2 October 2014

Infographic: Various Ways On How Information Can Be Presented

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To help visualize the numerous ways of presenting information, economist Jon Schwabish and graphic designer Severino Ribecca came up with ‘The Graphic Continuum’—an infographic categorizing graphic types into six main groups: Distribution, Time, Comparing Categories, Geospatial, Part-to-Whole, and Relationships.



Although the chart may not be exhaustive, it serves as a helpful guide to some of the more common data representation methods.



Check out the entire documented thought process of the creation of the chart here and how you can get your hands on ‘The Graphic Continuum’ here.



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[via Visual.ly, images via Jon Schwabish, Severino Ribecca]