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January 17, 2019
The Visual Compendium of Sitcom Sofas
The furniture used on TV shows has become an important piece of set design, and must be unique to each show. HomeAdvisor has put together A Visual Compendium of Sitcom Sofas infographic that nicely lays out some of the most iconic sofas on television.
The sofa, as television producers have long known, is the perfect sitcom prop. It can form the center of a studio stage, symbolize family values, or create a mirror image of the viewer at home. In some sitcoms, the sofa is so important that it is a star in its own right.
The classic sitcom sofa is both welcoming and stylish. It is the anchor for the characters and the audience, just as your own sofa anchors your family through each episode of your daily life. So why not turn to infamous sitcom sofas when looking for inspiration for your next couch?
We’ve created the ultimate sitcom sofa compendium to help you make your choice. The rich variety of the natural world has nothing on the diverse offerings of sitcom sofas. Each couch has evolved with a purpose, however baffling, and reveals underlying truths about its characters’ deep prehistory.
Overall a good design with a fun topic. With hundreds of popular TV shows over the years they left a lot of famous couches out. I appreciate the challenge they faced when choosing which sofas to include.
Found on Nerdist.com
January 16, 2019
50 Amazing Facts About the Moon
The moon is a constant being in our lives. It’s been there for as long as humans can remember, surrounded by facts, myths, and A LOT of celestial space. 50 Amazing Facts About the Moon infographic from Giraffe: childcare and early learning blog condenses all of the need to know information into 50 easy to understand facts.
I love that they attempted to visualize each of the facts as much as possible. The information is appropriate for all ages and the visuals are easy to read. There isn’t a lot of words to clutter the space (no pun intended), as well as a nice balance between using real photos along with graphics.
Found on Infographic Journal
January 11, 2019
Wing Shapes
Wing Shapes from Alithographica and designer Jenn Deutscher is a great example of how visual explanations have the potential to be much more effective and easier to understand. This can be especially useful for scientific illustrations.
Since infographics like this are often share without any explanation text, it would be helpful to add an introductory explanation the infographic image itself. The URL of the Alithographica page would also be helpful when people come across this image and want to find the source.
January 10, 2019
The Best DataViz of 2018 from Fast Company
Fast Company has posted a summary of their choices for the 10 best dataviz designs published in 2018, and how they visualized data about our world: The best data viz of 2018 showed us our rapidly changing world.
You’ll notice they chose a number of animated, interactive data visualizations designed specifically for the web, as this trend continues in the industry. I like their choices, and I’ll post more details about a few of them here on Cool Infographics in the coming weeks.
December 6, 2018
What's Your Opinion? The Cool Infographics Website Survey
The Cool Infographics website is headed for a complete redesign and relaunch at the beginning of 2019, and I would really like to hear from you! Would you please answer 10 short questions on the Cool Infographics Website Survey? It should only take a couple minutes.
Survey must be completed by Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
November 29, 2018
Big Data & Infographics eBook Bundle
Humble Bundle and Wiley Tech have teamed up to offer the Big Data & Infographics Book Bundle! This is a limited-time offer, and EXPIRES on Monday December 3rd, 2018 at 2pm EDT! I love that this deal is supporting Doctors Without Borders!
HUMBLE BOOK BUNDLE: BIG DATA & INFOGRAPHICS BY WILEY
We've teamed up with Wiley for our newest bundle! Get titles like 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization, Cool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design, and The Visual Organization: Data Visualization, Big Data, and the Quest for Better Decisions. Plus, your purchase will support Doctors Without Borders!
My book, Cool Infographics, is part of the deal, but I'm not getting a portion of the bundles. No affiliate link, no sponsorship fee, no kickbacks. I didn't even know about the deal until I noticed other people talking about it on Twitter! I'm just excited for my book to be included in the bundle for promotion!
(I did notice they used the dataviz design from my book cover for their promotional graphics)
It is a fantastic collection of books, and you should grab it while it's available! I have most of these on my shelf!
November 28, 2018
What Will Kill You in 2040
What Will Kill You in 2040 infographic takes the top 20 reasons for death in 2016 and compares them to the predicted top 20 reasons for death in 2040. The top 3 aren't predicted to change, however the rest are all over the board!
The infographic was created by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. Their source of information came from an article published in The Lancet (a peer-reviewed general medical journal) called Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016-40 for 195 countries and territories. That's a mouth-full for a title!
The orthogonal lines are hard to follow. Straight lines would have turned this into a slope graph, and made it easier to see which causes of death were increasing or decreasing. Categorizing the causes of death into 3 different categories and color coding them really helps break up the text and makes it a little easier to follow the arrows.
Found on Radio Free Europe
November 20, 2018
Top 10 Tips for Cooking the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey
The Food Network is using infographics to help highlight some of their most popular cooking help articles. The Food Network Kitchen's Top 10 Tips for Cooking the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Infographic is a great summary infographic for the holidays!
Armed with our top 10 turkey tips, you'll come out looking like a pro on Thanksgiving Day. Whether you're hosting your first Thanksgiving dinner or your fiftieth, these indispensable tips will help you turn out a terrific turkey.
You'll notice the infographic is very brief and light on the details. It's a short, easy-to-read summary that leads to a much more detailed, full-length article 10 Tips for Cooking the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey that goes into detail for every one of these tips.
From a marketing point of view, this is a great use of infographics. The infographic doesn't have to go into exhaustive details. Just a quick summary that leads people to more information on the website.
October 23, 2018
Smartphone Etiquette 2018
It is 2018 and our phones have become intricate to our daily lives. The Smartphone Etiquette 2018 infographic shows the results of a survey done by socilamediatoday.com to see what American's attitudes and behaviors are towards smartphones.
Smartphones have become a key part of our everyday interactive process, offering the entire internet, and our social sphere, at our fingertips at any given moment.
But just how much are you using your mobile device, and how immersive has it become? KDM Engineering interviewed a group of 2,000 Americans to find out, asking questions on how often people check their phones, how they use their devices in the workplace and what's acceptable mobile behavior in public.
The responses will no doubt come as little surprise, though it's certainly impactful to see some of those behavioral trends highlighted in hard data.
You can check out the full results in the infographic below - and of particular note for marketers, look at which notification types users respond to most urgently.
A lot of good statistics here, but way too many of them are just shown as big numbers in text. That doesn't put the information into context for the readers.
Found on socialmediatoday.com
October 10, 2018
4 Ways to Set Up Your Talking Head Shots
When you have something important to say, the last thing you want to stress about is your camera set up. Filmora.io has created the 4 Ways to Set Up Your Talking Head Shots infographic as a tool for aspiring YouTubers. The infographic can be used to help determine which camera set-up to use and the equipment required for it.
A big part of being a YouTuber involves talking to the camera. How you set up your talking-head shot depends on many factors, including how much space you have, what kind of look you’re going for, and how many people you want to fit in one frame. Here are four ways to set up your talking-head shots for YouTube.
Thanks to Erica for sending in the link!
