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Bringing words to life

Bringing words to life

January 16, 2012 · by lupi · in example

Happy New Year! Being a cyclist I always enjoy the occasions that I do travel on the tube to catch up on the latest posters and artwork on display all around. Fed up of getting a daily drenching most days…

Visual chapters

Visual chapters

November 24, 2011 · by lupi · in example

Look at the six thumbnail sketches down the left hand side: I really like the use of visuals here to draw attention to where the stories are. They serve to guide the reader through an otherwise complicated and confusing landscape.

All about Bloomberg Business Week

All about Bloomberg Business Week

August 13, 2011 · by lupi · in example

If I had a pound for every time someone’s recommended Bloomberg Business Week recently I’d be £5 better off. Which I could have put towards buying the latest issue of Eye in which Simon Esterson interviews BBW’s creative director Richard…

A benchmark

A benchmark

August 4, 2011 · by lupi · in example

This combines the best of all the best things that are happening in the industry at the moment. It’s human, interactive, tells a story, uses motion graphics, has something to share at the end of it. Of course it also…

Numbers narrative

Numbers narrative

March 1, 2011 · by lupi · in example

Whether or not you agree with their methodology I think the Economist’s Shoe-throwers’ index is a good example of using video to tell a numbers-based story. With a tight script, well timed animations and clear explanations of what they’ve done…

Why choose to use an infographic?

Why choose to use an infographic?

February 2, 2011 · by lupi · in opinion

The range of speakers at the ‘Design of Understanding’ and the range of work they create put me in mind of a theme I have been mulling over of late, that is the motivation behind creating any graphic. And looking…

The benefits of storytelling

The benefits of storytelling

June 23, 2009 · by lupi · in example

The production values of the two videos below aren’t great but they both use the tool of storytelling to help explain the big numbers we keep hearing in the news. And the advantages are that they make the subject matter…

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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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