Introduction
Learn infographic design
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What you will learn
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1. What Makes a Great Infographic
Bad infographics
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Review infographics in other languages
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Improving a failing infographic
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Leveraging visual hooks and cues
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2. The Five Ws of Success
Defining the 5 Ws
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Determine your what
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Determine your who
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Determine your why
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Determine your where
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Determine your when
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Challenge: Let's make a brief
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Solution: Let's reveal that brief
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3. Crafting Your Narrative / Research 101
This isn't a chicken or egg scenario
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The role of the researcher vs. the designer
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Tone
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Where does research even start?
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Finding primary sources
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Organizing your research
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Challenge: Time to do the research
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Solution: Time to do the research
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4. Wireframing Your Infographic
What's the point of a wireframe anyway?
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Adobe Illustrator vs. Photoshop vs. InDesign
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The contents of a good wireframe
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Choosing fonts, illustration style, and colors
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Laying out your infographic design
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Visualizing data and iconography
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Presenting a wireframe
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Challenge: Wireframing your infographic
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Solution: The wireframe we will work with
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5. Let's Design an Infographic
Setting up Adobe Illustrator
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Starting with color
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Customizing your data viz
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Custom illustration is key
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Challenge: Putting it all together
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Solution: First draft infographic revealed
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Ex_Files_Learning_Infographic_Design.zip
(5.2 MB)