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25 Best Infographic Resources
If you’re a regular reader, then you are sure to have realised by now that I am a HUGE fan of Infographics. After all these years of coding and consulting, my attention span has pretty much been whittled down to allow pretty pictures and % signs.
On a more functional note, Infographics are great to use to add weight to your claims and comments when dealing with clients. On the rare occasion, I have to try and talk a client out of something, or gently sway their scope or intentions, Infographics (when I can find them) will generally replace graphs and pie charts of my own. Why? Because instead of saying “Hey, who’s the professional here, listen to me.” I now have the backing and support of another company or group who have also ran the numbers and came to the same conclusion as validation for my claims.
In the spirit of such, here is a round up of some of the better infographic sites out there.
- Visual.ly - Awesome community for creating and sharing infographics.
- Information Aesthetics – The relationship between design and information.
- Visualizing.org - Making sense of complex issues through data and design.
- Visual Complexity - A resource for the visualization of complex networks.
- Daily Infographic - A new infographic every day.
- GOOD Infographics - GOOD Magazine’s excellent infographics section.
- Information Is Beautiful – Ideas, issues, knowledge, data – visualized.
- Infographic of the Day – Fast Company’s excellent and long running series.
- FlowingData - Exploring how designers, scientists visualize data.
- Datastore / Datablog – Two great data journalism sites from the Guardian.
- Infographics Archive – A visual library offering infographics.
- Visual Loop - There’s an infographic for it… even if it didn’t happen!
- Infographr – All about infographics.
- Newsilike – An infographics blog from India.
- Video Infographics – Motion infographics that explain, educate or inform.
- Datavisualization.ch – A news and knowledge resource for data visualization.
- VisualJournalism – 80% of the news in infographics.
- Eagereyes – Reflections on the visual communication of data.
- Amazing Infographics - Cool information graphics.
- Submit Infographics - Share and rate infographics.
- The Infographics Showcase – Collecting infographics.
- I Love Charts – A Tumblr blog about charts.
- Well Formed Data – An infographics blog by a freelance data visualizer.
- Best Infographics – Pointing you toward great infographics.
- Infographic List – For those who love infographics.
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TashWordJuly 23, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Wow, so many sites! I’m overwhelemed at the idea of them all, AIdan, lol!
Seriously, it’s good to have a list of resources, so thanks.
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endi360July 23, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Awesome! I’m a big fan of charts and everything that can be visualized in graphic form. I used to draw venn diagram for everything. The resources you’ve listed are great, I’m already familiar with most of them, http://www.visualizing.org especially. I did a cool project for school based on a graph of theirs.
Magic PixelJuly 24, 2012 at 3:30 am
I also like infographics quite a lot, especially those related to business and macroeconomic data. But the little figures tend to be quite interesting themselves, when it comes to a specific range of products for example
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BloomaticJuly 24, 2012 at 6:28 am
This article goes straight to my favorites. I like the infographics. I find in them a way to explain things very simple. Using other resources, I don’t know if this task would be as effective. Similarly, not only practices in relation to the information they provide, but also make a very creative way. Include infographics in a document, make a difference.It´s a resource that gives our work a lot of hierarchy. I’m gonna take a while to visit those websites. Thanks for sharing those links.
LauraJuly 27, 2012 at 4:31 am
You, a fan of infographics, who could have thought
;D
Great list, thanks
youtubedominationJuly 27, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Again another great post Admin! I believe virtually everybody is a fan of infographics especially those that are well laid out and contain some interesting facts.
This list will definitely help me out if I ever need one to post.
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jaruriAugust 1, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Great list of infographic sources. They’re a great source of information that are easy on the eyes and easy to understand. I’ll be sure to share some with my friends and family
NequanAugust 7, 2012 at 2:04 am
Thanks for the resources. Info graphics are gaining a popularity. I’ve seen them used a lot in business and sports lately. I’m a student pursuing a degree in business and I might even be able to use them in some of presentations. They also look great on sales pages.
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Joe WellsAugust 8, 2012 at 11:28 pm
I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I had never heard of infographics until recently. I know a lot of people take in information better visually rather than just reading words on a page. So, I can see how infographics would be a popular choice when trying to present data to someone, especially in a business setting.
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SybariticAugust 22, 2012 at 2:43 pm
This article is great! I love infographics, they’re so much more interesting and eye-catching than paragraphs and such. Thanks so much for compiling all these awesome sites into one place!
cmartenSeptember 9, 2012 at 4:30 am
Such great resources. This is the kind of thing I wish I was better at: graphic type designing. I guess I’ll have to stick to text, since I don’t have time to learn anything new right now. thanks for the resources though.
PaladinSeptember 27, 2012 at 9:44 am
Great list of infographic sources. They’re a great source of information that are easy on the eyes and easy to understand. I’ll be sure to share some with my friends and family
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