Liz Meyer & Gavin Potenza

Information Design: Turning Location Based Ideas into Infographics

Hi Alpha - 

Very cool sketch! Really enjoying the line work and how you are creating a readable, simple map while still illustrating a bunch of information.

A couple of ideas:

- grid the boxes a bit more (this might be difficult since the lines from the boxes are at 45 degree angles, but it should be possible).

- add a sort of scale/gradient for the state colors, since there is a correlation between them, and that would be an extra layer of data that might be a nice touch. If you don't want the states to relate visually at all, you'll have to make sure none of the colors are similar at all (Baja California &amp; Florida look similar) OR make all states the same color.

- the source is actually from the NOAA &amp; NHC (National Hurricane Center)!

Really great work, I'd love to see how this turns out in the end!

Dear Liz and Gavin,
Thx so much for the feedback. Yes, the position of the boxes is my biggest problem and still work on it.

For the state colors and the source... okay, I will fix it.
Same with the redundant of Andrew box on top left. 

Anyway thanks a lot for the references and your easy to follow instructions. If this discussion still open I would like to send the final output.


<p>This infographic is about the top 10 hurricanes in US according to pressure intensity, landfalls, and year of hit. We use 'line' as a connector between each variables/info.<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/2b6678bf0f7d8a881345af4fe697520d/9ff4aa95" alt="Living Under Pressure - Top 10 Most Intense Hurricanes in US - image 1 - student project" class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/2b6678bf0f7d8a881345af4fe697520d/9ff4aa95 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/2b6678bf0f7d8a881345af4fe697520d/9ff4aa95 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"></p>


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