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February 19, 2016 · by lupi · in opinion

In infographics we have another tool for communicating with. When appropriately used it’s a tool that makes ideas, results, concepts more understandable and more memorable. Sometimes however the story is better told in words, or with a photo, or a…

Icons: Repeat, never scale

Icons: Repeat, never scale

February 11, 2016 · by lupi · in example, opinion

I’m running a lot of workshops at the moment, and in reviewing delegates’ work, and the work of their organisations, there is one common pitfall: poor use of icons. A few blogs about icons are coming up… Here I simply…

Why bother with infographics?

October 19, 2015 · by lupi · in opinion

OK, so creating an infographic is a bit of a hassle and, you might well ask, why bother? Is it really worth the effort? There’s (what I believe to be) a chinese proverb that I think answers this challenge well:…

logos of datawrapper, tableau, cartoDB, infogr.am and canva

Tools for creating infographics

September 24, 2015 · by lupi · in opinion

I often get asked what tools to use for creating infographics. Online tools claiming to do this do exist. However in reality they are best for creating just charts and maps, not infographics. And by and large they do this…

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

August 5, 2014 · by lupi · in example, opinion

I love it when I come across two examples of a point I want to make. That adds more weight to said point, right? I started yesterday off enjoying BBC History’s series of video explainers about WW1. Lovely, and informative,…

Lessons from visual journalism

Lessons from visual journalism

July 1, 2014 · by lupi · in event, example, opinion

"Telling the story with the picture you create." via @lulupinney #visualDEN pic.twitter.com/rUFoaedUJN — James Lethem (@Sycren) June 5, 2014 Many people in industries beyond journalism are having to communicate visually in their work, or to put it another way tell…

Core values

Core values

March 13, 2014 · by lupi · in example, opinion

In a world of colourful, interactive, big data it can be easy to forget that straightforward infographics still have their part to play, adding breadth and depth to news stories as the BBC correctly describe it. Here are two good…

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I am Lulu Pinney. This is my blog. Hello! contact at lulupinney dot co dot uk
The majority of work featured on this blog isn't mine. They are examples of infographic design and visual journalism drawn from all over that I consider to be good*. With more and more visual infostuff out there I’m interested in curating a collection of good* work. And in this way I can further explore my definition of what good* is. That is why I blog.

*Good infographic design is…

…clear, relevant, engaging, useful, original, elegant

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