learning from others

As I told you in my last post I think it is very important for graphic designers to study the work of others in order to get new input. I also already recommended the website visual.ly as it provides a lot of infographics on different topics from different designers.

When I was browsing the site again today I found an interesting infographic called "Obama's Campaign Spendings" which you can access directly here. I immediately knew that I have to present this graphic on my blog because I concider it very innovative. When I am creating an infographic I concentrate on using charts, icons and some images. My aim always is to reduce realism so the viewer of my graphs won't be distracted and can concentrate on the important facts. However, the main element of this infographic I found here is a real photo of a burger. I think it is a great approach to use the layers of the burger to describe the different amounts spended on Obama's campaign. The size of the different layers might not be 100% accurate, but the infographic still works as there are call-outs which give the various costs. Also the burger works as a symbol for America. As I already mentioned I normally try to avoid using those real pictues but in this case I think it fits perfectly! What do you think?

the outcome of the catalonian elections 2012 as an infographic

On 25th of November 2012 the catalonian population voted a new parliament. Due to the fact that catalan president Artur Mas promised to bring out a referendum regarding the states independence from spain, the elections this time were more extremely emotionally loaded. After the results were announced there was a lot of discussion about the loss of the CiU party and the unconstitutional referendum. 

I worked on an infographic about the election's results and here I will present the result. As it is a political infographic I tried to keep it very neutral and simple. My focus was clearly on giving the most important information, which I concidered to be the general outcome and the elections turnout. 

the beginning of my work

In this post I would like to present you one of my very first infographics. It is called "From 6 to 8 billion - Will the world ever stop growing?" and visualizes the world's population growth from 2010 to 2030. The focus of the infographic lies on four countries: Brazil, China, Canada and Columbia. This way I want to show their contribution to the world's massive population growth. 

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