VennStorming: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly of Visual storytelling
During the 30 years I’ve been doing information graphics, I’ve made some good ones and some bad, and I mean really bad ones. I’ve been giving some thought to the process and here’s what I’ve come up with. What do you think?
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This entry was posted on March 7, 2012 by karlgude. It was filed under Charts, Design, Infographics, VennStorming and was tagged with analysis, brainstorming, cad, chart, circle diagram, computer assisted reporting, content, creative process, creativity, gamestorming, graph, knowledge, research, technology, venn diagram, vennstorming, visual brainstorming, visual storytelling, visualization.
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Not sure if this is fits in, but I sorta miss “hardware.” Memorable infographics for me are all anchored by some gorgeous, physical thing- a cruise liner, a spaceship- or a big toy set of cool, real stuff, all interacting with each other and fit for the eye to explore. But it seems like the things that need explaining now a days are drifting into the ever more conceptual (demystify big data with a sketch, for instance) and there’s just fewer physical things to play with. Seems like one role of infographics folks in this new world is to find ways to make these things concrete and understandable. Old trick that seems to work, and could push us past big word charts: explain HOW. There are others.
March 7, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Hey James! I hear you. I love the hardware graphics, but only artists can make those, and most people making information graphics aren’t artists. Most are not information designers, either, but type decorators who toss in a few pie and bar charts and call it an infographic. They’re popular now, but people seem to be tiring of them. The truly magnificent infograhics come from the talented people you describe, who can tell stories visually about concepts and large data sets. There’s so much data being collected nowadays that the only way humans can process it all is visually.
March 8, 2012 at 2:08 am
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