The document discusses good and bad information design. It provides McCandless's model of information design which emphasizes making information relevant, meaningful, new, easy to use, truthful, consistent, accurate, honest, beautiful in structure and appearance, and usable. It then discusses examples of good design from 2010 and 2011 and contrasts it with bad design. The document also reviews Krum's 10 points of effective infographics which emphasizes being concise, visual, transparent, varied, gracious, and creative.

1. Information Design Assignment 1
Good VS. Bad
Ruping Kuo 2012/1/23

2. McCandless’s Model of Information Design
interesting-easy-beautiful-true
Relevant Meaningful New
Easiness Usefulness
Truth Consistence
Accuracy Honest
Beauty Structure Appearance Useability Fit

3. Good Design
2010
World Economy Forum
OECD Better Life Index
2011
Bad Design

4. Relevant Meaningful New
Information Interestingness
Proof of Experiment
concept
Easiness Usefulness
Truth Consistence
Accuracy Honest
Ugly
Useability Fit
integrity Function
Boring
Eye
Sketch
candy
Form
Design
Beauty Structure Appearance
Beauty Structure Appearance

5. Krum’s 10 points of inforgraphics
1. Be Concise (convey one idea really well) 
2. Be Visual 
3. Be Smarter (explain data correctly and help
reader understand what they’re ) 
4. Be Transparent (cite your data sources and
allow readers to dig deeper) 
5. Be Different (presentation form) 
6. Be Attractive 

6. 7. Be Accurate (use different sized shapes or
images to show amounts relative to each
other) 
8. Be Varied (Find a good visual style that’s right
for the data you’re trying to share) 
9. Be Gracious (your infographic may be viewed
alone/as self-explanatory as possible) 
10. Be Creative (Use whatever tools you have) 
Total: 1 5 4

7. Good Design
2010
World Economy Forum
OECD Better Life Index
2011
Bad Design

8. Relevant Meaningful New
Information Interestingness
Proof of
Proof of Experiment
concept Experiment
Easiness Usefulness
concept
Truth Consistence
Accuracy Honest
Useability Fit
Successful
integrity Function
Design
Eye
Eye Sketch
Sketch
candy
candy
Form
Design
Beauty Structure Appearance

9. Krum’s 10 points of inforgraphics
1. Be Concise (convey one idea really well) 
2. Be Visual 
3. Be Smarter (explain data correctly and help
reader understand what they’re ) 
4. Be Transparent (cite your data sources and
allow readers to dig deeper)
5. Be Different (presentation form) 
6. Be Attractive /

10. 7. Be Accurate (use different sized shapes or
images to show amounts relative to each
other) 
8. Be Varied (Find a good visual style that’s right
for the data you’re trying to share) 
9. Be Gracious (your infographic may be viewed
alone/as self-explanatory as possible) 
10. Be Creative (Use whatever tools you have) 
Total: 8 2 0