The Infographic Guide to Science presents the unfolding science that lies behind then and now. Starting from the point of physical origin, the book moves through quarks, atoms, molecules and stars; to planet building, organic chemistry, the emergence of life, and finally on to sentience, the human mind, and its quest to understand the Universe. Spectacular visuals give insight into how the world really works, covering all the major branches of scientific understanding. Using vast amounts of information to cross-reference a breadth of different subject areas, the book features physics, cosmology, chemistry, earth science, biology, non-science, medicine, engineering, and computer technology. Four core sections follow the progression of scientific theory and discoveries over time. These chapters, with examples, are: The Universe -- The Geometry of the Universe, Universal Matter, Thermodynamics, Chemical Bonds, Supernovas, Nuclear Fisson Earth -- Planet Formation, Rocketry and exploration, The Lithosphere, Extreme weather, Aqueous chemistry, Nucleic acid Life -- The Great Oxygenation Event, Chromosomes, Multicellular Precambrian Life, Gills vs. Lungs, Evolution of grasses Humans -- Leakey-Laetoli Footprints, Language Instinct, Muscular-skeletal System, Brain development, Emotion, Futurology. Even with the most skilled teacher, the sciences can be overwhelming to absorb and understand. The Infographic Guide to Science utilizes the power of visual design and succinct, authoritative text to illustrate and instruct such that readers can follow in the order and at the pace they prefer.
Joyful Infographics by
- Nigel Holmes is one of the leading graphic and information designers of the late 20th and 21st century - The book is written in non-academic, easy to understand language, is full of visual examples (historical and contemporary) and will appeal to any level of reader - This is the first book to focus on humor and joy in relation to information graphics and data visualization, and it teaches the reader how to use humor and joy to make visual information more understandable
New Playful Data by
New Playful Data: Graphic Design and Illustration for Infographics features brilliant and illustrative infographic projects from gifted graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and even scientists. Not only do they visualize data in a tangible and memorable way through playful illustrations, but they also provide us with inspiration for balancing colors, words, and images, as well as for distinguishing between primary and secondary information when data is presented alongside pictures. The projects revealed in this volume are divided into three main categories: statistical findings, flow diagrams, and instruction and explanation. Some of the projects illustrate data acquired from rigorous and precise scientific research, while others are the product of designers' imagination and experimentation. It's time to learn to play with data!