Thursday, March 15, 2012

16: Research and Inspiration

What are infographics?Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of informationdata or knowledge. These graphicspresent complex information quickly and clearly,  such as in signsmapsjournalismtechnical writing, and education.


I also really liked the one Mrs. Dayton had picked because it's fun and entertaining yet gets the point of a timeline across. I thought it was really creative that they used a candy land theme; it got my attention and directed me throughout the graphic
I love this info graphic because it uses an actual road to show the traffic and then has the little graphics or symbols numbered so that we can read about them off to the side. It's not too crowded and it flows really easily.

Monday, March 5, 2012

15: Research and Inspiration

An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decoratedinitials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. (wikipedia) 
I liked this one because the page was very organized and inline. The border isn't exactly plain but it's simple enough that the focus is evenly distributed
I like how the text used unity/variety by keeping all the text in the same font, size and color and then making an X by coloring some letters yellow