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3D Infographics, All You Nedd To Know About

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<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Infographics are almost immeasurably useful&period; The user-friendly&comma; colorful way they highlight key data points convey meaning in our visual culture better than most other forms of communication&period; But as so many individuals&comma; campaigns&comma; artists&comma; corporations&comma; etc&period; have become aware of this extremely effective medium of conveying their messages&comma; infographics are becoming highly normalized&period; By this I mean&comma; more specifically&comma; that the web is becoming overly saturated with infographics&period; I didn’t want to be the one to burst anyone’s bubble&comma; and I don’t want to create any panic&period; I’m not worried&period; I’m just curious about how infographics can and will evolve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"wp-image-8570 aligncenter" title&equals;"3D Infographics&comma; All You Nedd To Know About" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;shutterstock&lowbar;90454981&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3D Infographics&comma; All You Nedd To Know About" width&equals;"540" height&equals;"512" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It’s obvious that new marketing mediums are becoming increasingly interactive&period; And alongside this trend&comma; infographics are likely to become more consumable and even more approachable in interactive forms&period; And all the buzz a few years ago was around 3D infographics&period; What’s happened with this potential evolution of 3D e-content and why aren’t you using it right now&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">What are 3D Infographics&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">You can find hand-made&comma; paper-based 3D infographics&comma; like the one’s pictured here&comma; which are artistically fascinating and yet&comma; obviously&comma; time consuming projects&period; They can serve&comma; however&comma; as inspiration for digital 3D infographics as they allow designers to widen their canvas and explore new means of visually illustrating complex information&period; These 3D infographics are actually larger than life and are noteworthy in their ability to convey how small objects can have a significantly larger impact in the wider system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Growth in the Technology<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">These visually stunning digital 3D infographics utilize animation to integrate their creators’ stories&comma; commentary&comma; and knowledge into their informative message&period; To further give voice to the information and spread their messages&comma; 3D infographics have been projected in public spaces&comma; like this one in New York’s Grand Central Station&period; The recent developments in 3D printing have also given rise to new concepts in converting static infographics into 3D models&period; There are some design studios that specialize in 2D animated infographics and these are preferred still by some clients who prefer their simplicity&comma; see the UNODC’s campaign against corruption for a pertinent example&period; However&comma; the most dynamic trend remains animation&comma; which utilizes unique graphic framing and 3D perspective effects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">With Whom and Where to Find It<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The art of visualization is a science&comma; as commonly touted by leading infographic design company Infographic World&comma; and so who are the scientists and designers involved in the current evolution of 3D infographics&quest; While a list of the top infographic design companies of 2013 can be found here&comma; not all of them have made recent developments in 3D animated infographics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">With examples like Thought Café&comma; a Canadian-based design firm producing exciting animated infographics on behalf of nonprofit and activist projects&comma; whose products are more highly developed in content than in technical pizzazz&period; If you’re looking to learn more about the technical aspects of animated 3D infographics&comma; look no further than the first reference book on the subject published last year&period; Informotion explains the key principles of conveying data visually through animated infographics and how the future of 3D moving images will evolve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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