Firstly let me state up front that I absolutely love Information Graphics. Secondly I absolutely loathe Information Graphics.
I'm sorry but the idea was interesting at first and it wasn't just the novelty. It was that designers, with flair and style, could take complex topics and tell a real story with creative/smart intelligent design.
What on Earth happens? What was a great start, and caught a lot of everyone's attention then turns to turgid and deeply unhelpful mediocrity. Well we know. The bandwagon gets jumped by a few thousand wannabees and hey presto. Desktop Publishing all over again.
To whom it may concern.
Please don't fill a 4 x 30+ height page with 20 dumb Power Point Slides. Don't pour your kitchen sink of fonts and clip-art effects onto a badly thought through story. Please don't hijack a powerful new platform for genuine communication with lazy, not smart/unthoughtful stuff that can be communicated better by other means.
Please!
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