information Graphics

Information graphics are the visual representation of information and data, theyre used to quickly and clearly shown there's lots of uses for it for example a map of railway lines, graphs to show businesses income , road maps or as a kid of blueprint for a building, object or idea.

The image on the left is an information graphic for the different parts of a plane.

This one below which is also an information graphic is more recognised and known to people.

There are lots of other kinds of information graphics, like graphs , tables (Mathematical/informative) .
All that is needed for an information graphic is knowledge or data/information then this can be used to create any kind of information graphic.

Here is a totally different kind of information graphic showing a cycle of events made with paint. It isn't made to be an accurate drawing and is different to others this makes it interesting and unique also it clearly tells what is happening in the cycle.

This pie-chart is done in a more fun way also , using to main bright colours (red/blue) to create a pie chart about the different kinds of dreams . The key used is red=bad blue=good because of the kind of simplicity of it it makes it alot easier to read the information and also makes it quite interesting.

http://www.ge.com/visualization/appliances_energyuse/index.html

this is a interactive information graphic to do with the amount of energy products in the home use. All the symbols for the appliances are fairly simple designs but show clearly which each appliance is. Its quite interesting because there are alot of variables that you can change and see different information, it works almost like a calculator.