What a year it has been. So much has happened this year in social media – arguably 2010 was the year of the infographic. Sure, it isn’t the first time infographics have been abound, but the proliferation of them really made the world of social media stop and take note.
1 – The Almighty Dollar: Mapping Distribution of Income By Religious Belief
Quite possibly one of the more controversial infographics this year, GOOD and
Column Five do a great job showing a distribution of wealth across the USA by religion:
2 – The Subjective Timeline of the Best Gifts Ever
If you were 5 in 1985, this should be remarkably accurate for you.
3 – Fun and Interesting Facts About The White House
[Source:
This Blog Rules]
4 – The Melted Mind of a Film Buff
For your movie lovers out there, Column Five Media was asked by MySpace put together a wonderful look inside the mind of a film buff. I personally would have liked to have seen a bit here for film noir, but to each his own:
5 – The iPad: Apple’s Next Gold Rush
Inasmuch that 2010 was the year of the infographic, 2010 was also a killer year for Apple with the advent of the iPad. GigaOm had a great iPad infographic that does a great job showing its meteoric rise:
6 -Public Versus Private Cloud Computing
Wikibon features an interesting take on public vs private cloud computing, Star Wars style
Via:
Public Versus Private Cloud Computing
7 – Evolution of the Hipster
8 – John Deere Chronological History
Via:
MachineFinder
9 – Everything You Need to Know About Fast Food
Via:
OnlineSchools.org
10 – How Much Does It Really Cost to Raise a Kid?
UPDATE
Ok, well I found another great collection of infographics here and thought I would drop them onto the end of this post, I suppose it makes this MEGA post a bit more like a homage to infographics, rather than simply the best of 2010, but hey!
This next collection comes from Alvaris Falcon at
Hongkiat.com
An epic infographic that applies well to both web designer and graphic designer. Really scared me as it plotted down all my freelancing experience, and I hope you reached the last stage.
Colors
Basic color theories summed up in 1 infographic, which can be a handy reference sheet.
Color is crucial factor to generate a good amount of sales, and this infographic shows you why.
Beautifully designed infographic that presents the favorite color for year 2010, picked by 1000 people from 137 countries.
A detailed infographic that reveals powerful colors of the web which are colors implemented by major internet companies in their branding.
Based on the data provided by Themeleon, this infographic shows the color preference of Twitter users when it comes to their profile design.
Color usage for 84 subjects from different cultures such as American, Chinese or Japanese, plotted in one comprehensive infographic.
Do you need a new logo? This infographic can help you get the answer.
Extremely truthful infographic to show your client what their design would be with their (mostly impossible) needs.
A perfect guide for designer and freelancer to decide which project you should work for free, just follow it and you are free from trouble.
Here’s a helpful guide for you to choose a suitable typeface for your current project.
Well designed infographic revealing the current state of the gigantic internet.
Distribution of age, gender, education, charge per hour rate or probably all you need to know about web designers.
A great reference for those who just started to dive more into SEO.
Google PageRank is an ever-changing algorithm, yet we can find some of its traits from this infographic.
As most results of linkbaiting are often less satisfying, this infographic teaches some essential steps to achieve effective linkbait.
Instructional infographic with step by step guide on optimizing an article for search engine indexing.
Carefully designed with the same categorizing concept of traditional periodic table, this masterpiece lists out 100 of the most popular and influential typefaces nowadays.
A pretty long list showing most popular fonts by operating system which is a good reference for setting fallback
fonts for your website or projects.
As there are lots of different views for good information design, this infographic explores the key components to form a good information design.
Probably everything you need to know to avoid losing potential customers.
Detailed introduction about HTML5, with a few comparison to Flash.
Semantic is a term that often confuse web designer, this infographic explains the concept of the semantic web effectively with comparison method.
A must-see infographic for web designers to build an effective landing web page that actually attracts users.
As different web browser has different capabilities, this infographic acts as a good reference on showing the difference of capabilities for major browsers, which are also rarely mentioned in common web articles.
A full introduction about the famous issue, Apple drops Flash and embraces H.264 video format.
Still can’t understand how cookies work? Here’s an infogprahic with relaxing images to tell you what web cookies are, and how they work.
