I really liked the infographic “24 Books to Read in Under An
Hour” and have embedded it below.
There were many reasons I thought this particular
infographic was effective and well designed.
I will start by talking about the three effective principles of design
that are stated in Presentationzen
DESIGN. In my opinion, this infographic
had all three principles: restrain, reduce, and emphasize (Reynolds, 2014, p 152). The designer showed restraint by focusing on
4 basic facts on how reading benefits the reader. It then moves on to suggest 3 times a reader
could easily fit in time to read a book, using 3 simple pictures. As you scroll down, there are then 24 books
that the average person could read. This
could sound overwhelming, but the designer simply has 2 book covers featured at
a time, shown with a watch of how long it takes to read that particular book,
leaving the emphasis on the goal: how long it takes to read that particular book. After reading the chapter on color in our
text book, I found great appreciation in the skill the designer used with each
of the books and watches (Reynolds, 2014, p 84). He used
a technique where he match a color in each of the book covers and used this particular
color on the face of the watch that represented that book. This was effective and created harmony as I
scrolled down the page. I enjoyed
looking at this infographic and felt it was simple, clean, and easy to read.
Infographic taken from: EBook Friendly (2015). 24 books to read in under an hour. Retrieved from http://ebookfriendly.com/books-under-hour-infographic/ CC.
**A question about citation: This image said that it can be shared because of Creative Commons licensing, but I could not find any other information about the type. I cited with just a CC, is this best practice?
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