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<\/a>There seems to be a reasonable consistency to the history of the form, which some suggest goes back to cave painting. Florence Nightingale\u2019s infographic of mortality rates, Otto Neurath\u2019s Isotype project and Edward Tufte are also generally included. It was fascinating to see how something that I probably regarded as quite a modern phenomenon has actually had such a long development period.<\/p>\nIn order to address the skills issue I have continued to use Illustrator as much as possible and to take some online courses. The Creative Live course was especially useful and helped set out a few parameters:<\/p>\n
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- Tell a story<\/li>\n
- Keep it simple<\/li>\n
- Use icons<\/li>\n
- Don\u2019t mix dimensions \u2013 2D and 3D<\/li>\n
- Use a grid structure<\/li>\n
- Use the best fonts (think of them as actors on the stage)<\/li>\n
- The best fonts are generally sanserif<\/li>\n
- Make it cool!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I\u2019m not sure I achieved all of these but they helped me feel more confident in approaching the task. I knew from the outset that I didn\u2019t want to do a straight floorplan of my desk or the house, I thought with that approach there was a danger it could be little more than a map, so I started to look at the activity in the spaces. This made me think about where I do my creative work and the factors that help or hinder it. I may have moved outside of the brief a little but I decided to do the infographic on my creative process.<\/p>\n
I started with some sketches but was a bit concerned my early ideas were too complicated and that I\u2019d struggle to achieve them. I then stripped them right back to just look at the spaces but this seemed too simplified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t