I consider an infographic to be good if it can draw attention quickly and then encourage the reader to continue searching for the smaller details, telling a story.
The content isn’t what I’m showing here, but the effectiveness of presentation.
Here are some of my recent favourites.
Undersea cables of the world
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A chap by the name of Michael Anderson liked infographics so much he made his CV into one. I’m not sure this’ll catch on, but it looks cool.
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The famous Billion-Dollar-O-Gram by David McCandless.
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Both David’s recent TED talk and his book Information is Beautiful
The magic bean shop and the fries that bind us
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How long will it last?
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About the author: Dan Huddart is a web analytics professional, specialising in obtaining business insight from Google and Adobe/Omniture analytics solutions. Read more from this author
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Topics: Infographics