Dara Digital Designs

information design, information architecture, data visualization, idea generation

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Geometric Animations / 160417

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This visualization aims to show the trends of prevalence of diabetes mellitus by country from 1980 to 2014.

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Appropriateness for Intended Audience: 10/10

Good Magazine audience is a well educated, politically left, young, and most importantly urban-dwelling

People who will tend to care about cuts to public transit funding will most likely be users of public transit themselves and thus will also be familiar with the visual vocabulary of the public transit maps which the infographic borrows from.

The use of the visual vocabulary of mass public transit to depict funding cuts in that very same arena is also effective in its humor/irony (!)

Clarity of Image: 7/10

Thickness of rail lines does NOT correspond to the severity of the funding cuts or fare hikes but simply to number of system users / riders.

Breakout of final destination zones effectively segments the consequences of negative effects, such as job losses, service cuts, and fare increases

Choice of colors and its coordination with the Key at bottom right makes effective use of peripheral vision and color pattern identification

Clarity of Text: 8/10

Paragraph at top left sets the context of this infographic in simple, clear language.

The san-serif Helvetica typeface is in line with the visual vocabulary of mass transit maps and also effectively communicates the names of the 15 most popular public transportation systems in the United States

Use of Gestalts & Semiotics & Grids: 8/10

Effective use of high contrast colors and distinct size of lines in relation to each other to convey numerical (quant) information

Central location of map on the page corresponds to the semiotic rules of the protagonist at the relative center of screen (image)

Clear and effective use of grids to align the header, text paragraph, information key, and transit line names

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(via informat)

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The Rise and Fall of an Internet Meme [Infographic] | Daily Infographic

What happens during the lifespan of a meme? Check out today's infographic to find out.

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Content Methodology: A New Model for Content Marketing

If you're concerned that your organization's content marketing isn't as effective as it could be, this report is for you.

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How to Mess Up (Perfectly) - HOW Design

Learn how to mess up — and if you think you’ve messed up, mess up some more.

How to perfectly mess up design

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Politician’s salaries and income inequality

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G20 Alcohol Consumption 2015-2025 by Valerio Pellegrini

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TV Shows geolocation by Tim Ritz

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How information designers interact with others

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#techtalkwithdad

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For all of you still using photoshop for document design….& the monkey presses the button. 

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The Banana Unpeeled Infographic

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A day in the life of a designer.

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Skills every designer should have

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10 ways big data, analytics, and sensors are helping behind the scenes - TechRepublic

New solutions based on IoT, analytics, and business intelligence are reaching into every corner of industry and commerce. Some of these examples might surprise you.