Now that my travel app is complete, it's time to move on to project 2 - designing an infographic.

First of all, what is an infographic? According to Wikipedia, it is:

" graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends."

And with this explanation in mind, my project brief states;

"With a focus on raw data, facts and figures, your second project for this module is to create an infographic/data visualisation focusing on a subject-specific to the world around us."

I realised that my project brief fitted with the Wikipedia explanation of an infographic perfectly, combining the two, I summarise this project as:

" Place facts and data of a certain topic into a graphic visual representation. Do it in a way that allows the information to be represented clearly and allows the reader to the chosen topic understand easily."

To give us some idea of what we could be looking at, my teacher paul gives us some topics we could consider:

• Births and deaths in world – past and/or present • Population figures specific to country • Population in last 50, 100, 200 years • By religion • By environment • Climate change • Disease / Illness

To familiarise myself with the different types of infographics, I found a really good youtube video which explained the difference between each type;

( link = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZc-DjWd2BE)

After watching the video, I think there are around 8 types of distinct infographics rather than 13, as some styles can overlap. Nonetheless, it was really helpful as an introduction to infographics, as now I can do my research online and hopefully recognise what kind of infographic I'm looking at.

After a bit of thinking, I decided on 3 specific topics that I could do my infographics on;

• disease/mental health
• space ( the solar system)
• Earth timeline

I chose these specific topics because I have a genuine fascination with them, and I'm hoping that will show through my work.

Since I have to choose one topic only, I decide that I will have quick research on each topic; not so much the information and the data side of things, but more having a look at the existing infographics on each topic to get a sense of what I would like to achieve myself.

The first was diseases or mental health. I thought covid facts might be an interesting and recent topic to cover. While in class, a recent student's past work really caught my interest;