Hand to Digital Translation

Update:

I made some color alterations and a change of names. Since the title of my Article is Shabby Relics I thought to introduce a new title for my info graph that spoke to the idea of age-old objects. I came up with the title Take Care to emphasize the evolution of my icons and how easily they can be worn or forgotten .

Critique Suggestions from Laura and Jamie:

Lighten the brown background
Scale the collaged images up a bit
Multiply the colored bars to show where they overlap
Make the dates inside of the text box larger and scale the icons up
Continue the colored bars over into the time line to create a nice pattern
Scale the title of my info graph to the size of my sub-heads in my article
Incorporate another sub-head on the second page of my article
Rework the scaling of my pull-quote
Take "Key" out



Major Editing:

So I rearranged my info graphic and added some new elements to it. I decided to show the collages directly on the background instead of the circles because of how distracting they were. Also, I made my time line accurate, keeping the intervals evenly spaced while varying the lines connecting to it. I also reworked the boxes surrounding my text and images containing them in clumps for easier understanding since I have varying angled lines.

Some elements kept were my color selection , only brightening for legibility, and my centralized time line allowing better space management.

Quick Question, Should I incorporate the name of each room, could i make the images clearer by adding more imagery?


Some process thoughts:


This idea, which was leading more towards a playful effect, was to show different ways to extend the life of your household appliances. I decided not to go with this idea because it simply did not match the overall tone I was going for. It became too comical and competed with the set of icons I had already established.

A great idea though. Maybe I will consider exploring this some other time later.



First Draft of Infographic Spread:



The Evolution of my Time Line:

Finally, I came up with the solutions of leaving a space between each row of information, allowing free space for my icon evolutions, as well as using lines to link each fact with each date. Yay, a simple solution alongside some technical adjustments for a quicker and easier read.

*side note: still working on the clarity of my icon evolutions for easier comprehension, specifically speaking to the phone and the bear


So I flipped it vertical and tried using both sides of my time line while not overlapping areas of color. Although I became satisfied with the vertical structure, now I had developed a new problem in that I hadn't considered space for the icons I was going to include, as well as not being able to link the text directly with the dates.


So I started off with a time line that was a bit confusing and a bit fussy as well. I had problems with the overlapping of certain areas that had no meaning, but because this is an infographic time line there is no place for "no meaning."


Things to think about and keep in mind:

1. Emphasize more on the collage aspect of my infograph. Lose the hard-lines as they don't fit in well with the content.
2. With the time-line, try working outwards from a central view point for a more dynamic and readable composition.
3. Find a better way to integrate my imagery with the time-line. Maybe picking a specific time period for each icon and depicting that entire room setting would be better. Work on the hierarchy of each section of info, giving one more dominance than the other.
4. Work on the framing of sections and other technical mistakes of the infograph.
5. Continue rapid development of icons. Maybe they work best without the frame? Is there any other way to show the between stages of each transformation without introducing more icons.

Suggestions?