Figures — Cool Infographics

Links to the online figures

Most of the infographic designs I’ve included in the book are actually better when viewed online. Many of them had to be reduced in size to fit on these pages, because it’s important for you to see the scale of the entire infographic designs instead of just pieces. I have created a close-up portion of many of the designs to demonstrate a particular point or to make some of the text readable.

For all the example designs that are available online, I have included a link to the original source so that you can see the full-size original version online, the way the designer intended. However, many of the URLs are long and difficult to type into your browser.

The other challenge I faced is that over time links break. Sites go down or move to new domain names, but when the URLs are printed in the book, they are permanent. I wanted to ensure that many years from now you could still view the full-size versions online. So I have created a shortcut URL for each of the online examples that I control. If any of the websites move the infographics to a new link address, I will change the destination of this shortcut URL to redirect to the new address.

Cool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design

By Randy Krum

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Chapter 1: The Science of Infographics

Fig 1-5: CouldYou Be A Failure?: http://www.smarter.org/research/fail-charts/
Fig 1-18: The Information Hydrant, Will Lion: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/
Fig 1-20: Underskin, Sam Loman: http://www.just-sam.com
Fig 1-22: The Tower of Beer, RothIRA.com: http://www.rothira.com/tower-of-beer
Fig 1-24: Voice is King, Nuance Communications: http://enterprisecontent.nuance.com/mobile-app-feature-adoption.html
Fig 1-27: The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music, Reebee Garofalo, HistoryShots: http://www.historyshots.com/Rockmusic/index.cfm
Fig 1-28: Ownership of Beer Brands and Varieties 2010, Phillip H. Howard and Ginger Ogilvie: https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/beer.html
- UPDATED version available on Philip H. Howard’s website: https://philhoward.net/
Fig 1-29: Ownership of Beer Brands and Varieties 2010, Zoom.it: http://zoom.it/YGht
Fig 1-30: iPhone Wine App Spectrum, VinTank: http://www.vintank.com/2011iphoneapps/
Fig 1-31: A Raw Chocolate History, Chocolution.com: http://thechocolution.com/raw-chocolate-history-interactive-infographic-dark-version/
Fig 1-33: My Visual Mapping Blogroll, Claude Aschenbrenner: http://www.serialmapper.com/archive/2008/09/25/mise-en-seine-de-blogs.html
Fig 1-34: Cheetah, Jacob O’Neal: http://jacoboneal.com/cheetah/
Fig 1-35: Distance to Mars, David Paliwoda and Jesse Williams: http://distancetomars.com/
Fig 1-36: “Remind Me” by Royksopp: https://youtu.be/1Xhdy9zBEws
Fig 1-37: “Did You Know? 3.0” video, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
Fig 1-38: The New York Times 2012 Election interactive infographics: http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president
Fig 1-39: Tale of 100 Entrepreneurs, Tableau Public: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/taleof100
Fig 1-40: Inside Super PACs, Jess Bachman: http://blog.visual.ly/visualizing-super-pac-spending/

Chapter 2: Online Infographics

Fig 2-1: Teens & Cell Phones, PrepaidPhones.com: http://infonewt.com/portfolio/client-work/18409928
Fig 2-2: What Guests Want, Hotels.com: http://press.hotels.com/en-ca/more-infographics/hotels-com-amenities-survey/
Fig 2-3: History of Swimwear, BackyardOcean.com: http://www.backyardocean.com/History-Of-Swimwear-Bikini-Thong-Infographic-s/758.htm
Fig 2-4: Pinterest vertical display: http://pinterest.com/rtkrum/cool-infographics-gallery/
Fig 2-5: Our Amazing Planet, Karl Tate, LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/27551-our-amazing-planet-top-to-bottom-mountaintop-to-ocean-trench-infographic.html
Fig 2-6: Solar Savings, Extra Space Storage: http://www.extraspace.com/infographics/solarpower/
Fig 2-7: How-Many Guide to Kitchen Conversions, S.B. Lattin Design: https://shannon-lattin.squarespace.com/how-many-guide/
Fig 2-8: The Lifespan of Storage Media, CrashPlan: http://infonewt.com/portfolio/client-work/16741924
Fig 2-9: Most Polluted Cities 2012, American Lung Association, Stateoftheair.org: http://infonewt.com/portfolio/client-work/18409910
Fig 2-10: Cancer, MesotheliomaHelp.net: http://www.mesotheliomahelp.net/news/cancer-charity-infographic
Fig 2-11: Can Washroom Soap Make You Sick?, GOJO Industries: http://www.gojo.com/NoMoreBulkSoap
Fig 2-12: How Our Laws Are Made, Mike Wirth and Dr. Suzanne Cooper Guasco, PhD: http://www.mikewirthart.com/?projects=how-our-laws-are-made
Fig 2-13: How Affiliate Marketing Works, Sugarrae.com: http://www.sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-affiliate-marketing-works/
Fig 2-14: How to Pair Wine with the Bright, Bold Flavors of Southeast Asia, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro: http://www.pfchangs.com/inspired/infographic.aspx
Fig 2-15: Making an Organic Choice, Earth’s Own Food Company: http://www.sonice.ca/good-for-you/organic-choice
Fig 2-16: Honda Accord, 30 Years of American Craftsmanship, Honda North America: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hondanews/7950209832
Fig 2-17: Hotel Price Index 2011, Hotels.com: http://press.hotels.com/en-us/more-infographics/us-hpi-first-half-2011-results/
Fig 2-18: Hockey: History of the Stanley Cup, Infojocks.com: http://shop.infojocks.com/collections/all
Fig 2-19: The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music, Reebee Garofalo, HistoryShots: http://www.historyshots.com/Rockmusic/index.cfm
Fig 2-20: A Visual History of the American Presidency, Timeplots.com: http://www.timeplots.com/collections/all/products/a-history-of-the-us-presidency
Fig 2-21: The Insanely Great History of Apple, PopChartLab.com: http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-insanely-great-history-of-apple
Fig 2-24: The Conversation Prism 4.0, Brian Solis and JESS3: https://conversationprism.com/
Fig 2-25: Infographic Elements, Artvea, iStockPhoto: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-22855224-infographic-elements.php

Chapter 3: Infographics & SEO

Fig 3-1: Google PageRank Explained, Elliance: http://www.elliance.com/aha/infographics/google-pagerank-explained.aspx
Fig 3-2: What’s so hard about search? Eric Enge, Stone Temple Consulting: http://www.stonetemple.com/infographics/search-complexity.shtml
Fig 3-5: James Bond: 50 Years of Movies, H&R Block: http://blogs.hrblock.com/2012/09/25/50-years-of-bond-james-bond-infographic/
Fig 3-7: Streamlining your digital life with the new iPad, NextWorth: http://www.nextworth.com/ipad3_infographic
Fig 3-8: Bringing Down Bin Laden, Column Five Media and Namesake: http://columnfivemedia.com/work-items/namesake-infographic-breakdown-of-the-takedown-%E2%80%94-osamas-last-hour/
Fig 3-9: Death & Taxes 2014, Timeplots: http://www.timeplots.com/collections/catalog/products/death-and-taxes-poster-2014
Fig 3-10: The Visual History of Halloween, FrightCatalog.com: http://www.frightcatalog.com/halloween-history/
Fig 3-11: Pairing Wine & Food, Wine Folly: http://winefolly.com/review/5-tips-to-perfect-food-and-wine-pairing/
Fig 3-14: Half-life of social media links, Bitly.com: http://blog.bitly.com/post/9887686919/you-just-shared-a-link-howlong-will-people-pay

Chapter 4: Infographic Resumes

Fig 4-1: Michael Anderson’s infographic resume: http://theportfolio.ofmichaelanderson.com/resume.pdf
Fig 4-3: Faz Besharatian’s infographic resume: http://visualresume.fazfolio.com
Fig 4-4: Randall Knapp’s infographic resume: http://visual.ly/infographics-resume-randall-knapp
Fig 4-5: Mike Wirth’s infographic resume: http://www.mikewirthart.com/projects/infographic-resume/
Fig 4-6: Duncan McKean’s infographic resume: http://duncanmckean.com/projects/infographic-cv/
Fig 4-7: Hana Tesar’s infographic resume: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Creative-Resume/1855167
Fig 4-8: Navdeep Raj’s infographic resume: http://www.behance.net/gallery/My-Resume/6217587
Fig 4-9: Ana Foureaux Frazao’s infographic resume: http://anafxfz.com/project/my-visual-resume
Fig 4-10: Chris Robertson’s infographic resume: http://visual.ly/infographic-resume-chris-robertson
Fig 4-11: Adrian Saker’s logo resume: http://householdname.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/04/the-6-seconds-recruiters-spend-on-your-resume.html
Fig 4-13: Sascha Kuntze’s infographic resume: http://home.arcor.de/kuntze.wn/portfolio/Sascha%20Kuntze_CV.jpg
Fig 4-14: David Ingram’s infographic resume: http://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2u9YPf3KC_ FYmYxYWY3ZDItMmNlOS00MjFmLTkwYTEtNGMzOGJhOGI2YzEw
Fig 4-15: Tina Chen’s infographic resume: http://www.tinachendesign.com/49207/443286/projects/personalinfographic-resume
Fig 4-16: Aníbal Maíz Cáceres’ infographic resume: http://www.behance.net/gallery/My-visual-resume/5831227
Fig 4-17: Mino Parisi’s infographic resume: http://www.minoparisi.com/image/CV_Mino_Parisi.pdf
Fig 4-19: Vanessa Wilson’s infographic resume: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Resume-Infograph/2499627
Fig 4-20: Kevin Burton’s infographic resume: http://visual.ly/kevin-burton-resume
Fig 4-22: Jack Hagley’s infographic resume: http://www.jackhagley.com/Jack-s-Infographic-CV
Fig 4-23: Dave Rodgerson’s infographic resume: http://daverodgerson.com
Fig 4-24: re.vu CEO, Stephen Years’ infographic resume: http://re.vu/stephen
Fig 4-25: Erica Swallow, Kinzaa.com infographic resume: http://kinzaa.com/ericaswallow/
Fig 4-26: Kenneth Lee, Vizualize.me infographic resume: http://vizualize.me/kenneth
Fig 4-27: ResumUP.com infographic resume samples: https://s3.amazonaws.com/resumup-static/static/visual-profile.png
Fig 4-28: cvgram.me infographic resume tool: http://cvgram.me
Fig 4-29: Shine, iPad infographic resume creation app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shine-graphical-cvs-resumes/id630664282
Fig 4-30: LinkedIn Labs InMap, Randy Krum: http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/share/Randy_Krum/319879238554000697230058926048394942850

Chapter 5: Internal Confidential Infographics

Fig 5-1: Bedford, TX Budget Poster: http://infonewt.com/portfolio/client-work/8781697
Fig 5-2: BBC-o-Gram, David McCandless, Information is Beautiful: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-bbc-o-gram/
Fig 5-7: Web Design Process, John Furness, Simple Square: http://www.simplesquare.com/a-website-designed
Fig 5-8: How Affiliate Marketing Works, Sugarrae.com: http://www.sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-affiliate-marketing-works/
Fig 5-9: Social Media Strategic Plan, Landscape Leadership: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfc8dbab40b9d7dd9054f41/t/5c004c808a4134987324ceee/1379777883943/1000w/Strategic+Plan+Diagram.png
Fig 5-18: 2011 Wisconsin Crash Calendar, Joni Graves, University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://tic.engr.wisc.edu/viz
Fig 5-19: McGraw-Hill Higher Education CONNECT Poster: http://create.mcgraw-hill.com/wordpress-mu/connectblog/files/2012/03/McGraw-Hill-Connect-Handout-WHITE-Small.jpg

Chapter 6: Designing Infographics

Fig 6-6: Where’s Google making its money?, WordStream and NowSourcing: http://www.wordstream.com/articles/most-expensive-keywords
Fig 6-7: The Caffeine Poster, InfoNewt: /caffeine-poster/
Fig 6-10: Star Wars Infographics, Marc Morera: http://www.murera.com/starwars/
Fig 6-13: Streamlining Your Digital Life with the iPad, NextWorth: http://www.nextworth.com/ipad3_infographic