“Data Is Beautiful”: 40 Charts And Guides That Might Change Your Perspective On Things (New Pics)
Infographics are instant eye-catchers. They tend to draw interest and curiosity because the aesthetic presentation makes information digestible.
We’ve compiled a list of visual trivia for you to munch on. A few of them are life essentials, like picking the right apple and laundry cycles. You may also come across a handful that may come in handy one day, like Germany’s cultural do’s and don’ts or pricing psychology tips to help you sell more stuff.
Scroll through the images below; hopefully, you learn at least one new thing today.
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A Cool Guide Showing The Lighthouses In The UK
A Cool Guide To Pop vs. Actual Psychology
A Cool Guide Equality, Equity, And Justice: Breaking It Down Differently
Equity is what the German health insurance system tries to achieve: Everybody pays the same % of their wages (14,7 if I am not mistaken) into the insurances, but everybody receives the treatment they need, independent from how much you put in. The system is not flawless, of course, because of many reasons. One of them is that higher wages can opt out (they may not return if the wages drop!) and lower wages are more impacted by a percentage than higher. The Dutch try a different approach, everybody pays the same for basic cover (no opt out).
Research has shown that humans naturally process information with visual input. It’s why it is easier for us to read instructions with photos and graphics than in text blocks.
According to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), articles with a visual abstract are three times more likely to draw views.
A Cool Guide To The Mythical Beasts Of Germany
A Cool Guide On The Lifespan Of The Animal Kingdom
A Cool Guide To The Evolution Of The Alphabet
Do the fonts also count? Cause the Roman ones are in some serif font whereas the modern Latin are in arial
Experts in the digital industry consider infographics as effective marketing tools. SEO and keyword research platform Semrush defines them as a “compelling blend of visual data and minimalistic text.”
In digital marketing, infographics tell stories. The goal is to turn “complicated” information into something visually appealing and easily understood.
A Cool Guide To Underground Aleut Homes (Barabara)
A Cool Guide To How Long It Takes For Things To Decompose
Aluminium will not go away, since it's an inert metal (its affinity towards oxygen just creates protective layer, but otherwise it's the same thing). Good stuff with aluminium is that it's fully recyclable and reusable. But since it's cheap, we don't bother recycling it as much as we should...
A Cool Guide To The Average Cost Of Insulin Per Country
Many of the Cool Guides on this list contain data and scientific information. As NLM points out, you can deliver them to a broad audience by creating visuals catering to non-specialists.
This means avoiding too much technical jargon. But if you must include such details, make sure to provide context.
A Cool Guide For Berries
I didn't know Josta berry was also Josta berry in English. It is a cross between black currant (schwarze JOhannisbeere) and goose berry (STAchelbeere), hence the German name
A Cool Guides Tips For Police Encounters
"A Cool Guides Tips For Police Encounters in the USA" you mean
A Cool Guide To The Do’s And Don’ts When Visiting Germany
The cultural norm on jaywalking is more like "if kids are watching, wait until it's green, otherwise just go". But we're indeed more hesitant to just go than other European countries
Getting to that sweet spot of images, charts, and texts is key to an infographic’s aesthetic appeal. There must be a balance between data visualizations, words, and pictures.
Experts advise limiting small texts to titles that stand out. Annotations should be concise, and bullet points should be used to enumerate items.
A Cool Guide To The Names Of Things You Probably Didn't Know
A Cool Guide That Shows Different Heat Absorption By Colored Clothes
A Cool Guide To Single Payer Healthcare
We’d also like to hear from you, readers. Are there any items on this list you’re learning about just now? Share them in the comments!
A Cool Guide About Photography
A Cool Guide About Greek Gods
A Cool Guide To How Often You Should Wash Your Clothes
A Cool Guide To Sailor Tattoos
A Cool Guide To A Typical Home Of A Slum In New Delhi
A Cool Guide How To Understand A Map That Shows Land Features
A Cool Guide To Setup Your Best Youtube
A Cool Guide On How To Jump A Car
Also, you have to briefly tap the ends of the two wires together, before you attach them to the dead car, to make make cool sparks and assert dominance :D
A Cool Guide To Languages Spoken In India
And these only include the officially recognised languages. There are hundreds of more localised and tribal dialects and languages not many know of .
A Cool Guide To The Number Of Animals Slaughtered Per Day On A Global Scale
Is there a chart of how much meat per animal is tossed every day? Separate for "could not be sold" and "customer didn't eat it and forgot to use the freezer". Killing animals for food is not always and in general bad, but if you kill it, you have to eat it. Otherwise it is not only an economical stupid thing to do, but foremost a crime against animals and abusing nature.
A Cool Guide To What Each Denomination Of U.S. Currency Could Buy Through The Decades
A Cool Guide To States With Smaller Population Than Los Angeles County
A Cool Guide To Fonts That Countries Use
A Cool Guide To Family Tree Of Donald Duck
A Cool Guide On Pricing Psychology Hacks To Boost Sales
So who else is gonna use this list to see through marketing tricks?
A Cool Guide Chart To Help Understand Morse Code Messages
A Cool Guide To Interview For Jobs
The chart is missing "If you were a vegetable, what kind would you be?"
I was asked 'what kind of animal I'd be'. Can't remember what I said. These days my spirit animal is definitely (and coincidentally) a panda - they fall off, in, over and down all the time and I definitely know how they feel!!
Load More Replies..."Doing your job" while maintaining eye contact and asserting dominance. ;-)
Load More Replies...OK, now do one for someone coming out of retirement (so no recent experience and no recent references)...
A Cool Guide D.o.s.e
A Cool Guide On How Obesity Harms A Child's Body
A Cool Guide For Time Management
Pomodoro works really well for me, eating the frog just makes me frustrated. I personally do a couple small tasks to get into things, then attack the bigger things one at a time. Just kidding, I procrastinate until the overwhelming shame is greater than my desire not to do the thing.
A Cool Guide To Understand If You Are Living In The Past, Present Or Future Based On Your Feelings And Thoughts
A Cool Guide To Hangover Cures
A Cool Guide To Home Cleaning
A Cool Guide To Bizarre Foods
Should include fois gras, caviar and taramasalata to show the disgusting and weird stuff rich westerners eat.
A Cool Guide On The Human Cost Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
i have never downloaded this many things from a BP post ever. a record hitting 40 images.....I'm probably gonna get called into the office for this stuff lol(in my defence, you never know when you will get stopped by the police)
I loved it. I copy/pasted most of these for future study and reference. Condensed information in a visual format... candy!
same here! you might like the book 'information is beautiful' by david mccandless. he made the hangover one, i used to have that book and i miss it :(
Load More Replies...Many of these should never, ever, have the term “cool” in the heading!!!
i have never downloaded this many things from a BP post ever. a record hitting 40 images.....I'm probably gonna get called into the office for this stuff lol(in my defence, you never know when you will get stopped by the police)
I loved it. I copy/pasted most of these for future study and reference. Condensed information in a visual format... candy!
same here! you might like the book 'information is beautiful' by david mccandless. he made the hangover one, i used to have that book and i miss it :(
Load More Replies...Many of these should never, ever, have the term “cool” in the heading!!!