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Graphic & Brand Design

Infographic Design

Turn Data and Complex Ideas Into Infographics People Actually Understand

12 lessons4 modules9h 35m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

An infographic is not decoration on top of numbers - it is an argument made visible, where the wrong chart or a misleading axis can quietly lie. This course teaches the working pipeline real information designers use: interrogating a dataset to find the one story worth telling, matching each question to the correct chart type, stripping junk so the data leads, building a reusable icon and color system, structuring a vertical narrative that carries a reader top to bottom, and exporting clean files for both an Instagram feed and an A3 print. You work in tools you likely already have - Figma, Canva, Illustrator, and a spreadsheet - and ground every choice in the evidence-based principles of Edward Tufte, Alberto Cairo, and Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. By the end you will have one complete, fact-checked infographic built on real data, with a defensible chart, a consistent visual system, and correctly sized exports.

Curriculum

Module 1: Foundations: From Data to a Story Worth Showing3 lessons
Module 2: Charts That Tell the Truth3 lessons
  • Choosing the Right Chart for the Question🔒50m
  • Maximizing Data Ink: Decluttering a Chart🔒50m
  • How Charts Lie - and How to Keep Yours Honest🔒45m
Module 3: Building the Visual System: Type, Color, Icons3 lessons
  • Type and Hierarchy for Dense Information🔒45m
  • Color That Encodes, Not Just Decorates🔒50m
  • Icons, Pictographs, and Honest Visual Metaphors🔒45m
Module 4: Layout, Narrative, and Shipping the File3 lessons
  • Layout and Visual Flow: Guiding the Eye🔒50m
  • Assembling the Infographic in a Real Tool🔒55m
  • Exporting, Sourcing, and Sharing the Final Piece🔒45m
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