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Web 2.0 infographic creator3/11/2023 Piktochart does not require contracts or setup fees and has a free version which offers 3 themes, a $9.99/mo PRO version that offers 15 themes and customization, and an Annual Pro account for $99/year. Below are the 24 Picktochart themes, and the company says they will be adding more over time: It’s not all about social media though, you can present a variety of information visually. In about 10 minutes, we created this infographic below through Piktochart (the information is fictional and is just a sample): If you are capable of editing a PowerPoint presentation, you will master Picktochart. Companies typically rely on their in-house or third party designers to create visualizations for them, and are now commissioning them for their own website and blog in a rising number, presenting information to the public about their inner workings, but also for internal use so that information is visually presented, simplified, and easy to overview.Įnter, the infographic app that allows users to select a theme for their infographic, edit information and customize, then save to various formats. The two images above are embarrassing for professionals as the information is convoluted or lost in a sea of bad design. But because the trend for the past few years has been toward visualizing any information possible, you end up with infographics that are more like this:Įven professionally designed infographics come out like the one above, or on the other extreme, professionals present data in the traditional, ugly form that is uninspiring, as below: I have an occasional column on the Guardian Datablog.Businesses of all sizes are taking advantage of the increasingly available web tools to better present information visually, be it at a company meeting or in presenting services and products to a client, and there is no shortage of infographics these days. I’ve had pieces exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Wellcome Trust gallery in London, and at the Tate Britain. My work these days merges data, concepts, visual design and story-telling – and the odd joke. Over the next 25 years, I worked as a journalist, conceptual copywriter, web editor, creative director and comedy writer. I started my career as a writer for cult video games magazines in the late 80s, hacking into games and penning a programming column. It’s dedicated to visualising ideas, issues, knowledge and data. The result is my blog and book Information Is Beautiful (HarperCollins 2009). In recent years, I’ve been exploring the use of data visualisation and infographics to explore new directions for journalism and to discover new stories in the seas of data surrounding us. My information design work has appeared in over forty publications internationally including The Guardian, Wired and Die Zeit. I’m a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer, working across print, advertising, TV and web.
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