Homosexuality and Infographics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/history-of-gay-marriage_n_3599110.html

History into Homosexuality mainly based in America. Interesting facts bought up about animals actually being homosexual too. This could be a good sub topic to go into for the info-graphics.

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/0905/trans0509knottied.html

This is a good example of an infographic that is just out right confusing due to the amount of information and no clear explanation into what I am being showed. The only clues I have is the text "Knot tied" and the rainbow string distracting me from the numbers that do my head in.

http://www.livescience.com/28147-gay-marriage-acceptance-poll.html

This here is a great infographic that could aid my information. This information although shown in a relatively simple way is boring and the numbers around the out make it harder to understand. I could use this information and find an effective way of showing it.

http://www.livescience.com/29099-states-where-gay-marriage-is-legal-infographic.html

Another infographic that will be very helpful to my project but needs vamping up to help get the information across clear and in a way that people will want to read it. Maybe this is where a roll over function would be useful to bring up information if people wanted to read further into when it was legalised and any extra key information.

http://www.glittersnipe.com/2013/07/21/the-best-and-worst-places-to-be-gay-infographic/

This infographic contains a lot of useful information, especially the first part which would be useful in the roll over pop up for the marriage in each country for how many support and how many don't. I also thought the gingerbread man was an interesting way of showing that we all have the same parts and that we all think the same.

http://visual.ly/when-its-okay-say-gay

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states

Great interaction piece for just the states in the USA of what rights people have in relation to being homosexual. Use of roll overs and colour codes.

http://www.care2.com/causes/the-cost-of-same-sex-marriage-bans-infographic.html

Concept Brainstorm

Three circled concepts are ones that I could Follow:

• Homosexuality
• History of the British Monarchy
• What sterotype are you?

I think Homosexuality is the concept that I will be using as I myself do not have expansive knowledge on it and due to the marriage equality being a pressing political issue at the moment it will be something take could help educate people on what homosexuality is and the history and present context of homosexuality.  

Exploration into infographics + inspiration

https://www.vitamix.com/Be-Inspired/Smoothie-Exploration/How-to-Create-Your-Custom-Green-Smoothie
An example of a static infographic that could be turned into a interactive one.

http://www.becomecareer.com/geeks-hipsters/
Humorous comparison between hipster and geeks, is another prime example of something that could easily be animated or turned into a interactive infographic 

http://m.lolsnaps.com/index.html?id=15522
a different way of looking at the world. And quite simple ways of showing facts and information

Infographics in video form. Use of colour to indicate each gender. Animation its also interesting and adds to the information given. Making it alot more interesting to watch.

although a bit crude, I thought this way of showing information by using representations of food to show the facts makes it a much more polite and less crude way of showing these facts. The design and cleanliness of the text was a good example of well presented information.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/19/nyregion/how-many-households-are-like-yours.html
This infographic is interactive. You put in the details and it comes up with how many people in the USA are in a similar living situation to you. I found that less that a thousand live like I do. Really easy to use, but I wanted more visual interaction. 

http://awesome.good.is.s3.amazonaws.com/transparency/web/1109/water-access/flash.html
This one was interactive. It was educating the user on how clean water can benefit society. It was interesting interacting with the three main groups and how the pipes were used to see what area of facts you were reading. Imagery is nice and clean. 

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Tower-Graphics-Data-Visualization/984783
Being a bit of a nerd this was cool to look at. This is a static infographic. It is looking at how much the StarWars franchise made to date. I find most of the imagery amusing and it made me engage more with the information given.

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1009/the-world-of-data/flat.html
this infographic utilises the use of the grid really well. I just found the visual flow of how I was suppose to follow the information a bit overwhelming and confusing.

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1012/lightbulb/flat.html
the flow in this static infographic is concise. Information is clear and if one wants more information they can read the finer text. A good example of using more information, but keeping it for people who want to know more. 

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4387344224/sizes/o/in/photostream/
I found this quite interesting. I found the use of the well known drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci drew me into the infographic. The use of the heirachy in the text also helped with visual clues and interest. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4405358935/sizes/o/in/photostream/
I thought this one was fun. It would make a really fun and interactive infographic if it was animated and you couldn't see the characters. This would create a mystery of who you would be, rather than trying to get to characters one like and answering questions untruthfully. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4473568816/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Another static Infographic. This is a good example of incorporating photos that are not overpowering and using colour to make information stand out.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Tower-Graphics-Data-Visualization/984783
For my infographic something light hearted would be fun to do. This would be an interesting topic to take further. Though alot of these are cringe worthy, but using animation and enticing the viewer to interact could be something very fun to explore.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Tower-Graphics-Data-Visualization/984783
Fun drawings and cool little history

http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Price-of-Being-Superheroes-Infographics/10006839