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Can they be too simple? Become too graphic or symbolic? Is important information being lost or disregarded? Are infographics sometimes being used where text and written details should and need to be?
How simplified can something be before vital information and meaning is lost?
4 comments:
You bring up a good point. I think that when things get simplified that they become regular know for that information. Like the man and women symbols. Those started out as a way to simplify the words and make it possible for a non english speaking person to understand the graphic. But i do think that infographics can be too simple and this happens when it no longer gets the point across. If the public can not understand what the graphic is then it has lost its information and is no longer of any use.
I think yes, somethings words are needed with info graphics. Try and set up one of those furniture pieces in a box. They have eliminated words in their set up instructions and it is impossible to set anything up. I think the two need each other. Info graphics I think have a hard time if they are complex instructions standing alone, but words cannot say the whole thing either. In simple cases where there is not many steps either one I think will do fine, but in complex things they need each other.
it is interesting to read your question. Illustration classes strive to teach students to first reduce objects or people down to their most recognizable and simplest forms. It is pretty phenomenal how basic you can get before recognition is lost. I also think that graphics are pretty universal, and type becomes especially tricky when you're talking about using it on a worldwide basis...art is a universal language.
thoughtful question and comments. you don't want things to become sterile, lifeless, no emotion. then they may not have the impact that you need. it is always finding the right balance for the project at hand.
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