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延續IdN
連繫國際設計及創意媒體工作者之宗旨，IdN將會出版一系列特刊(名為IdN Extra)
去專門深入探討個別主題或企劃, 更多豐富內容及精彩主題史無前例帶到讀者眼前。
IdN Extra
07：信息圖形
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訊息設計
利用平面設計把資訊變為藝術是一項根本性的挑戰，如何讓人們對俗氣的資料檔案加以留意和吸收，同時又可以將它美化？在這一特別期刊里，我們會帶給你超過120種重要的資訊設計原素。
當資訊檔案成為美麗的藝術
信息圖是指數据、信息或知識的可視化形式。主要應用於必須要有一個清楚準確的解釋或表達甚為複雜且大量的信息，例如在各式各樣的文件檔案
上和各個地圖及標誌。信息圖可以是一幅簡單的棒形或是餅形統計圖用來呈現金融上的資訊，也可以是出版上一些精心的表達圖，創意的展現數据的美麗，美學與功
能齊頭并進，以直觀的方式傳達抽象信息關鍵的方面與特徵，特別是用予顯示個人興趣的資料和另繁複沈悶的科學數據變得有趣，也是非常有挑戰性的過程。
IdN Extra
07:
Infographics
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Designing Data
Using graphics to convey information has long been a fundamental design challenge. How do you get people to notice and absorb data that may in itself be quite mundane
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but that it is necessary for them to know, as well as making it beautiful?
In this special issue, we present more than
120
examples of this all-important design genre.
When a database becomes a thing of beauty
Infographics or information graphics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. They are often used when complex information needs to be presented as quickly and effectively as possible, such as signs and maps. Infographics can be as simple as a bar chart or a pie graph to represent percentages in business information;
or as elaborative as some of the examples in this book to communicate stories in newspapers and magazine.
Infographics can be entertaining when the information they represent is of personal interest;
but it is especially fun and challenging when the topic may be as dry as representing concepts in technical manuals or scientific statics.
