The purpose and conventions of infographics:
Infographics are a format that helps journalists to help their readers understand what they’re doing. They are a way of converting complicated statistics, and information into an easy-to-read format.
This infographic is effective as it uses imagery (the faces of famous men who have been accused of sexual harassment, piled up like an iceberg) to emphasise the statistic included in the infographic: 70% of sexual harassment incidents go unreported.
This second infographic shows much more information. The point of it is to give ‘a complete history of the legislation of same-sex marriage it is done in the form of a bar chart, with different bars depicting different countries, and the year that same-sex marriage was legalised there, from 2000-2017. The bar chart is also coloured in the colours of the LGBT pride flag.
Design Planning
This is the first example of a template I would use for my infographic. I would add statistics and dates at every point of the timeline, and some base information at the top as well as an eye-catching title.
If I use this template I would create an actual timeline for sustainability within the fashion industry in 2018. I would also include a website link at the bottom.
Infographic Creation Techniques
There are various different website that provide free templates for creating infographics. These include Canva, Piktochart, and infogram. You can select a template, and then adjust it to your liking. Or you can create an infographic from scratch.
Ash Jayy 