Basic structural elements that could be found in an infographic

2. Charts
Text
Directional
symbols
Graphics
Diagrams

3. Scale Diagrams
http://dailyinfographic.com/santas-carbon-footprint-infographic

4. Comparisons
Showing
Scale
http://www.flickr.co
m/photos/rtkrum/42
66263806/sizes/l/

5. Scale
http://www.coolin
fographics.com/bl
og/2011/2/24/wh
at-the-hearing-
loss-
infographic.html

6. Annotated
graphics
http://visual.ly
/anatomy-fear

7. Instructions
Or
listed items
http://flowingdata.com
/2010/07/30/how-to-
win-rock-paper-
scissors-every-time/

8. Instructions
Or
listed items
http://www.infographicss
howcase.com/wp-
content/uploads/2010/01/
freeway-infographic.png

9. Comparison - Right or wrong
http://greatist.
com/health/th
e-ultimate-
guide-to-good-
posture/#

10. Text
boxes
http://www.coolinfographics
om/blog/2011/8/26/cycling
injuries-revealed-
infographic.html

11. Diagrams
http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2011/10/11/backyard-sports-court-
dimensions.html

12. Timeline
Timelines
Text
Symbols
Dates
http://visual.ly/evolution-
educational-technology

13. Graphics Timeline
Dates
http://www.christmas
treemarket.com/Histo
ry-of-the-Christmas-
Tree-Origin-
Infographic-s/311.htm

14. Dates
Timeline
Graphics
http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-
colorful-history-of-video-game-
animation?tu2=1

15. Dates and
Timeline
Textboxes
http://www.re
adwriteweb.co
m/archives/sm
artphone_evol
ution_over_the
_last_40_years
_infogr.php

16. Use of colour to differentiate different time zones
Well known
graphics
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/20
08/01/lego-brick4-timeline.jpg

17. Graphs
No Legend or
Key
necessary
Instead of a
bar
graph, uses
the universal
symbol for
wireless
http://www.complex.com/art-
design/2012/08/infographic-the-internet-
a-decade-later

18. Pie Graphs can be simple
What does this pie
graph tell
us about American
money?
http://www.onlineschools.org/vi
sual-academy/cool-stats-money/

19. Symbols
Colour
Statistics
http://visualeconomics.cr
editloan.com/how-the-
world-spends-its-time-
online_2010-06-16/

20. Tells a story
Measurements
Statistics
Timeline
http://makinghealth
easier.org/newabnor
mal

21. Colour
Symbols
Statistics
http://www.coolinfographics.c
om/blog/2011/11/2/client-
infographic-look-both-ways-
before-you-cross.html

22. Pictographs Key
Symbols
Statistics
http://visualeconomics.creditloan.com/how-
the-world-spends-its-time-online_2010-06-
16/

23. Symbols
http://www.coolinfographi
cs.com/blog/2011/11/2/cli
ent-infographic-look-both-
ways-before-you-
cross.html

24. Symbols Key
http://www.infographicsshowca
se.com/category/food-
infographics/page/2/