15 things that make an infographic shareable
Infographics are all the rage on social media—and they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. Contrary to predictions that infographics would saturate the blogosphere to the
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Why Good Infographics Are More Than Just Pictures and Numbers
When I was a senior in college, I thought it would be fun to take a painting class. Before that, I hadn’t painted anything since I was 12, at a birthday party at one of t
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The CDC Incites Feminist Outrage With Infographic
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released new recommendations and a corresponding infographic meant to prevent alcohol-induced birth defects and pregnancy compli
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Gods And Religion In Shakespeare’s Work
Shortly after her coronation in 1558 Queen Elizabeth I reasserted and maintained royal supremacy within the English church, thus confirming her power as a Protestant lead
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Solutions to the Biggest Challenges in Creating Infographics (Part 1)
Deciding on a Topic and Defining Your Content Structure About this Series Visme is an online visual editing tool designed to maximize the potential of any given data need
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Infographic Layout Cheat Sheet: Making the Best Out of Visual Arrangement
Good visual arrangement for infographics is putting together graphic and visual elements in a manner that draws your reader’s attention. The key to achieving simple, eleg
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How To Think Visually Using Visual Analogies
Most research in cognitive science explores how we see things but little research is done on how we understand what we see. Understanding is the ultimate test of how good
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New Frankenstein Infographic Stitched Together
About the Infographic: Ever since the 1910 Edison Studios adaptation of Frankenstein featuring Augustus Phillips, Mary Fuerte, and Charles Ogle, Mary Shelley’s story has
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The Ultimate Guide to Infographics for Nonprofits
If you’re a nonprofit and you haven’t already jumped on the bandwagon of infographic creation—or don’t know where to start—this guide is for you. Beyond just another soci
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Data Dialogues: To Optimize or to Satisfice When Visualizing Data?
Is there a single “best” way to visualize data in a particular scenario and for a particular audience, or are there multiple “good enough” ways? That’s the debate that ha
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An Illustrated Guide To Iconic Fictional Locations
Who doesn’t love losing themselves in a fictional land every once and a while? Whether you’re watching The Simpsons’ latest escapades at tea time, have your head buried i
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Network visualization: mapping Shakespeare’s tragedies
Are Shakespeare’s tragedies all structured in the same way? Are the characters rather isolated, grouped, all connected? Narration, even fictional, contains a network of i
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