The document is a presentation by Bijan Yavar on the principles of infographics. It begins with defining infographics and data visualization. It then discusses the history and types of infographics, including static, dynamic, interactive and physical infographics. The presentation covers the traditional vs modern methods of presenting data and the structure and components of an infographic. It demonstrates infographic examples and concludes with a discussion of software skills needed for infographic design and a final examination.

1. Data and Information Visualization:
The Principles of Infographics
Bijan Yavar
Head Advisor and Planning Department Director
Of the First Persian Infographics Reference
Nov 2013
C
First Persian Infographics Reference
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

2. In the Name of the creator of
beauty
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

3. Assessment In the Workshop
•
Kindly Listen Carefully
•
Try to ask good Questions
•
Divide into groups
•
Pick a Leader
•
Work Together
•
Present a Good Work
•
Good attitude
•
Good
Presence
Questions
Good
Participation
Answers
in Team work
Good
Good final
Presentation
Exam
Prepare your Assignment perfectly
•
Active
Good Examination
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

4. What Do We Expect
•
Define Infographics in a simple
Manner
•
point out It’s status in visualization
•
Tradition and Modernism in
relation to Presenting Data and
Information
•
Kinds of Infographics
•
Infographic Usage
•
And lots more, you tell us what will
be next…
Tradition &
Definition
Modernism
Kinds of
Structure of
Infographics
an Infographic
Infographic
Good final
Usage
Exam
Structure of an Infographic
•
Infographics
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

5. Introduction
What is Data Visualization?
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6. Data Visualization
is the study of the visual representation of data,
meaning
"all those information sets that has been
generalized in some schematic form, including
attributes or variables for the units of information"
which can be easily understood
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

7. What is Infographics (Very Simple)
Infographics
Infographics
Info
Information
Graphics
Graphics
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

8. What is Infographics? (lets have a peace of Cake)
Data
Information
Presentation
Knowledge
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

9. What is Infographics?
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

10. 1
3
History of Infographics
2
4
http://www.thesocialclinic.com/the-history-of-infographics-in-an-infographic/
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

11. History of Infographics (Lets Watch a Clip)
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12. Different Phases and Stages for Producing an Infographic
1- Gathering
data and
Information
2- Sorting and
Classifying Them
3- Arranging
Them
4- Presentation
http://info.techimage.com/PRIntelligence/bid/134417/ShouldYou-be-Creating-Infographics
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

13. Differences of Traditional and Modern
ways of presenting Data and
Information
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

14. Traditional
Method of
Presenting
Data &
Information
Complexity to Understand
Boring
Not Innovative
Text and Numbers
Minimum Data & Information
is conveyed to the Addressee
in the maximum Period of
Time
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

15. Modern
Method of
Presenting
Data &
Information
Simplicity to Understand
Interesting
Innovative
Text, Numbers, Shapes,
Colorful, Diversity, big and
Smallness, Status of Location,
etc
Maximum Data & Information
is conveyed to the Addressee
in the Minimum Period of
Time
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16. 4 kind of Infographics
(Relation between data & information + you)
1- Static (everything is fixed)
2- Dynamic (you can see Dynamism & movement)
3- Interactive (you can interact)
4- Physical (you can feel it in real and is not just virtual)
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

17. 1- Static (everything is fixed)
Translation: www.infographics.ir
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

18. 2- Dynamic (you can see Dynamism & movement)
www.infographics.ir
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

19. 3- Interactive (you can interact)
What A Billion Dollars Buys You
http://www.columnfivemedia.com/workitems/interactive-what-a-billion-dollars-buys-you
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

20. 4- Physical (you can feel it in real and is not just virtual)
www.infographics.ir
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

21. Some of Infographics Applications and Usage
1- Detection Instrument
2- presenting Ones CV and Back ground
3- presenting Reports and Factsheets
4- presenting news and Information Giving
5- Propaganda and Advertisement
6- introducing any thing (Goods, products, etc)
7- An Instrument for Tracing
8- One of the Best Methods for Training and education
9- And lots more. What do you think?
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

22. Some of Infographics Applications and Usage
http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/30/new-version-of-londonunderground-map-shows-circles-are-the-way-forward-3374600/
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

23. Lets have a Look at different kinds of Infographics
http://www.todayinfographic.com
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

24. The Benefits of Infographics by an Infographic
1- Time
Saving
2maximum
informatio
n conveyed
3- User
Friendliness
4- Easy to
Learn
5- easy to
memorize
6- Longlasting to
Remember
7- etc
http://www.webmarketinggroup.co.
uk/Blog/why-every-seo-strategyneeds-infographics-1764.aspx
http://www.infographics.ir
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

25. The Growth of Infographics
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/03/07/9-awesome-reasons-to-useinfographics-in-your-content-marketing/
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

26. The Structure, Anatomy and Components of An Infographic
•
Title
•
Subject
•
Introductory Explanation
or Illustrations
•
Captions and Related
Explanation
•
Complementary
Explanation or
Illustrations
•
Producer and Designer,
Translator or whatsoever)
•
Innovative things in Mind
•
Source
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27. Infographics of Infographics
http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/techinsights/blog/?p=1580
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28. Ready,
Get Set,
Go
Practical Work
How to Prepare An Infographic
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29. Procedure
1- Divide into Groups
2- Pick A Leader to
Explain the group's
Work later on
3- Work together
4- Interact
5- prepare an
Innovative Infographic
6- Present
7- Receive the
feedbacks
Practical Work: 30 minutes
Presentation of each Group:
10 Minutes
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

30. What we Have
now
“Data and Information”
What we Intend to Have
Further On
“Innovative Infographic”
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31. The Most Used Letters On a Keyboard
(Kindly consider that this sample is just an example)
• Data Resembles
Frequency of use
Name of
Words
Times of
Usage
• The number Refers to
Words Used in a day
• You can use any kind
of Infographic to
present your work
720
Word O
720
Word S
500
Word N
720
Word E
1000
Word T
850
Word A
• User is Assumed to be
an Ordinary person
Word I
Rank
872
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

32. Time to Present Your Work
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

33. Some Software Skills needed for
Preparing different kinds of Infographics
• Photoshop
• illustrator
• Freehand
• 3-D studio max
• Adobe related software
• Flash player
•
etc (based on the needs, Goal and the innovation of
the designer)
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34. Lets Summarize
• What is an Infographics?
• Can you classify different kinds of Infographics?
• Who prepared the First Infographic?
• What is the Use of Infographics?
• What are the main stages for preparing an
Infographic?
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

35. Final
Examination
• Within minutes
• You will see
Demos
2
• Kindly in Person
• let us know
• what sort of
Infographic they
are and Why
• Time:
15 Minutes
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

36. A - Energy Spectrum
B - Natural Gas
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

37. Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

38. www.columnfive
media.com/work
items/interactive
-what-a-billiondollars-buys-you
:Sources
http://visualization.
geblogs.com/?utm_so
urce=gecom&utm_m
edium=hp_see&utm_
campaign=gecom_hp
www.infographics.ir
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013

39. Thank you for Listening
Join Us On http://www.infographics.ir
And Also On http://www.todayinfographic.com
Good Luck
Bijan Yavar
Data and Information Visualization: The Principles of Infographics / Bijan Yavar /2013